According to the book I have, written by Barry Pugh, they were asked to stay with Anita Kerr for the move, but they all (Dottie, Gil, Louis) declined. Worthy to note, they added Priscilla Hubbard as their fourth member and singing lead. ... who by the way went on to marry Jerry Reed. But that's another story. They all felt that Too much time and connection to Nashville was invested to ever leave. I would have to agree!!
Fortunately in ensuing years the group did very well by staying behind. They continued to be in demand for their lush harmonies, appearing on many popular recordings (too many to mention) including directors for the first season of The Smothers Brothers TV show. They added support vocals to Chet Atkins "Hometown Guitar album". For how many years they stayed active was not mentioned.
There was a write up of Anita's obituary in the book and I must say I was totally disappointed but not surprised. Jim Reeves routinely never gets mentioned in publications and this one was no exception. The write up gave the years (1927-2022) Anita's name then saying she and her group backed up for Patsy Cline and Roy Orbison. Really!! Part way thru, the list was enlarged to including ... Her lending her talent to Hank Snow, Perry Como, Pat Boone, Rosemary Clooney, Bobby Vinton, Willie Nelson, Floyd Cramer and Ann Margaret. That was it. Again disbelief but never surprised. Other than this unforgivable slight, the info and pictures of Anita's seventeen years in Nashville seemed accurate and informative.
You are correct Mike, Anita died in Geneva. According to the book, Anita's career spanned 17 years in Nashville as mentioned, 5 years in Los Angeles, then the final move to Geneva, Switzerland.
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