The Andrews Sisters' second Decca single, "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen," an Anglicized version of a song from the Yiddish theater, became a massive hit. In a 1974 interview with The New York Times, Patty explained what that was like: When our fans used to see one of us, theyd always ask, Where are your sisters? Every time we got an award, it was just one award for the three of us. This could be irritating, she said with a touch of exasperation: Were not glued together.. The influence of the Andrews Sisters looms large over the last half-century of music: Their catalog, some 1,800 songs, has been thoroughly mined by other artists. She was 94. Genre. [6], They started their career as imitators of an earlier successful singing group, the Boswell Sisters, who were popular in the 1930s. Instrumental to the sisters' success over the years were their parents, Olga and Peter, their orchestra leader and musical arranger, Vic Schoen (19162000), and Jack and David Kapp, who founded Decca Records. As recounted in The Andrews Sisters: A Biography and Career Record, Patty said, "No, fellas, this is from the CO the war is over, so you don't have to go." Like her older sisters, Patty learned to love music as a child (she also became a good tap dancer), and she did not have to be persuaded when Maxene suggested that the sisters form a trio in 1932. She was 14 when they began to perform in public. The Andrews Sisters - Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy (V-Disc 1941) Zemorg 17.8K subscribers Subscribe 9.4K 880K views 7 years ago A very youthful looking Andrews Sisters performing Boogie. The Andrews Sisters fame peaked during World War II. LaVerne Andrews (July 6, 1911 - May 8, 1967) was the eldest Andrews sister and sang alto - the lowest range for women. They were popular during the swing and boogie-woogie eras. 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? They also appeared in 16 films, including alongside Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Buck Privates and with Bob Hope and Bing Crosby in Road to Rio. Maxene died in 1995. Female vocal trio who were one of the most popular and influential acts of the Big Band era. Over Here! Maxene and LaVerne performed as a duo, and there were attempts over the years to reunite the trio, with varying levels of success. Patty Andrews married agent Marty Melcher in 1947 but left him in 1949, when he pursued a romantic relationship with Doris Day. They were the Benny Goodman and the Glenn Miller and the Artie Shaw bands combined into vocal harmony.". Their hit recording "Sincerely" spent more than two months at No. - The Andrews Sisters\r\rI DO NOT OWN AND SONGS OR PICTURES USED IN THE MAKING OF THIS VIDEO. Her singing was." Meanwhile, Bette Midler revived "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" for a Top Ten hit in 1973, bringing two Andrews Sisters compilation albums (The Best of the Andrews Sisters on MCA and Boogie Woogie Bugle Girls on Paramount) into the charts. They recorded two versions so I'll post both up!\r\rSongs:\rWell, All Right! The National WW2 Museum's Victory Belles are proud to pay tribute to the Andrews Sisters performing their music daily in the Stage Door Canteen in New Orleans. LaVerne had founded the original group, and often acted as the peacemaker among the three during the sisters' lives, more often siding with her parents, to whom the girls were extremely devoted, than with either of her sisters. "There was no such thing as being married at that time," she said. But Wells says that their status as companions, and Maxene's health issues as she got older, led Maxene to adopt her as a daughter. Her father, Peter, was a Greek immigrant who changed his name from Andreos to Andrews when he came to America. with Vic Schoen and his orchestra, unless otherwise noted: From top: Maxene (top left), LaVerne (top right), and Patty (center) in October 1943. [citation needed], The Andrews Sisters were the most sought-after singers in theater shows worldwide during the 1940s and early 1950s, always topping previous house averages. [38], LaVerne Andrews married Lou Rogers,[24] a trumpet player in Vic Schoen's band, in 1948. It started in 1937 and its still going. Though their fame declined in the postwar years, their act remained popular into the 1960s. The preeminent singing sister act of all time with well over 75 million records sold by which the swinging big-band era could not be better represented were the fabulous Andrews Sisters: