The Rankins are a Canadian musical family group of 12 hailing from Nova Scotia. As siblings got older, went to school and started families of their own, they would be replaced by younger siblings. I mean 12 kids — it’s not like they didn’t have a bench.
The group has won many Canadian music awards, including 15 East Coast Music Awards, six Juno Awards, four SOCAN Awards, three Canadian Country Music Awards and two Big Country Music Awards.
In 1998 the female part of The Rankins (Heather, Cookie and Raylene) struck out on their own to make a Christmas record, Do You Hear. It’s really a hit and miss effort — I mean, they cover Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree. (On a side note, Rockin’ Around has been covered hundreds of times. I’ve often wondered if the artist doing yet another cover of it says to him or herself, “MY cover is going to be the BEST!”)
Anyway there are a couple of really good tunes on this record. And unfortunately, the videos from it on youtube are blocked in the US.
I’m left with featuring a live track of the sisters singing I Wonder As I Wander. The video is a bit dated but it’s a very energetic cover of the old classic.
Heather, Cookie & Raylene Rankin – I Wonder As I Wander
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