out as a jazz vocal quartet in all-Chinese revues with other Chinese and Chinese-American entertainers, including Toy and Wing and Joe Wong. Their big break came when Broadway impresario George White hired them for his last Broadway musical revue, The Scandals of 1939 which opened at the Alvin Theater in New York. Other performers included comedians The Three Stooges and Ben Blue and singer Ella Logan. The hit of the show was the “Mexiconga.” The four sisters each played a bongo drum and pounded out a different rhythm for Ann Miller’s call-and-response tap dance number. Bolstered by the success of the Scandals, which ran on Broadway and toured for three years, the sisters made New York City their home. Career Interruption Just as their star was ascending, Jenée left the act to marry Li Youlin, the son of Chinese general Li Zongren (Li Tsung-jen), who in 1948 became vice president of Nationalist China under president Chiang Kai-shek. Her three sisters carried on as a trio. The Three Kim Loo Sisters Alice, Maggie and Bubbles returned to Broadway where they shared top billing with crooner Frank Sinatra in the all-star revue, Cavalcade of America. They appeared with Jackie Gleason in “Hellzapoppin” at the Shubert Theatre, and with Peter Lind Hayes and Mary Healy in “Hollywood Sweater Girl Revue” at the Edison Hotel. They also performed at the iconic Astor Roof at the Astor Hotel in New York, following Benny Goodman and his Orchestra. With the outbreak of the Second World War, the sisters entertained American servicemen in United Service Organization (USO) camp shows across the country. They also joined Ina Ray Hutton and her Orchestra, a female-led all-male big band. The Kim Loo Sisters made the transition from stage to screen with the Hollywood feature film “Meet Miss Bobby Socks” (1944). The sisters also starred in two Soundies—“Take Me Out to the Ball Game” (1943) and “Gee! The Jeep Jumps” (1944). The latter was selected by the Library of Congress for their film archive. In 1944, the Kimmies signed on with the USO and shipped out with the fleet to entertain American and Allied troops stationed in the Mediterranean theatre of operations headquartered in Naples, Italy. They played to over 121,000 troops in the 158 performances they gave during their 23-week tour in Europe. When they returned to the United States, Alice married Jack Purcell, the sole guitarist with Ina Ray