And she said, 'Boys, the note reads here the war with Japan is over.' LaVerne Andrews died of cancer in 1967 and Maxene Andrews died in 1995 after suffering a heart attack. The sisters got into a bitter money dispute with the producers and with each other, leading to the shows closing in January 1975 and the cancellation of plans for a national tour. FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY. 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 group's career spanned more than five decades and resulted in 90 million records and 46 top 10 hits. 13. The McGuire Sisters are Christine McGuire, Dorothy McGuire and Phyllis McGuire. Maxene's was kind of high, and I was between. In 2008, Mound dedicated "The Andrews Sisters Trail". Patty visited her sister while she was hospitalized. [45] The sisters were again featured in a Fallout game in 2015, when their songs "Pistol Packin' Mama" and "Civilization" were featured in the game Fallout 4. In November 1933, they joined a vaudeville troupe for six months, traveling around the Midwest. Confidential, THE ANDREWS SISTERS were an American close harmony singing group of the swing and boogie-woogie eras. The sisters bold, brassy vocal style initially caused them to fail several auditions. Their hit recording "Sincerely" spent more than two months at No. The Andrews sisters items and images on display were donated in 2010 by Maryland resident Robert Boyer, a fan who had amassed the largest known collection of memorabilia related to the group, including publicity photos, personal snapshots, news clippings, recordings, movie posters, correspondence, magazines and recordings in various formats. Oh, Johnny! RYM artists in order they were added. [46][47], In 2008 and 2009, the BBC produced The Andrews Sisters: Queens of the Music Machines, a one-hour documentary on the history of the Andrews Sisters from their upbringing to the present. Maxine was only four when she first appeared on her first radio broadcast in Minneapolis. The group's. The Andrews Sisters were by far the most successful female group of the pre-rock era. Patty Andrews, the last of the Andrews Sisters, died at her home in Los Angeles in January 2013; she was 94 years old. BLOCK: Well, we have a brief footnote to that news. [68][69], The Andrews Sisters became the most popular female vocal group of the first half of the 20th century. They toured extensively during the 1960s, favoring top nightclubs in Las Vegas, California, and London, England.[23]. And just a few years ago, Christina Aguilera's "Candyman" gave a clear tip of the hat to the tune and its makers. Female vocal trio who were one of the most popular and influential acts of the Big Band era. [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. [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. Decca had recorded the Boswell Sisters successfully until they broke up in 1935, and the label was on the lookout for a similar group. They sang at church performances, and were discovered by an talent agent who heard them sing at a revival meeting in Dayton. The sisters' private relationship was often troubled and Patty blamed it on Maxene: "Ever since I was born, Maxene has been a problem, and that problem hasn't stopped," she said. 1947 +1. The Andrews Sisters typically appeared as themselves in films, and often Patty took the romantic lead. 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. Journal. 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." They adopted a girl and a boy, Aleda Ann and Peter. 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. Besides this, and a few brief private encounters, they remained somewhat estranged for their remaining years, with Maxene dying in 1995.[30]. 1932 in Minneapolis, MN. LaVerne had a very low voice. 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. (1942), and Swingtime Johnny (1943). 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. She also had a cameo as herself along with many other stars in the 1970 film The Phynx. They were remarkable. Maxene arrived on January 3, 1916, and Patty was born February 16, 1918. [54][55][56] The trio headlined at the London Palladium in 1948[57] and 1951. The Andrews Sisters (from left, Maxene, Patty and LaVerne) in the 1940s. The trio's last Top Ten hit was "Sparrow in the Tree Top," another pairing with Bing Crosby, in 1951. [31], Upon hearing the news of her sister's death, Patty became distraught. [6], They started their career as imitators of an earlier successful singing group, the Boswell Sisters, who were popular in the 1930s. 20211 () e so foolish as to wear them right inside the store. Omissions? 80. The group's renditions of swing tunes in close harmony sold millions of copies; the act was also hugely popular in live performance and in film. *mother - Norwegian. Their reign is all the more remarkable given that they swam against the current of contemporary music trends while making it seem effortless. In the fall of 1966, LaVerne Andrews retired from performing due to illness and was replaced by Joyce de Young; she died of cancer the following spring. Patty, the lead singer of the group, was 7 when the trio was formed, and 12 when they won first prize at a talent contest at the local Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis, where LaVerne played piano accompaniment for the silent film showings in exchange for dancing lessons for her and her sisters. Patty Andrews had a strong desire to stand out and didn't like that her career identity seemed permanently tied to the Andrews Sisters. ", 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. Afterwards, their parents closed the restaurant to devote themselves to their career, and they spent the years 1934-1937 touring with bands. Lou died in 1995.[39]. They were particularly inspired by the Boswell Sisters, who scored a number of hits in the early '30s. MinnPost explains that the sisters' unique song stylings contrasted sharply with the prevailing winds of popular singers at the time, particularly women. Formed . 13 1 Near You / How Lucky You Are. [29], The two sisters did reunite, albeit briefly, on October 1, 1987, when they received a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame, even singing a few bars of "Beer Barrel Polka" for the Entertainment Tonight cameras. GAB Archive/Redferns/Getty Images All three of us were upset, and we were at each other's throats all the time. 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. 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. Maxene Andrews married music publisher Lou Levy in 1941, separating in 1949. As the war ended, the Andrews Sisters became the stars of their own radio program, The Andrews Sisters Show. Some of their accomplishments include selling over 90 million records, recording about 700 songs and earning nine gold records. 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). Her father was a Greek Catholic immigrant and her mother a Lutheran from Norway who ran the pure food caf, a Greek caf in Minneapolis which was located adjacent to the Orpheum Theater. Other hits followed, and in 1940 they were signed by Universal Pictures. Mr. Weschler died in 2010. "[50] This Don Raye-Hughie Prince composition was nominated for Best Song at the 1941 Academy Awards ceremony. Nicknamed Americas Wartime Sweethearts, they became great favourites of American troops overseas, performing in USO (United Service Organizations) shows. "She just seemed to effuse that warmth and personality and charm and smile and vigor more so than the other two sisters. ", The trio became synonymous with the war effort. [1] The sisters have sold an estimated 80 million records. In 1987, the group was honored with a Hollywood Walk of Fame star for their recording work. Patty was the youngest of the sisters whose hits included Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B. "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. [19] The English lyrics were written by Mitchell Parish. They practically grew up on the vaudeville circuit, roughing it and toughing it with various bands and orchestras.Signed by orchestra leader Leon Belasco in 1937, the girls made their very first recordings with "There's a Lull in My Life" (an early solo by Patty), "Jammin'" and "Wake Up and Live." 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. She was 94. 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