- Dancing/singing troupe formed on The Dean Martin Show (1965) that started with four members of The Golddiggers. Members at different times included Michelle DellaFave, Tara Leigh (Renee Anderson), Susan Lund (Susie Ewing), Wanda Bailey, Taffy Jones, Lynne Latham, Jayne Kennedy, Helen Funai, and Lindsay Bloom.
- 1972-1973 members (first group): Tara Leigh (Renee Anderson), Lynne Latham, Jayne Kennedy, and Helen Funai. 1972-1973 members (second group): Michelle DellaFave, Jayne Kennedy, Helen Funai, and Lindsay Bloom. (Partway through filming the season's shows, Leigh and Latham departed and were replaced by DellaFave and Bloom. Because sequences were not aired in the order they were recorded, both groups of performers sometimes featured in the same weekly episode.).
- Spun-off from The Golddiggers midway into the 1970-1971 season of The Dean Martin Show (1965), the Ding-a-Ling Sisters shared the Golddiggers' producer, Greg Garrison. Their choreographer was Tommy Tune.
- Toured for six months in 1971 as the opening act for Engelbert Humperdinck.
- Greg Garrison required members of the troupe to remain unmarried.
- The group's producer/manager Greg Garrison devised the foursome as a way to update the appeal of The Golddiggers, who had been founded as a retro act, specializing in songs of the 1930s. By contrast, the Ding-a-Ling Sisters would perform more contemporary, soulful numbers.
- 1970-1971 members: Michelle DellaFave, Tara Leigh (Renee Anderson), Susan Lund (Susie Ewing), and Wanda Bailey.
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