Christina Aguilera used the Andrews Sisters' "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" to inspire her song "Candyman" (released as a single in 2007) from her hit album Back to Basics. The Andrews Sisters fame peaked during World War II. [67], Edward Habib in the CD program notes for Songs That Won the War Vol. They toured extensively during the 1960s, favoring top nightclubs in Las Vegas, California, and London, England.[23]. 13 1 Near You / How Lucky You Are. But, in a sense, they had no competition. But it's possible that Patty's most fulfilling partnership was with Wally Wechsler, to whom she was married for more than 60 years. In the years just before and during World War II, the Andrews Sisters were at the height of their popularity, and the group still tends to be associated in the public's mind with the war years. Female vocal trio who were one of the most popular and influential acts of the Big Band era. (Between 1940-1948, they appeared in 17 films, including lending their voices to two animated features for Disney.) The episode has Patty enlisting the help of Lucy, her daughter Kim (played by Lucie Arnaz), and her son Craig (Desi Arnaz Jr.) to perform a medley of Andrews Sisters hits for the Andrews Sisters Fan Club reunion. The London-based trio the Puppini Sisters uses their style harmonies on several Andrews Sisters and other hits of the 1940s and 1950s as well as later rock and disco hits. They broke up in 1967 after the death of LaVerne, but their music is still played over certain radio . This button displays the currently selected search type. Well, All Right! 13. They quickly personified a new kind of swing and Big Band vocal performance: exceptional harmonic structures, soaring above their active, dynamic stage presence. The picture was the highest-grossing film of that year. The show opened in March 1974 and was the sisters belated Broadway debut. Maxene arrived on January 3, 1916, and Patty was born February 16, 1918. Patty Andrews returned to her solo career and in 1971 appeared in a musical revue called Victory Canteen in Los Angeles. Its cast album charted, as did another Andrews Sisters compilation (In the Mood on Paramount). [5][42], Joyce DeYoung Murray, who replaced LaVerne from late 1966 to 1968, died in March 2014 at the age of 87. .Hailing from Minnesota, eldest sister LaVerne Sophie was born on July 6, 1911, followed by Maxene Angelyn on January 3, 1916, and finally Patricia Marie on February 16, 1918. lasted only a year, and its end marked the last time the sisters would ever sing together. There's nothing I would do to change things if I couldYes, I would. Read about our approach to external linking. Read Full Biography, The Andrews Sisters were the most successful female vocal group of the first half of the 20th century in the U.S. One source lists 113 singles chart entries by the trio between 1938-1951, an average of more than eight per year. She was 94. 1946 Andrews Sisters and Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians. They began singing together as children; by the time they were teenagers they made up an accomplished vocal group. In Give Out, Sisters (1942), they posed as rich society matron types out to better their careers while featuring their big hit "Pennsylvania Polka." (which shot to number one on Billboard and remained in the Top 10 for 25 weeks), "I Wanna Be Loved", "There Will Never Be Another You", and "The Three Bells", which was an English version of the French 1946 rendition by dith Piaf & Les Compagnons de la chanson; along with several solo recordings with Patty, including a cover version of Nat King Cole's "Too Young", "It Never Entered My Mind", "If You Go", and "That's How A Love Song Is Born". May 8, 1967, Brentwood, California), Maxene Angelyn Andrews (b. January 3, 1916, Minneapolisd. She was 94. [43], The Andrews Sisters were the most imitated of all female singing groups and influenced many artists, including Mel Torm, Les Paul and Mary Ford, the Four Freshmen, the Supremes, the Beach Boys, the McGuire Sisters, the Lennon Sisters, the Pointer Sisters, the Manhattan Transfer, Barry Manilow, and Bette Midler. The group consisted of three sisters: contralto LaVerne Sophia (July 6, 1911 - May 8, 1967), soprano Maxene Angelyn (January 3, 1916 - October 21, 1995), and mezzo-soprano Patricia Marie "Patty" (February 16, 1918 - January 30, 2013). Genre. They delivered an optimistic, upbeat war campaign that instilled hope, joy and allegiance through song, comedy, and lively movement. The Andrews Sisters - @TheAndrewsSBRRegistro: Decca n 24171Data de Gravao: 4 de Agosto de 1947Local de Gravao: Nova York- Ainda na mesma seo de grava. Patty and Maxene reclaimed some success when they starred in the Broadway musical Over Here! It is claimed that the sisters have sold more than 90 . Patty announced that the war with Japan was over. This however did not sit well with Patty and a cease and desist order was sent to Skelton. A failed radio performance in 1937 turned out to be the sisters big break. Oh!," and their first two duets with Bing Crosby in 1939: "Ciribiribin" and "Yodelin' Jive" (both featuring jazz violinist Joe Venuti and his orchestra).The country was absolutely enthralled and captivated. In 2008, Mound dedicated "The Andrews Sisters Trail". Her father, Peter, was a Greek immigrant who changed his name from Andreos to Andrews when he came to America. The 2011 video game L.A. Noire features the song "Pistol Packin' Mama", where the sisters perform a duet with Bing Crosby. LaVerne was considered the closest to her parents and often mediated family conflicts. ". Patty and Maxene's careers experienced a resurgence when Bette Midler covered "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" in 1973. Maxene and Patty went through painful divorces (Maxene split with the group's manager Lou Levy; Patty lost agent and husband, Martin Melcher to singer Doris Day), and lost their parents within a year of each other, as did their mentor Jack Kapp of Decca Records. In 1951 she married Wally Weschler, who had been the sisters pianist and conductor and who later became her manager. The