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. [17], Maxene and LaVerne tried to continue the act as a duo and met with good press during a 10-day tour of Australia, but a reported suicide attempt by Maxene in December 1954[21] put a halt to any further tours (Maxene spent a short time in the hospital after swallowing 18 sleeping pills, an occurrence that LaVerne told reporters was an accident). Female vocal trio who were one of the most popular and influential acts of the Big Band era. While touring, they often treated three random servicemen to dinner when they were dining out. May 8, 1967, Brentwood, California), Maxene Angelyn Andrews (b. January 3, 1916, Minneapolisd. 80 . It was like God had given us voices to fit our parts. ", US and Russia trade blows over Ukraine at G20, Explosive found in check-in luggage at US airport, 1894 shipwreck confirms tale of treacherous lifeboat. They toured extensively during the 1960s, favoring top nightclubs in Las Vegas, California, and London, England.[23]. LaVerne Andrews died of cancer in 1967 and Maxene Andrews died in 1995 after suffering a heart attack. But it's possible that Patty's most fulfilling partnership was with Wally Wechsler, to whom she was married for more than 60 years. *mother - Norwegian. Patty Andrews, the last surviving member of the Andrews Sisters trio, died of natural causes at her home in Los Angeles on Wednesday, according to her management. The group consisted of three sisters: contralto LaVerne Sophia (July 6, 1911 - May 8, 1967), soprano Maxene Anglyn (January 3, 1916 - October 21, 1995), and mezzo-soprano Patricia Marie "Patty" (February 16, 1918 - January 30, 2013). 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. Patty, the youngest, was a soprano and sang lead; Maxene handled the high harmony; and LaVerne, the oldest, took the low notes. Their sound, so pure. It is claimed that the sisters have sold more than 90 . 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.". Their singing voices are heard in two full-length Walt Disney features: "Make Mine Music",[53] in a segment which featured animated characters Johnny Fedora and Alice Blue Bonnet; and "Melody Time", in the segment Little Toot (both of which are available on DVD today). None of these achieved any major success. After LaVerne died of cancer in the late '60s, the remaining sisters continued as a duo. In 1951 she married Wally Weschler, who had been the sisters pianist and conductor and who later became her manager. 2 The Hollywood Canteen states that the Andrews Sisters' radio transcription of Elmer's Tune was "so popular it even played on German radio," noting that "the opposition embraced the Andrews Sisters and their songs in the same way the Allied Forces adopted Lili Marlene. The next year, the pair debuted on Broadway in the Sherman Brothers' nostalgic World War II musical: Over Here!, which premiered at the Shubert Theatre to rave reviews. (1942), and Swingtime Johnny (1943). "The Andrews Sisters played an enormous part in that popularity." The Andrews Sisters were on tour in December 1941 when President Roosevelt announced that the U.S. was entering WWII. In 2008, Mound dedicated "The Andrews Sisters Trail". There were rumblings amid the group. In 1937, they went to New York as part of Leon Belasco's band and while there made their first recordings, albeit under Belasco's name, for Brunswick Records. Instead of crooning gently and sweetly, the Andrews Sisters "had a powerhouse sound, like a trio of blasting trumpets, and a unique close harmony." Maxene had a successful comeback as a cabaret soloist in 1979 and toured worldwide for the next 15 years, recording a solo album in 1985 entitled "Maxene: An Andrews Sister" for Bainbridge Records. 3.11. As music biographer Michael Freedland said, "The Andrews Sisters were swing personified. The sisters were LaVerne Sofia Andrews (b. July 6, 1911, Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.d. Patty died of natural causes at her home in Northridge, California, on January 30, 2013, at the age of 94. 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. They made their film debut in Argentine Nights, a 1940 comedy that starred the Ritz Brothers, and the next year appeared in three films with Bud Abbott and Lou Costello:Buck Privates, In the Navyand Hold That Ghost. Their film credits also include Swingtime Johnny (1943), Hollywood Canteen (1944) and the Bob Hope-Bing Crosby comedy Road to Rio (1947). The sisters, who were born in Minnesota, started their careers by performing in local talent shows and later moved to California. Some of these hits had service or military related themes, including "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy", "Three Little Sisters", "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree (With Anyone Else but Me)", "A Hot Time In the Town of Berlin" and "Rum and Coca Cola". Over 300 of their original Decca recordings, a good portion of which was hit material, has yet to be released by MCA/Decca. 