The Murmaids

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The Murmaids were a one-hit-wonder female vocal trio (sisters Carol and Terry Fischer, and Sally Gordon) from Los Angeles.

In 1963 they scored a US#3 hit with their first single, "Popsicles And Icicles" (Chattahoochee 628). The Fischer sisters were 15 and 17 years old at the time. Sally Gordon was a friend.

They had previously sung backgrounds for Mike Post. Producer Kim Fowley was the in-house producer at Chattahoochee Records. The song was written by David Gates, the future frontman of Bread.

In an interview, Terry ^[1] said the girls were paid nothing for the record, and at the time had no idea how many fans they had. Their mothers were their managers, and kept them with Chattahoochee despite "calls from every major record company."

Carol married jazz musician John Morell. Terry appeared in nightclubs and recorded albums for twenty years, appearing on numerous television shows.

Why the spelling "Murmaid"? "It was a typo."