{"id":25388,"date":"2021-08-23T01:03:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-23T08:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/?p=25388"},"modified":"2021-08-24T23:12:14","modified_gmt":"2021-08-25T06:12:14","slug":"happy-birthday-to-the-del-rubio-triplets-who-would-have-been-100-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/2021\/08\/23\/happy-birthday-to-the-del-rubio-triplets-who-would-have-been-100-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Birthday to the Del Rubio Triplets &#8212; who would have been 100 this week!!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On August 23, 1921, the Boyd Triplets were born!! The Boyd Triplets\u2026?! You&#8217;ll know Milly, Eadie, and Elena better as their stage name, <strong>the Del Rubio Triplets<\/strong>! They adopted that name after dying their hair blonde\u2026 the Spanish word for blonde is &#8220;rubio&#8221;!! Now you know!! Also, fun facts, they all lived together in a trailer, dressed alike, and never married (because they didn&#8217;t want to break up the band)!! That&#8217;s dedication!!! I mean, they performed for FIFTY years together!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Peewee-and-Del-Rubios.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23781\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Peewee-and-Del-Rubios.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Peewee-and-Del-Rubios-640x360.jpg 640w, https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Peewee-and-Del-Rubios-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Peewee-and-Del-Rubios-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It was an honor to have them perform on my show, <em>Pee-wee&#8217;s Playhouse<\/em>, not once but TWICE!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;These Boots are Made for Walking&#8221; in 1989:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class='flex-video widescreen'><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Del Rubio Triplets - These Boots Are Made for Walkin&#039;\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dbyH7DsQ4pM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A year earlier, they performed &#8220;Winter Wonderland&#8221; on the <em>Pee-wee&#8217;s Playhouse Christmas Special<\/em>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class='flex-video widescreen'><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Del Rubio Triplets - Winter Wonderland\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dPJWhoKh8M4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Their 1988 album, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.discogs.com\/The-Del-Rubio-Triplets-Three-Gals-Three-Guitars\/master\/594323\">&#8220;Three Gals, Three Guitars,&#8221;<\/a> is a real joy!! They covered MANY songs\u2026like\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"586\" height=\"582\" src=\"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Three-Gals-Three-Guitars.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23780\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Three-Gals-Three-Guitars.jpg 586w, https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Three-Gals-Three-Guitars-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 586px) 100vw, 586px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Bangles&#8217; &#8220;Walk Like an Egyptian&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class='flex-video widescreen'><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Walk Like an Egyptian\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/h-A-4cD7UWw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Devo&#8217;s &#8220;Whip It!&#8221; (Footage from the show <em>Full House<\/em>):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class='flex-video widescreen'><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kevin B Does Whip It\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QpvmBno0mJ0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Ok, remember the New Monkees?? This one is especially weird:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/Ybw66oAHicc\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Here they are in 1956 performing on the <em>Bob Hope Christmas Show<\/em>\u2026 WOW!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/LCx4og6fqtA\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Happy Birthday in heaven, ladies!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"235\" height=\"342\" src=\"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Del-Rubio-Sisters.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23788\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On August 23, 1921, the Boyd Triplets were born!! The Boyd Triplets\u2026?! You&#8217;ll know Milly, Eadie, and Elena better as their stage name, the Del Rubio Triplets! They adopted that name after dying their hair blonde\u2026 the Spanish word for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23773,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,92],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25388"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25388"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25388\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25396,"href":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25388\/revisions\/25396"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}