Singer. A popular vocalist of the 1940's, she is remembered as one-third of The Dinning Sisters. Born Virginia Dinning, she was raised in north central Oklahoma as part of a large family, took to music early, learned to sing in church, and joined with her older sister Lou (1920-2000) and her identical twin Jean (deceased 2011) to form the Dinning Sisters. Signed by NBC in 1940, the girls began performing on radio and became fixtures on "National Barn Dance" which was broadcast from Chicago. Signed by Capitol Records, they had a number of hits, achieving chart-toppers with 1947's "I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now" and especially with the 1948 "Buttons and Bows". The sisters appeared in a few movies including the westerns "Throw a Saddle on a Star" and "That Texas Jamboree" (both 1946). In the late 1940s the trio broke-up as the girls married; Ginger wed building contractor Harry Lutke, relocated to Ridgewood, New Jersey, raised seven children, and remained active in music by singing in a Barbershop Quartet and assisting with the theatrical productions of a local high school. She died in a nursing facility of the infirmities of advanced age. Some of the sisters' records have been preserved on CD.
Singer. A popular vocalist of the 1940's, she is remembered as one-third of The Dinning Sisters. Born Virginia Dinning, she was raised in north central Oklahoma as part of a large family, took to music early, learned to sing in church, and joined with her older sister Lou (1920-2000) and her identical twin Jean (deceased 2011) to form the Dinning Sisters. Signed by NBC in 1940, the girls began performing on radio and became fixtures on "National Barn Dance" which was broadcast from Chicago. Signed by Capitol Records, they had a number of hits, achieving chart-toppers with 1947's "I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now" and especially with the 1948 "Buttons and Bows". The sisters appeared in a few movies including the westerns "Throw a Saddle on a Star" and "That Texas Jamboree" (both 1946). In the late 1940s the trio broke-up as the girls married; Ginger wed building contractor Harry Lutke, relocated to Ridgewood, New Jersey, raised seven children, and remained active in music by singing in a Barbershop Quartet and assisting with the theatrical productions of a local high school. She died in a nursing facility of the infirmities of advanced age. Some of the sisters' records have been preserved on CD.
Bio by: Bob Hufford
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