It launched the careers of many now notable theater, film, and television stars, including John Travolta, Marilu Henner, Treat Williams, and Ann Reinking. Some of their accomplishments include selling over 90 million records, recording about 700 songs and earning nine gold records. 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). Over 300 of their original Decca recordings, a good portion of which was hit material, has yet to be released by MCA/Decca. They were popular during the swing and boogie-woogie eras. It was the last major tour for the sisters and was cut short owing to a conflict with the show's producers over pay for the sisters, resulting in the cancellation of an extensively scheduled road tour. )," "Well, All Right," "Hold Tight, Hold Tight" (with Jimmy Dorsey ), "Oh, Johnny! 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. They also helped actress Bette Davis and actor John Garfield found California's famous Hollywood Canteen, a welcome retreat for servicemen where the trio often performed, volunteering their personal time to sing and dance for the soldiers, sailors, and Marines (they did the same at New York City's Stage Door Canteen during the war). Our editors will review what youve submitted and determine whether to revise the article. ", Along with Bing Crosby, separately and jointly, The Andrews Sisters were among the performers who incorporated ethnic music styles into America's Hit Parade, popularizing or enhancing the popularity of songs with melodies originating in Brazil, Czechoslovakia, France, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Mexico, Russia, Spain, Sweden and Trinidad, many of which their manager chose for them. The McGuire Sisters are Christine McGuire, Dorothy McGuire and Phyllis McGuire. 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. 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. 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. It was also the last time they sang together. By this point however, rock-and-roll and doo-wop were dominating the charts and older artists were left by the wayside. The Andrews Sisters also seem to have given little thought to the meaning of the lyrics. 1951 Radio Annual, p.12 (Radio Daily Corp., New York, 1950), "Songs That Won The War Vol. Minneapolis Tribune, October 9, 1938, pg 21. opened on Broadway on March 6, 1974. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. 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). [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]. 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. The Andrews Sisters trio of Laverne Andrews, Maxene Andrews and Patty are listed in order of first, second and third born. After the Belasco band broke up that summer, they were signed to Decca Records on their own. 1947 brought the Top Ten hits "Tallahassee" (with Crosby), "Near You," and "The Lady From 29 Palms." 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. Patty, ever the trouper, continued on television, in clubs and in film cameoswherever there was an audience.In 1973, Patty and Maxene reunited for their first Broadway musical, the nostalgic "Over Here" (Tony-winning Janie Sell played the LaVerne counterpart) in which they performed their old standards following the show's second act; but it did little to repair the strained Patty/Maxene off-stage relationship, especially since LaVerne wasn't around to foster peace-making tactics. [16] In the 1950s, Patty Andrews decided to break away from the act to be a soloist. The sisters were born to Olga "Ollie" (ne Sollie) and Peter Andreas. Maxene died in 1995. 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. During the war, they entertained the Allied forces extensively in Africa, and Italy, as well as in the U.S., visiting Army, Navy, Marine, and Coast Guard bases, war zones, hospitals, and munitions factories. The Andrews Sisters were by far the most successful female group of the pre-rock era. Patty was the youngest of the sisters whose hits included Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B. 13 1 Near You / How Lucky You Are. Patty and Maxene reclaimed some success when they starred in the Broadway musical Over Here! (1942), and Swingtime Johnny (1943). The Andrews Sisters - Artist Details. The sisters, who were born in Minnesota, started their careers by performing in local talent shows and later moved to California. [2] The trios many hits from these years included Hold Tight, Dont Sit Under the Apple Tree, Rum and Coca-Cola, Beer Barrel Polka, and Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive. Their recorded performances were heard in the sound tracks of numerous movies, including Radio Days (1987), Jakob the Liar (1999), The Polar Express (2004), and The Chronicles of Narnia (2005). 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. After LaVerne died of cancer in the late '60s, the remaining sisters continued as a duo. They began singing together as children; by the time they were teenagers they made up an accomplished vocal group. BLOCK: Well, we have a brief footnote to that news. In 1940, signed to Universal Pictures, they made the first of a series of low-budget "B" movies, Argentine Nights. By the time they were done selling records, they'd moved some 100 million units, and racked up a whopping 46 Top 10 hits. 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". 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 Andrews Sisters were a popular harmonizing singing group consisting of three sisters, Patty Andrews, Maxene Andrews and Laverne Andrews. 1.150. Genre. Many of their Decca recordings have been used in such television shows and Hollywood movies as Homefront, ER, Agent Carter, The Brink's Job, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, Swing Shift, Raggedy Man, Summer of '42, Slaughterhouse-Five, Maria's Lovers, Harlem Nights, In Dreams, Murder in the First, L.A. Greek father Peter was a restaurateur in the Minneapolis area; their mother Ollie was a Norwegian homemaker. 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. 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. They were inducted into the Minnesota Rock/Country Hall of Fame in May 2006. But it's possible that Patty's most fulfilling partnership was with Wally Wechsler, to whom she was married for more than 60 years. I wish I had the ability and the power to bridge the gap between my relationship with my sister, Patty. 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". Following the collapse of their father's Minneapolis restaurant, the sisters went on the road to support the family. 20), "Money Is the Root of All Evil (Take it Away, Take it Away, Take it Away)" (with, "Pross Tchai (Goodbye-Goodbye)" (1939) (No. 3.11. 20211 () e so foolish as to wear them right inside the store. They quickly personified a new kind of swing and Big Band vocal performance: exceptional harmonic structures, soaring above their active, dynamic stage presence. Maxene arrived on January 3, 1916, and Patty was born February 16, 1918. 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." Highest chart positions on Billboard; Their big break came in 1937 when they were signed by Decca Records, but their first recording went nowhere. 