1975 in New York City, NY. She was born in Mound, Minnesota on 16 February 1918, the daughter of Peter Andreos (changed to 'Andrews' upon arriving in the US) and Olga Sollie. After LaVerne died, Maxene and Patty continued to perform periodically until 1968, when Maxene became the Dean of Women at Tahoe Paradise College,[25] teaching acting, drama, and speech at a Lake Tahoe college and working with troubled teens, and Patty was once again eager to be a soloist.[26]. 13. Read Full Biography. As the troops headed overseas, the sisters were drafted into service in their own way, playing more USO tours than any other entertainer besides Bob Hope. 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". The group was also inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 1998. 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. 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). As Maxene blamed Patty's husband, Walter Weschler, as an instigator in separating her from Patty, the estrangement remained permanent until Maxene's death in 1995.The two sisters did reunite briefly when they earned a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1987. FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. [20] The Andrews Sisters formally broke up in 1953. Articles from Britannica Encyclopedias for elementary and high school students. BLOCK: Well, we have a brief footnote to that news. The Andrews Sisters - Artist Details. Patty Andrews's spokesman, Alan Eichler, said she died from natural causes at her Los Angeles home. Now sometimes appearing as "Patti" (but still signing autographs as "Patty"), she re-emerged in the late 1970s as a regular panelist on The Gong Show. Modeling their act on the commercially successful Boswell Sisters, they joined a traveling revue and sang at county fairs and in vaudeville shows. Patty also led them through more than a dozen movies, like Hollywood Canteen. THE ANDREWS SISTERS were an American close harmony singing group of the swing and boogie-woogie eras. Their second daughter, Anglyn, died at eight months of age on March 16, 1914. The American premier of the show was June 21, 2009, in their summer vacation enclave of Mound, Minnesota. Oh, Johnny! The sisters were born to Olga "Ollie" (ne Sollie) and Peter Andreas. Soundtrack: Repo Man. Laverne, left, Maxene, center, and Patty, right, sang for soldiers disembarking in New York City in 1945. Afterwards, their parents closed the restaurant to devote themselves to their career, and they spent the years 1934-1937 touring with bands. [5][42], Joyce DeYoung Murray, who replaced LaVerne from late 1966 to 1968, died in March 2014 at the age of 87. Its cast album charted, as did another Andrews Sisters compilation (In the Mood on Paramount). She was 94. In Private Buckaroo (1942), they put on a show for servicemen singing, among others, the huge hit "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree with Anyone Else But Me". After selling more than 75 million records, the Andrews Sisters broke up in 1953 when Patty decided to go solo. Maxene retired shortly after and became Dean of Women at a Tahoe, Nevada college. [70], Early comparative female close harmony trios were the Boswell Sisters, the Pickens Sisters, and the Three X Sisters. Peter Andrews did not think it honorable to have his daughters in show business and decided they should go back to school and become secretaries. With a never-say-die flair, they finished up their Universal contract rather inauspiciously with Her Lucky Night (1945), just as WW2 had come to an end.Still highly in demand in the recording studio, on radio, on stage and in clubs, they had no trouble moving on. [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. Unfortunately, while the adhesive harmonies of The Andrews Sisters were intricately close, their personal harmonies were more discordant.Second only to perhaps Bob Hope in commitment and extensive USO touring, the girls' profound influence extends even today with such current pop idols as Bette Midler, The Pointer Sisters, Barry Manilow, The Manhattan Transfer and Christina Aguilera. [28], Patty continually distanced herself from Maxene, until her death, and would not explain her motives regarding the separation. Confidential, 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. Then in one year, our dream world ended. Patty was the star of the sibling act. 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. But, in a sense, they had no competition. January 30, 2013, Los Angeles, California). 