The Badgett Sisters were an American folk and gospel group from Yanceyville in Caswell County, North Carolina, and recipients of a 1990 North Carolina Heritage Award.[1] The trio began singing together in 1933 and consisted of sisters Celester, Connie, and Cleonia Badgett.[2]
As of 2019, Connie B. Steadman performs as an acappella musician and storyteller solo artist throughout North Carolina.[3] [4]
Under their father's tutelage, the Badgett Sisters learned to sing spirituals, hymns, and gospel songs in the jubilee style, a form of unaccompanied close harmony learned from their father, Cortelyou Odell Badgett (1905-1978). They sing in the jubilee style, a form popular in the 1930s and 1940s. The Badgett Sisters began performing at the ages of 4-6. All of the Badgetts' arrangements are original.
Having performed around the world, the Badgett Sisters traveled as far as Australia and performed at Carnegie Hall.[5]