One of the most sensational TV themes of all time, "Mission Impossible" by Boris "Lalo" Schifrin spent over 3 months on the Billboard Top 100 chart, and won him two Grammy awards.
Un-naturally, somebody figured, "Hey, why don't we try and put lyrics to this thing, and see what happens?"
What happened is that you probably didn't know such a travesty existed until now. There have been many unlikely words thrown at famous instrumentals, including the themes for the TV shows "Peter Gunn," "Hawaii Five-O," "Bewitched" and "Bonanza." It's possible even Mack David would've taken a look at the Schifrin music and tossed his pen aside saying, "this mission IS impossible." So is trying to make sense of what the Triplets are actually singing, but go ahead and give it a try.
The Kane Triplets began their career via modeling for magazine ads. Lucille, Jeanne and Maureen turned up on the early TV talent show hosted by Arthur Godfrey, performed the awful "Inch Worm" novelty song on Perry Como's show in 1961, and were sort of comically paired (or tripled) with The McGuire Sisters for some novelty TV appearances. The McGuires were sisters, so were The Andrews Sisters, but hey, the Kanes were TRIPLETS and looked quite a bit alike. So what's not to like? They turned up on "The Ed Sullivan Show." Give them girls a record deal!
Kapp raised the Kanes with a 1964 single: "A Word to the Wise" b/w "Spanish Boy." They would get their big chance when Fred Milano and Angelo D'Aleo (who were in the doo-wop group Dion and the Belmonts) put lyrics to "Mission Impossible."
The Kane Triplets blossomed (as you see in the photo above) but wilted due to the lack of a big hit single. Their Facebook fan page is notably barren except for one comment: "We live in New Jersey We no longer sing anymore We lost our sister Jeanne tragically in 2007."
How...tragically? Jeanne's ex-husband John Galtieri was an ex-cop. A wife-beater. He still owned a gun, and though it had been four years since the divorce, and he re-married, he was not through with Jeanne. On January 30, 2007, the cold-blooded killer drove up from Florida and stalked his prey. Jeanne, 58 years old, was waiting in a Pleasant Plains parking lot for her daughter to arrive via a bus. Galtieri shot Jeanne in the head.
Two years later, February 19, 2009, Staten Island judge Stephen Rooney, said: "What's particularly chilling here is the calculated and premeditated nature of this murder." The judge allowed Jeanne and John's daughter Patricia to read a statement:
Today,
I would finally like my mother's voice to be heard. Throughout the
trial, many people have shared their feelings, but my mom, Jeanne, has
not yet had the chance.
I
also hope to be able to share with you who my mother really was and not
just the tragic event that took her from us. My mother, Jeanne, was
funny, loving, vivacious, self-assured and loyal.She brightened up
any room she entered. No matter how bad everything was, she could always
make you smile. My mother was and always will be my hero and my idol.
Her strength and courage were incredible. To me, what made her truly
special was her ability to always put loved ones before herself. She
truly was selfless. There was never a time in my life where she didn't
put me first. My mother loved with her whole heart. Not many people can
do that. She was that amazing. The day my mother was murdered, the world
lost someone truly special.
John
Galtieri tried to take all that away from her and me. My mother endured
years of verbal and physical abuse. I watched John Galtieri hit and
kick her. My childhood is littered with these images. I used to find my
mother with black eyes and a split lip. During one incident, he blamed
my mother for his best friend dying of cancer. He threw a glass he was
drinking out of at her. At the hospital, the doctor said she had to get
so many stitches he stopped counting. Another incident occurred when our
golden retriever jumped up at the table and spilled his coffee. He
blamed my mother for this because she let the dog in from outside. He
threw her to the ground and started punching and kicking her.
A
third incident involved him hitting me. As soon as she heard him, she
ran into my bedroom to stop him from hitting me. He threw her to the
ground. She had just had surgery for her kidneys the same day. He
viciously kicked and beat her. At one point, he was kicking her in the
lower back around her kidney area. I was so scared that I just cowered
in the corner. I regret that to this day. I could not protect her.
It
was that night she decided to leave him. She said it was one thing to
hit her, but she would never allow him to do the same to me. She had
stayed all those years because she was worried he would kill her family
or kill me. She finally got the courage to leave him and I was so proud
of her. I had been waiting a long time for her to stand up for herself. I
always told her that I was strong. I told her he couldn't hurt me but
being the mother she was, she still wanted to protect me.
After
23 years, she finally got her life back. Even through all the drama and
heartache, she was able to smile and laugh. I would do it all over
again just to let her have those nine years of complete happiness. She
was together again with our family. We did not have to live in fear of
what would happen when John got home. Our happy moments were just that.
Happy. When my mother was murdered, I thought I had to be the unluckiest
person in the world, but then I realized that I had 25 years with the
most wonderful mother a girl could ever dream of. That makes me the
luckiest girl in the world.
John Galtieri:
I
should have said this a long time ago. You are a coward. Only a coward
would hit someone who can't hit them back. Only a coward doesn't take
responsibility for their actions. Only a coward hides behind a gun. You
might think you have won. You might think you have beat my mother. One
thing you underestimated is me. I will finish everything my mother
started, but the difference is I will not stop until I have taken
everything from you like you tried to do to me. I won't rest until you
have lost everything, starting with your freedom. Judge Rooney, I ask
you to put this monster away for the rest of his life and as he sits in
his cold, lonely cell for the remainder of his days, he will be tortured
by this for eternity:
Jeanne beat him.
Jeanne beat him.
Jeanne beat him.
The answer: daughter Patricia, who was also collecting Galtieri's $2,770 a month police pension. The money was contested by Galtieri's second wife Marilyn. Galtieri, perhaps in response to his daughter's impact statement, had tried to sign his pension off to Marilyn after his conviction. He also tried to declare bankruptcy to keep his pension away from his daughter. He was clobbered on all of this, and he lost all his assets in a wrongful-death lawsuit. The second wife got nothing. His mission to avoid having to literally pay for his crime: impossible.
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