1947 brought the Top Ten hits "Tallahassee" (with Crosby), "Near You," and "The Lady From 29 Palms." [58] They hosted their own radio shows for ABC and CBS from 1944 to 1951,[59] singing specially written commercial jingles for such products as Wrigley's chewing gum,[60] Dole pineapples,[61] Nash motor cars, Kelvinator home appliances,[62] Campbell's soups, and Franco-American food products. Her mother, Olga, was Norwegian. And she said, 'Boys, the note reads here the war with Japan is over.' Patty started her own solo act in 1980, but did not receive the critical acclaim her sister had for her performances, even though Patty was considered to be the "star" of the group for years. 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. In 1937 they were heard by recording executive, Dave Kapp and they began a long association with a string of hits. Patty Andrews died January 30, 2013 at the age of 94. 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. As music biographer Michael Freedland said, "The Andrews Sisters were swing personified. They adopted a girl and a boy, Aleda Ann and Peter. 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. Patty later sued her sisters over the apportionment of their late parents' estate. By 1956 they were together again, but musical tastes were changing and they found it hard to adapt. 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. 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. They recorded two versions so I'll post both up!\r\rSongs:\rWell, All Right! Maxene and Patty Andrews had a falling out with the producers of Over Here!, and with each other, leading to the show's premature closing on January 4, 1975, and the cancellation of a national tour. Their recording of Bei Mir Bist Du Schn became a favorite of the Nazis, until it was discovered that the song's composers were of Jewish descent. Maxene's was kind of high, and I was between. a perfect example of the way in which the Andrews Sisters adapted their vocal lines to the sound of a horn chart. The group consisted of three sisters: contralto LaVerne Sophia Andrews (July 6, 1911 May 8, 1967), soprano Maxene Anglyn Andrews (January 3, 1916 October 21, 1995), and mezzo-soprano Patricia "Patty" Marie Andrews (February 16, 1918 January 30, 2013). The song made its first appearance on Your Hit Parade on January 8, 1938, and rose to number one two weeks later. 1951 Radio Annual, p.12 (Radio Daily Corp., New York, 1950), "Songs That Won The War Vol. Weschler, her husband of nearly 60 years, had died on August 28, 2010, at the age of 88. This however did not sit well with Patty and a cease and desist order was sent to Skelton. It launched the careers of many now notable theater, film, and television stars, including John Travolta, Marilu Henner, Treat Williams, and Ann Reinking. [6], They started their career as imitators of an earlier successful singing group, the Boswell Sisters, who were popular in the 1930s. 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. Patty and Maxene reclaimed some success when they starred in the Broadway musical Over Here! The sisters specialised in swing and played with some of the top band leaders of the era, including Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman and Tommy Dorsey. [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. 1932 in Minneapolis, MN. It was there they were discovered by Larry Rich, who offered them a job with his traveling revue. Lynda Wells, a niece, confirmed the death. [49] Universal Pictures, always budget-conscious, refused to hire a choreographer, so the Ritzes taught the sisters some eccentric steps. Read about our approach to external linking. (Mr. Melcher later married Doris Day.) They consisted of real life sisters LaVerne Andrews, Maxene Andrews, and Patty Andrews. In late1947, CBS Radio signed the sisters as regulars on "Club Fifteen" (they appeared three times a week for five years with alternating hosts Bob Crosby and crooner Dick Haymes.In 1942, Universal decided it was the right time to spruce them up and give them a bit more on-screen persona by featuring them front-and-center in what turned out to be an unfortunate string of poorly-produced "quickies." They were popular during the swing and boogie-woogie eras. [18] Patty attributed the breakup to the deaths of their parents: "We had been together nearly all our lives," Patty explained in 1971. 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. ", By the onset of World War II, the Andrews Sisters were at the top of the charts. Over Here! In the audio of this story, as in a previous Web version, we identify "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen" as a Yiddish folk tune. Her father, Peter, was a Greek immigrant who changed his name from Andreos to Andrews when he came to America. 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. As a teenager she worked as a piano accompanist, and she was likely the only sister who could read music. 