the blonde melodic mezzo Patty Andrews, the brunette soprano Maxene Andrews and the red-headed contralto Laverne Andrews. Before the end of the year, they and Crosby had gone to number one with the double-sided hit "(There'll Be A) Hot Time in the Town of Berlin (When the Yanks Go Marching In)" and "Is You Is or Is You Ain't (Ma' Baby)," as well as Cole Porter's "Don't Fence Me In. [2] lasted only a year, and its end marked the last time the sisters would ever sing together. The Andrews Sisters were an American close harmony singing group of the swing and boogie-woogie eras. [12] They encouraged U.S. citizens to purchase war bonds with their rendition of Irving Berlin's song "Any Bonds Today?". In 1962, they signed with Dot Records and recorded a series of stereo albums until 1967, both re-recordings of earlier hits which incorporated up-to-date production techniques, as well as new material, including "I Left My Heart in San Francisco", "Still", "The End of the World", "Puff the Magic Dragon", "Sailor", "Satin Doll", "Mr. Bass Man", the theme from Come September, and the theme from A Man and a Woman. This article was most recently revised and updated by, https://www.britannica.com/topic/the-Andrews-Sisters, The Vocal Group Hall of Fame - The Andrews Sisters, the Andrews Sisters - Student Encyclopedia (Ages 11 and up). It reached the Top 10, and its success led to several new compilations of the Andrews Sisters own hits. The Andrews Sisters cooled as a recording act after 1948, as they began to focus on nightclub performing and Patty Andrews became more of a focus of the group as well as launching a concurrent solo recording career. Following Maxenes death in 1995, Patty continued to perform, sometimes as a featured vocalist with the Glenn Miller Orchestra. "Then in one year our dream world ended. "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" is a World War II jump blues song written by Don Raye and Hughie Prince which was introduced by The Andrews Sisters in the Abbott and Costello comedy film, Buck Privates (1941). Laverne died of cancer at age 55 in 1967; Maxene of a heart attack at age 79 in 1995; Patty from natural causes at age 94 in 2013. The Andrews Sisters also seem to have given little thought to the meaning of the lyrics. Patty was the star of the sibling act. But, in a sense, they had no competition. Maxine was only four when she first appeared on her first radio broadcast in Minneapolis. The Andrews Sisters re-entered the limelight in the early 1970s when Bette Midler released her own recording of Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy, modeled closely on theirs. LaVerne denied the suicide attempt to reporters. 2. . 3.50. (1942), and Swingtime Johnny (1943). [citation needed] Bob Hope said of Maxene's passing, "She was more than part of The Andrews Sisters, much more than a singer. The groups renditions of swing tunes in close harmony sold millions of copies; the act was also hugely popular in live performance and in film. The Sollie family disapproved of Olga's marriage, but the relationship was repaired once their first child, LaVerne, was born July 6, 1911. Subsequent radio work eventually led to the Decca Records label. Not long before she died, Maxene told music historian William Ruhlmann, I have nothing to regret. opened on Broadway on March 6, 1974. Maxene and LaVerne did appear together on The Red Skelton Show on October 26, 1954, singing the humorous "Why Do They Give the Solos to Patty" as well as lip-synching "Beer Barrel Polka" with Skelton in drag filling in for Patty. The Andrews Sisters / Wikimedia Commons. Although they were well-established by the time the U.S. entered World War II, their optimistic tenor made them perfect boosters of the war effort, and in later years they remained closely identified with the war years, remembered as wearing military uniforms and singing their signature song, "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy.". Patty was the star of the sibling act. 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". In November 1933, they joined a vaudeville troupe for six months, traveling around the Midwest. Providing a musical security blanket to a war-torn country via records, films, radio, clubs, stages, canteens, they bravely traveled overseas war zones emphasizing through song the motto that America was strong and proud and to keep on singing and swinging! The sisters spent summers in Mound[1] with their uncles Pete and Ed Solie, who had a grocery store there. Well, All Right! Maxene Andrews married music publisher Lou Levy in 1941, separating in 1949. [1] When Maxene and LaVerne learned of Patty's decision from newspaper gossip columns rather than from their own sister, it caused a bitter two-year separation, especially when Patty sued LaVerne for a larger share of their parents' estate. In addition, they produced three hi-fi albums, including a vibrant LP of songs from the dancing 1920s with Billy May's orchestra. 