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The three girls were born of an Hungarian contortionist and a Dutch operetta singer. They grew up in Holland, where they worked as acrobats before forming a vocal trio.

They arrived in Italy in mid 1930s, and took up the name "Trio Lescano". Directed by maestro Carlo Prato and thanks to the radio, they became immediately so famous that even Benito Mussolini, passing by their balcony one day, recognized them and stopped to greet them.

In 1939, the year of the hit song Se potessi avere mille lire al mese ("If only I had one thousand liras a month"), Trio Lescano made one thousand liras a day! In 1941 the Lescano sisters became Italian citizens. This made big news on the Italian papers, who had invented for them such definitions as "the three graces of the microphone", "the century's sensation", "the sisters who materialize the mystery of the heavenly trinity".

But just two years later, their golden period tragically ended: because of their mother's Jewish origins, they were first cancelled from all radio programs, then arrested and imprisoned on allegations of espionageEspionage is the practice of obtaining secrets spying from rivals or enemies for military, political, or economic advantage. It is usually thought of as part of an organized (ie, governmental or corporate) effort. A spy is an agent employed to obtain such. The accusation was their songs contained encoded messages for the enemy.

Once the war was over, after a two years' silence, Trio Lescano wanted to bid farewell to their Italian audience with a final performance broadcasted live by the radio on 1 September 1945Events January January 5 The Soviet Union recognizes the new pro-Soviet government of Poland. January 7 British General Bernard Montgomery holds a press conference in which he claims credit for victory in the Battle of the Bulge. January 12 World War II:. The three sisters then moved to South AmericaSouth America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. South America is situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean. It became attached to North America only recently, geologically speaking, wi, where their artistical career continued.

The Trio Lescano's style was based on sophisticated vocal virtuosisms - a technique called vocaleseVocalese is a style of jazz singing wherein lyrics are written for melodies that were originally part of an all-instrumental composition or improvisation. Where scat singing uses improvised nonsense syllables in solos, vocalese uses lyrics, either improvi - on swingMusically, swing can be either: (written with small "s"), refers to swung notes, the rhythmic feeling evoked by swinging music, esp. Jazz or (written with capital "S") the most popular jazz style ever that prevailed during the 1930s and early 1940s. Swing and jazzFor other article subjects named Jazz see jazz (disambiguation). Jazz is a musical art form characterized by blue notes, syncopation, swing, call and response, polyrhythms, and improvisation. It has been called the first original art form to develop in th harmonizations. Their greatest hits include Signorine Grandi Firme, Maramao perché sei morto, Ma le gambe, Pippo non lo sa, Camminando sotto la pioggia, La famiglia canterina, C’è un’orchestra sincopata, Tulipan, Il pinguino innamorato.