plots may have been pancake-thin but they were sure-fire morale boosters and needed war-time tension relievers. October 21, 1995, Boston, Massachusetts), and Patricia Marie (Patty) Andrews (b. February 16, 1918, Minneapolisd. The trio's last Top Ten hit was "Sparrow in the Tree Top," another pairing with Bing Crosby, in 1951. Over Here! The Disney company also utilized the girls' voices in their cartoon features Make Mine Music (1946) and Melody Time (1948).All three girls experienced down times in their personal lives as well during the late-1940s. 1946 found them in the Top Ten with the gold-selling "South America, Take It Away" (with Crosby), "Rumors Are Flying" (accompanied by guitarist Les Paul), and "Christmas Island" (backed by Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians). The trio was awarded 19 gold records representing sales of almost 100 million copies. Universal responded in like by signing them to some of their nonsensical "B" musicals derived purely for escapism as the U.S. prepared itself and became embroiled in WW2. After selling more than 75 million records, the Andrews Sisters broke up in 1953 when Patty decided to go solo. Read about our approach to external linking. Patty later sued her sisters over the apportionment of their late parents' estate. Their father, Peter Andreos/Andrews, was Greek. This song charted on June 17, 1939 at #5.. Soundtrack: Repo Man. Maxene's was kind of high, and I was between. Mr. Weschler died in 2010. [citation needed], While the sisters specialized in traditional pop,[32] swing, boogie-woogie, and novelty hits with their trademark lightning-quick vocal syncopations, they also produced major hits in jazz, ballads, folk, country, seasonal, and religious titles, being the first Decca artists to record an album of gospel standards in 1950. DeYoung fulfilled concert appearances, including an appearance on The Dean Martin Show on November 30, 1967, but she did not record with Patty and Maxene. [40] Levy was the sisters' manager from 1937 to 1951. For the most part, the Andrews Sisters did not focus on romantic material, but rather sang upbeat songs, often borrowed from other cultures. The sisters spent summers in Mound[1] with their uncles Pete and Ed Solie, who had a grocery store there. Although their recording activity was slowed by the musicians' union strike that began in 1942, they had another Top Ten hit that year with "Strip Polka." The Manhattan Dolls, a New York City-based touring group, performs both the popular tunes sung by the Andrews Sisters and some of the more obscure tunes such as "Well Alright" and "South American Way". As her sister Maxene told NPR in 1993, Patty "opened up this piece of paper, and she looked at it, and then she started to cry. a perfect example of the way in which the Andrews Sisters adapted their vocal lines to the sound of a horn chart. Not long before she died, Maxene told music historian William Ruhlmann, I have nothing to regret. [63] The western-themed "The Andrews Sisters' Show" (subtitled "Eight-to-the-Bar Ranch"), co-hosted by Gabby Hayes, began in 1944 and featured a special guest every week. No trained actresses by any margin, the girls emanated a down-home naturalness and appeal with a comedic flair that attracted audiences coast-to-coast.In later films, the girls played everything from "lonely hearts" club managers in Always a Bridesmaid (1943), to elevator operators in How's About It? As music biographer Michael Freedland said, "The Andrews Sisters were swing personified. . Cancer took LaVerne in 1967, and within a year Maxene was teaching college in the Lake Tahoe area. Minneapolis Tribune, October 9, 1938, pg 21. The Andrews Sisters were an American singing group in the 1930s, the 1940s and the 1950s. Her mother, Olga, was Norwegian. The youngest of the sisters, Patricia Marie Andrews was just 19 when the trio became an overnight sensation crooning "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen," a tune originally written for the Yiddish theater. Lynda Wells, a niece, confirmed the death. - The Andrews Sisters\r\rI DO NOT OWN AND SONGS OR PICTURES USED IN THE MAKING OF THIS VIDEO. Maxene appealed to Patty for a reunion, personally if not professionally, both in public and in private, but to no avail. [18] Patty attributed the breakup to the deaths of their parents: "We had been together nearly all our lives," Patty explained in 1971. [33] Their versatility allowed them to pair with many different artists in the recording studios, producing Top 10 hits with the likes of Bing Crosby[34] (the only recording artist of the 1940s to sell more records than The Andrews Sisters), Danny Kaye, Dick Haymes, Carmen Miranda, Al Jolson, Ray McKinley, Burl Ives, Ernest Tubb, Red Foley, Dan Dailey, Alfred Apaka, and Les Paul. starred Maxene and Patty (with Janie Sell filling in for LaVerne and winning a Tony Award for her performance) and was written with both sisters in mind for the leads. [2] Their 1941 hit "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" can be considered an early example of jump blues. According to a press release from Unversal Studios during the early years of their career, LaVerne was 5'6 and 125 lbs., Maxene was 5'4 and 115 lbs., and Patty was 5'6 and 110 lbs. [7] After singing with various dance bands and touring in vaudeville with Leon Belasco (and his orchestra)[8] and comic bandleader Larry Rich, they first came to national attention with their recordings and radio broadcasts in 1937, most notably via their major Decca record hit, "Bei Mir Bist Du Schn" (translation: "To Me, You Are Beautiful"),[9] originally a Yiddish tune, the lyrics of which Sammy Cahn had translated to English and "which the girls harmonized to perfection. The Andrews Sisters, with Patty at center, in a 1947 publicity photo. 15), "That's the Moon, My Son" (1942) (No. Patty Andrews, the last of the Andrews Sisters, died at her home in Los Angeles in January 2013; she was 94 years old. The girls were also featured in Universal's Follow the Boys (1944) and Paramount's Hollywood Canteen (1944), popular all-star productions designed to promote the war effort.