2. Nyot Nyow!)" The McGuire Sisters are Christine McGuire, Dorothy McGuire and Phyllis McGuire. The Andrews Sisters were an American close harmony singing group of the swing and boogie-woogie eras. Maxene died in 1995. Maxene suffered a serious heart attack while performing in Illinois in 1982 and underwent quadruple bypass surgery, from which she successfully recovered. When the show was rewritten for Broadway and renamed Over Here!, the producers decided that the Andrews Sisters were the only logical choice for the leads. The Andrews SistersAlbum - Golden HistLP abc Records UK (33 1/3)Song ListLista Piosenek Side oneStrona Pierwsza(A)0:00 Will be with you in apple blossom tie . They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. Our mother died (in 1948) and then our father (in 1949). Maxene and LaVerne performed as a duo, and there were attempts over the years to reunite the trio, with varying levels of success. Their second effort featured the popular standard Nice Work If You Can Get It, but it was the flip side that turned out to be pure gold. 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. 2023 BBC. 4 The Home Front" CD program notes by Edward Habib, Bei Mir Bist Du Schn (Means That You're Grand), Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree (With Anyone Else but Me), Molly: An American Girl on the Home Front, Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (and Don't Come Back!! The 2011 video game L.A. Noire features the song "Pistol Packin' Mama", where the sisters perform a duet with Bing Crosby. Her singing was." The group's other Top Ten hits for 1945 were "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive" and "Along the Navajo Trail," both with Crosby, and "The Blond Sailor." The Andrews Sisters' Decca recording reached number six on the U.S. pop singles chart in the spring of 1941 when the film was in release. [35][37] Some of the trio's late-1930s recordings have noticeable Boswell Sisters vocal influences. 1947 +1. In 1969, Patty appeared in Lucille Ball's third series Here's Lucy, in the sixth episode of the second season, titled "Lucy and the Andrews Sisters". Greek father Peter was a restaurateur in the Minneapolis area; their mother Ollie was a Norwegian homemaker. In November 1933, they joined a vaudeville troupe for six months, traveling around the Midwest. As the BBC relates, LaVerne, the oldest, sang contralto; Maxene, soprano; and Patty youngest, though positioned in the middle during performances provided the mezzo-soprano. They had numerous hit records during these years, both on their own and in collaboration with Bing Crosby. 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. The group sang with various bands and for several radio broadcasts while they were struggling during the mid-1930s to establish their reputation. Maxene Andrews always said that the summers in Mound created a major sense of "normalcy" and "a wonderful childhood" in a life that otherwise centered on the sisters' careers. The group consisted of three sisters: contralto LaVerne. 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. lasted only a year, and its end marked the last time the sisters would ever sing together. Moreover, the girls squabbled over their parents' estate shares and individual career desires.In 1953, Patty, the group's lead, declared she was going solo. In an interview in 1971, Patty said: "There were just three girls in the family. ", The trio became synonymous with the war effort. Sisters Patty, LaVerne, and Maxene broke onto the popular song charts back in 1937 with a version of a Yiddish musical theater tune, "Bei Mir Bistu Shein" ("To Me, You Are Beautiful"). by Bruce Eder. 20211 () e so foolish as to wear them right inside the store. A failed radio performance in 1937 turned out to be the sisters big break. Maxene appealed to Patty for a reunion, personally if not professionally, both in public and in private, but to no avail. [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. The Andrews Sisters were an American close harmony singing group of the swing and boogie-woogie eras. [51], Universal hired the sisters for two more Abbott and Costello comedies and then promoted them to full-fledged stardom in B musicals. [68][69], The Andrews Sisters became the most popular female vocal group of the first half of the 20th century. [+] In some ways, this 46-song double-CD compilation is a brilliantly conceived and executed overview of the Andrews Sisters' career on Decca Records from 1939 until 1950. The Andrews Sisters were an American close harmony singing group of the swing and boogie-woogie eras. She was 94. Patty Andrews, the last of the Andrews Sisters, died at her home in Los Angeles in January 2013; she was 94 years old. Maxene arrived on January 3, 1916, and Patty was born February 16, 1918. 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. He had no other alternative but to as k the cashier to keep them in case the lost gl oves were found. My Rated Discographies . 