1947 brought the Top Ten hits "Tallahassee" (with Crosby), "Near You," and "The Lady From 29 Palms." The Andrews Sisters were an American close harmony singing group of the swing and boogie-woogie eras. Styles. When Patti sued her sisters, demanding proper settlement of their mother's estate, Maxene made the headlines on December 21, 1954, with a suspected suicide attempt because of the conflict. The Andrews Sisters made their final appearance as a trio in July 1968, after which Maxene Andrews took a job at Lake Tahoe Paradise College of Fine Arts. This was followed by a 1-2-3 punch back at the recording studio with their renditions of the rollicking "Beat Me, Daddy, Eight to the Bar," a reinvention of the WW1 waltz "I'll Be with You in Apple Blossom Time" and the soft, sentimental ballad "Mean to Me. They were getting ready to perform outside Naples, Italy, for troops headed to the Pacific when Patty was handed a piece of paper to read. "To me, being gay was not a central focus of Maxene's life at all," Wells told radio station The Current (KCMP) in a 2019 interview. [citation needed]. They also appeared in a number of films, supporting Abbott and Costello in Buck Privates, In the Navy, and Hold That Ghost (all 1941), and appearing in their own series of musical comedies, which included Private Buckaroo (1942), Whats Cookin? The following year, they were among the inaugural inductees to the Vocal Group Hall of Fame. As music biographer Michael Freedland said, "The Andrews Sisters were swing personified. (Patty Andrews and, "You Don't Have to Know the Language" (with, "You Don't Know How Much You Can Suffer" (1939) (No. Retrieved May 10, 2021. The Andrews Sisters -- LaVerne Andrews (born July 6, 1911; died May 8, 1967), Maxene Andrews (born January 3, 1916; died October 21, 1995), and Patty Andrews (born February 16, 1918) -- were each born in Mound, MN, the children of a Greek immigrant father and a Norwegian immigrant mother who ran a restaurant in Minneapolis. They got their start in the Depression-era early 1930s, and their first big hit, "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen", was recorded . Minneapolis Tribune, October 9, 1938, pg 21. [35][36] In personal appearances, on radio and on television, they sang with everyone from Rudy Vallee, Judy Garland, and Nat "King" Cole, to Jimmie Rodgers, Andy Williams, and The Supremes. Maxene suffered a serious heart attack while performing in Illinois in 1982 and underwent quadruple bypass surgery, from which she successfully recovered. the Andrews Sisters, singing trio, one of the most popular American musical acts of the 1940s. For the most part, the Andrews Sisters did not focus on romantic material, but rather sang upbeat songs, often borrowed from other cultures. The Andrews Sisters were an American singing group in the 1930s, the 1940s and the 1950s. This however did not sit well with Patty and a cease and desist order was sent to Skelton. . The sisters were born to Olga "Ollie" (ne Sollie) and Peter Andreas. Offstage, the sisters well-publicized feuds kept them in the gossip pages. The defining sister act of all time with well over 75 million records sold by which the swinging big-band era could not be better represented were the fabulous Andrews Sisters: Patty, Maxene, and LaVerne. Peter Andreas (later "Andrews") was Greek and his wife was of Norwegian ancestry raised in the Lutheran faith. She was 94. 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. The group consisted of three sisters: contralto LaVerne Sophia Andrews, soprano Maxene Anglyn Andrews, and mezzo-soprano Patricia "Patty" Marie Andrews. As the war ended, the Andrews Sisters became the stars of their own radio program, The Andrews Sisters Show. The 2010 video game Mafia II features numerous Andrews Sisters songs, with "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy", "Strip Polka" and "Rum and Coca-Cola". My Rated Discographies . As music biographer Michael Freedland said, "The Andrews Sisters were swing personified. 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). 