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. They appeared in more than a dozen films during the next seven years sometimes just singing, sometimes also acting. The Andrews Sisters - @TheAndrewsSBRRegistro: Decca n 24171Data de Gravao: 4 de Agosto de 1947Local de Gravao: Nova York- Ainda na mesma seo de grava. Modeling their act on the commercially successful Boswell Sisters, they joined a traveling revue and sang at county fairs and in vaudeville shows. American Horror Story, Just Shoot Me, Gilmore Girls, Mama's Family, War and Remembrance, Jakob the Liar, Lolita, The Polar Express, The Chronicles of Narnia, Molly: An American Girl on the Home Front, Memoirs of a Geisha, and Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (and Don't Come Back!!). They had no children. The sisters performed their hits in service comedy films like Buck Privates and Private Buckaroo. The collection is remastered in superb sound with surprising presence and vivid detail, the material is priceless, and . Nicknamed Americas Wartime Sweethearts, they became great favourites of American troops overseas, performing in USO (United Service Organizations) shows. [17] She had married the trio's pianist, Walter Weschler, who became the group's manager and demanded more money for Patty. The group sang with various bands and for several radio broadcasts while they were struggling during the mid-1930s to establish their reputation. They hired Patty and lured Maxene back into show business as well. They began their career in New York city with Jack Belasco's orchestra and later with Ted Mack making the Vaudeville circuit. 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]. 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, 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 Andrews Sisters were officially retired, and Patti went solo in 1954, signing with Capitol records. 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). The group's. hide caption. 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). 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. Their first appearance co-starred the zany and sometimes corny antics of The Ritz Brothers in an unflattering ditty called Argentine Nights (1940). 18), "The Pussy Cat Song (Nyow! While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies. In Give Out, Sisters (1942), they posed as rich society matron types out to better their careers while featuring their big hit "Pennsylvania Polka." "She just seemed to effuse that warmth and personality and charm and smile and vigor more so than the other two sisters. The 2010 video game Mafia II features numerous Andrews Sisters songs, with "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy", "Strip Polka" and "Rum and Coca-Cola". MinnPost explains that the sisters' unique song stylings contrasted sharply with the prevailing winds of popular singers at the time, particularly women. LaVerne had a very low voice. [38], LaVerne Andrews married Lou Rogers,[24] a trumpet player in Vic Schoen's band, in 1948. Patty also led them through more than a dozen movies, like Hollywood Canteen. [citation needed] Elvis Presley was a fan. An overnight sensation upon release wherein it sold more than a million copies, their contract was immediately revised by Decca and throughout the rest of the decade, they recorded smash after smash -- "The Beer Barrel Polka (Roll Out the Barrel! 1930s - 1960s. 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. Their second daughter, Anglyn, died at eight months of age on March 16, 1914. Peter Andreas (later "Andrews") was Greek and his wife was of Norwegian ancestry raised in the Lutheran faith. 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. Cancer took LaVerne in 1967, and within a year Maxene was teaching college in the Lake Tahoe area. Patty Andrewss first marriage, to the movie producer Marty Melcher, lasted two years and ended in divorce in 1949. Female vocal trio who were one of the most popular and influential acts of the Big Band era. She died of liver cancer in May of the next year. Their hit recording "Sincerely" spent more than two months at No. [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. It was like God had given us voices to fit our parts. Patty and Maxene continued for a while, with singer Joyce DeYoung rounding out their trio. Formed . ", in 1937. Get a Britannica Premium subscription and gain access to exclusive content. ", 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. The Andrews Sisters were an American close harmony singing group of the swing and boogie-woogie eras. They returned to the hit parade in April 1939 with their recording of the novelty song "Hold Tight, Hold Tight." Read Full Biography. Shortly after her Off-Broadway debut in New York City in a show called Swingtime Canteen, Maxene suffered another heart attack and died at Cape Cod Hospital on October 21, 1995, making Patty the last surviving Andrews Sister. They were the Benny Goodman and the Glenn Miller and the Artie Shaw bands combined into vocal harmony." The harmonies ended up being closer than the Andrews Sisters were Keystone Features/Getty Images The sisters grew up singing together in Minnesota. They had numerous hit records during these years, both on their own and in collaboration with Bing Crosby. 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. LaVerne and Maxene attempted to duo for a time until Maxene attempted suicide, of a drug overdose in 1954, heartbroken over the brittle breakup of the group. Patty was only ten at the time. 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.With their precise harmonies and perfectly syncopated dance moves, the girls reached heights of worldwide fame still unattained by any group which followed. During their first weeks with the label, the sisters made the rather idiosyncratic choice to record a jazz-influenced rendition of the Yiddish song Bei mir bist du schon. The recording was released after Christmas 1937; by New Years Eve it had become the most popular song on New York radio stations, and it went on to become the first million-selling record by a female singing group. "There was no such thing as being married at that time," she said. Patty Andrews had a strong desire to stand out and didn't like that her career identity seemed permanently tied to the Andrews Sisters. Lynda Wells, a niece, confirmed the death. In 2008, Mound dedicated "The Andrews Sisters Trail". By the time she was six she was entertaining at veterans hospitals, for the Mayor of Minneapolis and at Daughters of American Revolution luncheons. 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. Patty Andrews, the last of the Andrews Sisters, died at her home in Los Angeles in January 2013; she was 94 years old. 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. The Andrews Sisters were an American close harmony singing group of the swing and boogie-woogie eras. Critic William Ruhlmann observed that the Andrews 1941 hit Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy was. As Maxene Andrews recalled. She was 14 when they began to perform in public. Following Maxenes death in 1995, Patty continued to perform, sometimes as a featured vocalist with the Glenn Miller Orchestra. 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. She then married Walter Weschler, the trio's pianist, in 1951. 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