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. The song was co-written by Linda Perry. Some of their accomplishments include selling over 90 million records, recording about 700 songs and earning nine gold records. The Andrews Sisters were an American close harmony singing group of the swing and boogie-woogie eras. . [1] The sisters have sold an estimated 80 million records. ecoute_00. It was actually written for the Yiddish theater. The sisters bold, brassy vocal style initially caused them to fail several auditions. Female vocal trio who were one of the most popular and influential acts of the Big Band era. They were from Minneapolis, Minnesota.Their names were LaVerne (July 6, 1911 - May 8, 1967), Maxene (January 3, 1916 - October 21, 1995) and Patty Andrews (February 16, 1918 - January 30, 2013). Laverne started the trio of sisters and they appeared in kiddie revues on local radio stations and at the Orpheum in their hometown of Minneapolis. The show opened in March 1974 and was the sisters belated Broadway debut. The Andrews Sisters, from left, Maxene, Patty and LaVerne, epitomised the 1940s era The last surviving member of The Andrews Sisters - the popular singing trio of the 1940s and 1950s - has. As teenagers, the Andrews Sisters formed a singing act and began performing in vaudeville reviews throughout the Midwest. Lou died in 1995.[39]. Their singing was initially influenced by the Dixieland style of the Boswell Sisters of New Orleans, but they soon expanded their repertoire to include a wide range of current song types. Childhood was, for the most part, lost to them. (Between 1940-1948, they appeared in 17 films, including lending their voices to two animated features for Disney.) "[50] This Don Raye-Hughie Prince composition was nominated for Best Song at the 1941 Academy Awards ceremony. Their first professional engagement came in December 1932 at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis. Then he dragged his legs towards the exit. Well, All Right! Their last appearance together as a trio was on The Dean Martin Show on September 29, 1966. 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. We hardly really knew it, and when we went in we had some extra time and we just threw it in, and that was the miracle of it. 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. The Sollie family disapproved of Olga's marriage, but the relationship was repaired once their first child, LaVerne, was born July 6, 1911. Active. Patty sang in shows and on cruise ships while Maxene continued soloing and did quite well for a time in such musical shows as "Pippin" and "Swing Time Canteen" (the latter as late as 1995).Plagued by heart problems (she suffered a massive heart attack in 1982), Maxene died of a second coronary on October 21, 1995. 15), "That's the Moon, My Son" (1942) (No. The Andrews Sisters were a popular harmonizing singing group consisting of three sisters, Patty Andrews, Maxene Andrews and Laverne Andrews. Video1894 shipwreck confirms tale of treacherous lifeboat, How 10% of Nigerian registered voters delivered victory, Sake brewers toast big rise in global sales, The Indian-American CEO who wants to be US president, Blackpink lead top stars back on the road in Asia, Exploring the rigging claims in Nigeria's elections, 'Wales is in England' gaffe sparks TikToker's trip. AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: It's an only-in-America tale of how three Minnesota sisters of Norwegian-Greek heritage came to have a huge hit with a . [citation needed] Bob Hope said of Maxene's passing, "She was more than part of The Andrews Sisters, much more than a singer. ", 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. "Their second film was the above-average Bud Abbott - Lou Costello vehicle Buck Privates (1941), which solidly showcased the tunes "You're a Lucky Fellow, Mr. Smith," "Bounce Me Brother with a Solid Four," "I'll Be with You in Apple Blossom Time," and their infectious signature jump hit "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy." opened on Broadway on March 6, 1974. The Andrews Sisters typically appeared as themselves in films, and often Patty took the romantic lead. 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 Andrews and, "You Don't Have to Know the Language" (with, "You Don't Know How Much You Can Suffer" (1939) (No. "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). [4] They are still widely acclaimed today for their famous close harmonies. She then married Walter Weschler, the trio's pianist, in 1951. The Andrews Sisters trio of Laverne Andrews, Maxene Andrews and Patty are listed in order of first, second and third born. They were inducted into the Minnesota Rock/Country Hall of Fame in May 2006. In 1956 they regrouped and sang in Las Vegas at the Flamingo Hotel along with a host of TV offers and a new Capitol recording contract. 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