"Sang with her sister Ethel as the Ponce Sisters during the 1920s and '30s... In 1925 the sisters became the first female duo to perform on a nationwide radio broadcast, on NBC's WJZ in New York. The pair also began recording the same year on Edison Records, before eventually moving to the Columbia label and making their last recordings in 1932.
The duo sang on a number of radio programs, appearing three times in 1929 on the "Old Gold -- Paul Whiteman Hour," the same show that regularly featured Bing Crosby. The sisters performed live in numerous Manhattan theaters and toured the vaudeville circuit. In 1928, they made three shorts for MGM.
In 1933 the pair relocated to Cincinnati, where they signed with station WLW, performing on several sponsored programs. Two years later the Ponce Sisters broke up when Ethel married. Dorothea continued as a soloist on WLW until 1937.
Source: Variety Magazine, Jan. 17, 2001 obituary of Dorothea Ponce Verkamp." - Thomas Pierce of Charlestown, Mass. and connections
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGFVz1rs-gI
The duo sang on a number of radio programs, appearing three times in 1929 on the "Old Gold -- Paul Whiteman Hour," the same show that regularly featured Bing Crosby. The sisters performed live in numerous Manhattan theaters and toured the vaudeville circuit. In 1928, they made three shorts for MGM.
In 1933 the pair relocated to Cincinnati, where they signed with station WLW, performing on several sponsored programs. Two years later the Ponce Sisters broke up when Ethel married. Dorothea continued as a soloist on WLW until 1937.
Source: Variety Magazine, Jan. 17, 2001 obituary of Dorothea Ponce Verkamp." - Thomas Pierce of Charlestown, Mass. and connections
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGFVz1rs-gI
"Sang with her sister Ethel as the Ponce Sisters during the 1920s and '30s... In 1925 the sisters became the first female duo to perform on a nationwide radio broadcast, on NBC's WJZ in New York. The pair also began recording the same year on Edison Records, before eventually moving to the Columbia label and making their last recordings in 1932.
The duo sang on a number of radio programs, appearing three times in 1929 on the "Old Gold -- Paul Whiteman Hour," the same show that regularly featured Bing Crosby. The sisters performed live in numerous Manhattan theaters and toured the vaudeville circuit. In 1928, they made three shorts for MGM.
In 1933 the pair relocated to Cincinnati, where they signed with station WLW, performing on several sponsored programs. Two years later the Ponce Sisters broke up when Ethel married. Dorothea continued as a soloist on WLW until 1937.
Source: Variety Magazine, Jan. 17, 2001 obituary of Dorothea Ponce Verkamp." - Thomas Pierce of Charlestown, Mass. and connections
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGFVz1rs-gI
The duo sang on a number of radio programs, appearing three times in 1929 on the "Old Gold -- Paul Whiteman Hour," the same show that regularly featured Bing Crosby. The sisters performed live in numerous Manhattan theaters and toured the vaudeville circuit. In 1928, they made three shorts for MGM.
In 1933 the pair relocated to Cincinnati, where they signed with station WLW, performing on several sponsored programs. Two years later the Ponce Sisters broke up when Ethel married. Dorothea continued as a soloist on WLW until 1937.
Source: Variety Magazine, Jan. 17, 2001 obituary of Dorothea Ponce Verkamp." - Thomas Pierce of Charlestown, Mass. and connections
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGFVz1rs-gI
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