20211 () e so foolish as to wear them right inside the store. Unfortunately, the close harmony on songs like "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" didn't reflect their family dynamic. Other hits followed, and in 1940 they were signed by Universal Pictures. They continued to record for Decca through the end of 1953, at which point Patty Andrews left the group for a solo career while Maxene and LaVerne Andrews continued to perform as the Andrews Sisters. During World War II, the sisters were a staple of popular culture, recording with Glenn Miller and Bing Crosby, appearing in films with Abbott and Costello, and performing live around the country. Jan. 30, 2013 Patty Andrews, the last of the Andrews Sisters, the jaunty vocal trio whose immensely popular music became part of the patriotic fabric of World War II America, died on. Reply Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) Popular Posts THE SAD LIFE OF CATHARINE LORRE BETTY HUTTON AND HER DAUGHTERS Maxene retired shortly after and became Dean of Women at a Tahoe, Nevada college. They hired Patty and lured Maxene back into show business as well. [14] The sisters later told biographers that they were asked to record the tune on short notice and were unaware either of the copyright issue or of the implications of the lyrics. None of these achieved any major success. After winning a Minneapolis talent contest when they were still children, they went on to tour vaudeville, too. It is claimed that the sisters have sold more than 90 . The sisters began performing in the early 1930's when the Depression wiped out their father's business. Patty died of natural causes at her home in Northridge, California, on January 30, 2013, at the age of 94. After the Belasco band broke up that summer, they were signed to Decca Records on their own. [citation needed], Buck Privates, with Abbott and Costello, featured the Andrews Sisters' best-known song, "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy. The Andrews Sisters' harmonies and songs are still influential today, and have been copied and recorded by entertainers such as Patti Page, Bette Midler, Christina Aguilera, Pentatonix, and others. (Tonight's The Night) was a song recorded by the Andrews Sisters in 1939 arranged with Vic Schoen. A failed radio performance in 1937 turned out to be the sisters big break. Maxene's was kind of high, and I was between. The million-selling "Pistol Packin' Mama," backed with "Vict'ry Polka," was a two-sided hit with Crosby in 1943-1944, then they topped the charts with their own "Shoo-Shoo Baby" in January 1944. They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. [28], Patty continually distanced herself from Maxene, until her death, and would not explain her motives regarding the separation. "[50] This Don Raye-Hughie Prince composition was nominated for Best Song at the 1941 Academy Awards ceremony. [68][69], The Andrews Sisters became the most popular female vocal group of the first half of the 20th century. She was 79. [15], An ad in the 1951 'Radio Annual' showed photos of the Andrews as children, as contemporary singers, and as old women in the then-future year of 1975, although the act would not make it that long. Laverne became a career housewife and Patti stayed in show business as a single after their hopes and ambitions clashed with one another. [35][37] Some of the trio's late-1930s recordings have noticeable Boswell Sisters vocal influences. 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. The American premier of the show was June 21, 2009, in their summer vacation enclave of Mound, Minnesota. The girls reunited in 1956 and worked constantly for the next decade in recording studios (Capitol and Dot), on stages throughout the world (frequently in England), and in countless guest-star television spots.LaVerne's serious illness in 1966, however, promptly ended the trio permanently. Patty was the youngest of the sisters whose hits included Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B. Patty (1920), Maxene (1917), and LaVerne (1915) grew up in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The sisters have sold an estimated 80 million records. Modeling their act on the commercially successful Boswell Sisters, they joined a traveling revue and sang at county fairs and in vaudeville shows. The Andrews Sisters (from left, Maxene, Patty and LaVerne) in the 1940s. She was a warm and wonderful lady who shared her talent and wisdom with others. ", Paying tribute to Patty, singer Bette Midler said: "When I was a kid, I only had two records and one of them was the Andrews Sisters. In 1987, the group was honored with a Hollywood Walk of Fame star for their recording work. As Patty Andrews said in 1985, The Andrews Sisters really had only one big fight. 2. After selling more than 75 million records, the Andrews Sisters broke up in 1953 when Patty decided to go solo. There were rumblings amid the group. [27] Over Here! Her real name was Patricia Marie (Patty nickname). by Bruce Eder. "I Wanna Be Loved," with the same sort of arrangement, also topped the charts in June. Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of experience gained by working on that content or via study for an advanced degree. Besides this, and a few brief private encounters, they remained somewhat estranged for their remaining years, with Maxene dying in 1995.[30]. [citation needed] The imitation occurred internationally; the Harmony Sisters, a popular group that performed from the 1930s to the 1950s in Finland was one such singing group.[44]. "[1] In 1951, they recorded "The Windmill Song" which is an adaptation of the French song "Matre Pierre" written in 1948 by Henri Betti (music) and Jacques Plante (lyrics). Her sisters were Lavern Sophie born July 6, 1911, died 1967 (cancer); Maxene Angelyn born Jan. 3, 1916, died October 1995 of a heart attack while on vacation at Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Patty Andrews died January 30, 2013 at the age of 94. [49] Universal Pictures, always budget-conscious, refused to hire a choreographer, so the Ritzes taught the sisters some eccentric steps. 1947 +1. [5] All three attended Franklin Junior High School and North High School, both in Minneapolis. Patty Andrews returned to her solo career and in 1971 appeared in a musical revue called Victory Canteen in Los Angeles. [1] The sisters have sold an estimated 80 million records. Lynda Wells, a niece, confirmed the death. ", With the U.S. entry into World War II, the Andrews Sisters began appearing frequently at military bases; they later traveled overseas to entertain the troops. Other songs closely associated with the Andrews Sisters include their first major hit, "Bei Mir Bist Du Schn (Means That You're Grand)" (1937), "Beer Barrel Polka (Roll Out the Barrel)" (1939), "Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar" (1940), "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree (With Anyone Else but Me)" (1942), and "Rum and Coca Cola" (1945), which helped introduce American audiences to calypso. 1.150. As their fame and fortune grew, the sisters came to realize that the public saw them as an entity, not as individuals. She made the first of several attempts to launch a solo career with 1950's "I Wanna Be Loved" but her sisters sang backup, and the song was officially released as an Andrews Sisters recording. Lou died in 1995.[39]. The Tragic Real-Life Story Of The Andrews Sisters, The Andrews Sisters: A Biography and Career Record. The two sisters remained estranged from then on, although they made occasional joint appearances and Patty visited the hospital when Maxene suffered a heart attack in 1982. Over Here! Nicknamed Americas Wartime Sweethearts, they became great favourites of American troops overseas, performing in USO (United Service Organizations) shows. The McGuire Sisters are Christine McGuire, Dorothy McGuire and Phyllis McGuire. The Andrews Sisters were an American close harmony singing group. It was there they were discovered by Larry Rich, who offered them a job with his traveling revue. Read Full Biography. They can be seen singing "You Don't Have to Know the Language" with Bing Crosby in Paramount's Road to Rio with Bob Hope, that year's highest-grossing movie. They never reconciled and were still estranged when Maxene Andrews died in 1995. [66], The sisters' popularity was such that after the war they discovered that some of their records had actually been smuggled into Germany after the labels had been changed to read "Hitler's Marching Songs". Their last appearance together as a trio was on The Dean Martin Show on September 29, 1966. 1 on the charts in 1955. In 2007, their version of "Bei Mir Bist Du Schn" was included in the game BioShock, a first-person shooter that takes place in an alternate history 1960, and later in 2008, their song "Civilization" (with Danny Kaye) was included in the Atomic Age-inspired video game Fallout 3. 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