The Burke Family Singers
formed 1959, Peacedale, South Kingstown

"America's answer to Austria's Von Trapp Family," this mother, father, and their ten children performed in every state in the union and every province in Canada between 1959 and 1972. The wholesome act also appeared on several television variety programs, including The Ed Sullivan Show, The Mike Douglas Show, and Jack Paar.
Youngest daughter Sarah Jo Burke reads from her 2004 book about the Family, Don't Think it Hasn't Been Fun: