The Andrews Sisters
The Andrews Sisters | |
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Background information | |
Origin | Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. |
Genres | |
Years active | 1925–1967 |
Past members | LaVerne Andrews Maxene Andrews Patty Andrews |
Website | www |
The Andrews Sisters were an American
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. The group was among the inaugural inductees to the Vocal Group Hall of Fame upon its opening in 1998.[3] Writing for Bloomberg, Mark Schoifet said the sisters became the most popular female vocal group of the first half of the 20th century.[4] They are still widely acclaimed today for their famous close harmonies. They were inducted into the Minnesota Rock/Country Hall of Fame in May 2006.
Early life
The sisters were born to Olga "Ollie" (née Sollie) and Peter Andreas. Peter Andreas (later "Andrews") was
Patty, the
Career
History
They started their career as imitators of an earlier successful singing group, the
Instrumental to the sisters' success over the years were their parents, Olga and Peter, their orchestra leader and musical arranger, Vic Schoen (1916–2000), and Jack and David Kapp, who founded Decca Records.
World War II
In the years just before and during
During the war, they entertained the
While touring, they often treated three random servicemen to dinner when they were dining out. They recorded a series of Victory Discs (
The sisters' 1945 hit "Rum and Coca-Cola" became one of their most popular and best-known recordings, but also inspired some controversy. Some radio stations were reluctant to play the record because it mentioned a commercial product by name, and because the lyrics were subtly suggestive of local women prostituting themselves to U.S. servicemen serving at the naval base on Trinidad. The song was based on a Trinidadian calypso, and a dispute over its provenance led to a well-publicized court case.[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.[15]
Interruption
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.
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). 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. This however did not sit well with Patty, and a cease-and-desist order was sent to Skelton. 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.[22]
The trio reunited in 1956 and signed a new recording deal with
Eldest sister LaVerne died in 1967 at the age of 55 after a year-long bout with cancer,[24] during which she was replaced by singer Joyce DeYoung (May 24, 1926 – March 7, 2014). 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. 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. Their last appearance together as a trio was on The Dean Martin Show on September 29, 1966.
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, and working with troubled teens; and Patty was once again eager to be a soloist.[26]
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". 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. Lucy played LaVerne, Kim (Lucie Arnaz) played Maxene, and Craig (Desi Arnaz, Jr.) played Bing Crosby. She also had a cameo as herself along with many other stars in the 1970 film The Phynx.
Comeback
Patty and Maxene's careers experienced a resurgence when
Patty continually distanced herself from Maxene, until her death, and would not explain her motives regarding the separation. Maxene appealed to Patty for a reunion, personally if not professionally, both in public and in private, but to no avail. Maxene suffered a serious
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. The 1987 Whittier Narrows earthquake had shaken the area that morning and the ceremony was nearly cancelled, which caused Patty to joke, "Some people said that earthquake this morning was LaVerne because she couldn't be here, but really it was just Maxene and me on the telephone." Besides this, and a few brief private encounters, they remained somewhat estranged for their remaining years, with Maxene dying in 1995.[30]
Shortly after her
As musical innovators
They found instant appeal with teenagers and young adults who were engrossed in the
Many styles
While the sisters specialized in
Marriages, family, and deaths
LaVerne Andrews married Lou Rogers,[24] a trumpet player in Vic Schoen's band, in 1948. The two remained together until LaVerne's death from liver cancer on May 8, 1967, at the age of 55. Lou died in 1995.[39]
Maxene Andrews married music publisher Lou Levy in 1941, separating in 1949. They adopted a girl and a boy, Aleda Ann and Peter.[40] Levy was the sisters' manager from 1937 to 1951. Later in life, according to her adopted daughter, Maxene entered a thirteen-year relationship with her manager Lynda Wells and they later spent many years as life partners. "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.[41] "Her art was. Her singing was." 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. "There was no such thing as being married at that time," she said. "During her lifetime, there was no such thing that existed for us."[41] Maxene died October 21, 1995, at age 79. The ashes of LaVerne and Maxene Andrews are interred in the Columbarium of Memory of the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California,[29] close to the ashes of their parents.
Patty Andrews married agent
Joyce DeYoung Murray, who replaced LaVerne from late 1966 to 1968, died in March 2014 at the age of 87.[43]
Legacy
The Andrews Sisters were the most imitated of all female singing groups and influenced many artists, including Mel Tormé, 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.[citation needed] Their style was even emulated internationally; the Harmony Sisters, a popular Finland group that performed from the 1930s to the 1950s, was one such example.[44]
Most of the Andrews Sisters' music has been restored and released in
In 2008 and 2009, the
Filmography
Patty, Maxene, and LaVerne appeared in 17 Hollywood films. Their first picture, Argentine Nights, paired them with another enthusiastic trio, the Ritz Brothers.[49] Universal Pictures, always budget-conscious, refused to hire a choreographer, so the Ritzes taught the sisters some eccentric steps. Thus, in Argentine Nights and the sisters' next film, Buck Privates, the Andrews Sisters dance like the Ritz Brothers.[citation needed]
Buck Privates, with Abbott and Costello, featured the Andrews Sisters' best-known song, "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy."[50] This Don Raye-Hughie Prince composition was nominated for Best Song at the 1941 Academy Awards ceremony.[51]
Universal hired the sisters for two more Abbott and Costello comedies and then promoted them to full-fledged stardom in B musicals. What's Cookin'?, Private Buckaroo, Give Out, Sisters (in which they disguise themselves as old women as part of the zany plot) and Moonlight and Cactus were among the team's popular full-length films.[52]
The Andrews Sisters sing the title song as the opening credits roll and also perform two specialty numbers in the all-star revue
Stage and radio shows
The Andrews Sisters were the most sought-after singers in theater shows worldwide during the 1940s and early 1950s, always topping previous house averages.
Setting records
They recorded 47 songs with crooner
The sisters' popularity was such that after the war they discovered that some of their records had actually been smuggled into
Edward Habib in the CD program notes for Songs That Won the War Vol. 2 The Hollywood Canteen states that the Andrews Sisters' radio transcription of
Along with
The Andrews Sisters became the most popular female vocal group of the first half of the 20th century.[70]
- 75–100 million records sold from a little over 600 recorded tunes
- 113 charted Billboard hits, 46 reaching Top 10 status (more than Elvis Presley or The Beatles)
- 17 motion picturehistory)
- record-breaking theater and cabaret runs all across America and Europe;
- countless appearances on radio shows from 1935 to 1960 (including their own)
- guest spots on every major television show of the 1950s and 1960s, including those hosted by
Early comparative female close harmony trios were the
Repertoire
Discography
Albums
- Don't Fence Me In (with Bing Crosby) (1946, Decca)
- The Andrews Sisters (1946, Decca)
- A Collection of Tropical Songs (1947, Decca)
- Selections from Road to Rio (with Bing Crosby) (1948, Decca)
- Irving Berlin Songs (1948, Decca)
- The Andrews Sisters in Hi-Fi (1957, Capitol)
- Fresh and Fancy Free (1957, Capitol)
- The Andrews Sisters Sing the Dancing '20s (1958, Capitol)
- Greatest Hits (1961, Dot)
- Great Golden Hits (1962, Dot)
- The Andrews Sisters Present (1963, Dot)
- Greatest Hits Vol. 2 (1963, Dot)
- Great Country Hits (1964, Dot)
- The Andrews Sisters Go Hawaiian (1965, Dot)
- Favorite Hymns (1965, Hamilton)
- The Andrews Sisters – Great Performers (1967, Dot)
- Boogie Woogie Bugle Girls (1973, Paramount)
- The Andrews Sisters in Over Here! (1974, Columbia)
- In The Mood (Famous Twinset Series) (1974, Paramount)
- Sixteen Great Performances (1980, MCA)
- 50th Anniversary Collection Volume One (1987, MCA)
- All-Time Favorites (10 Best Series) (1991, Cema)
- Their All Time Greatest Hits (1994, MCA)
- 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Andrews Sisters (2000, MCA)
Chart records
Year | Single | Chart positions | ||
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US | US R&B |
US Country
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1938 | "Bei Mir Bist Du Schön (Means That You're Grand)" | 1 | – | – |
"Nice Work If You Can Get It" | 12 | – | – | |
"Joseph, Joseph" | 18 | – | – | |
"Ti-Pi-Tin" | 12 | – | – | |
" Shortenin' Bread "
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16 | – | – | |
"Says My Heart" | 10 | – | – | |
"Tu-li-Tulip Time" | 9 | – | – | |
"Sha-Sha" | 17 | – | – | |
"Lullaby to a Jitterbug" | 10 | – | – | |
1939 | "Pross-Tchai (Goodbye)" | 15 | – | – |
"Hold Tight, Hold Tight (Want Some Sea Food, Mama?)" | 2 | – | – | |
"You Don't Know How Much You Can Suffer" | 14 | – | – | |
"Beer Barrel Polka (Roll Out the Barrel)" | 4 | – | – | |
"Well All Right (Tonight's the Night)" | 5 | – | – | |
"Ciribiribin (They're So In Love)" (with Bing Crosby) | 13 | – | – | |
"Yodelin' Jive" (with Bing Crosby) | 4 | – | – | |
"Chico's Love Song" | 11 | – | – | |
1940 | "Say Si Si (Para Vigo Me Voy)" | 4 | – | – |
"The Woodpecker Song" | 6 | – | – | |
"Down By the O-Hi-O" | 21 | – | – | |
"Rhumboogie" | 11 | – | – | |
"Ferryboat Serenade" | 1 | – | – | |
"Hit the Road" | 27 | – | – | |
"Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar" | 2 | – | – | |
1941 | "Scrub Me, Mama, With a Boogie Beat" | 10 | – | – |
"Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" | 6 | – | – | |
"I Yi, Yi, Yi, Yi (I Like You Very Much)" | 11 | – | – | |
" (I'll Be With You) In Apple Blossom Time "
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5 | – | – | |
"Aurora" | 10 | – | – | |
"Sonny Boy" | 22 | – | – | |
"The Nickel Serenade" | 22 | – | – | |
"Sleepy Serenade" | 22 | – | – | |
"I Wish I Had a Dime (For Every Time I Missed You)" | 20 | – | – | |
"Jealous" | 12 | – | – | |
1942 | "The Shrine of St. Cecilia" | 3 | – | – |
"I'll Pray For You" | 22 | – | – | |
"Three Little Sisters" | 8 | – | – | |
" Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree "
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16 | – | – | |
"Pennsylvania Polka" | 17 | – | – | |
"That's the Moon, My Son" | 18 | – | – | |
"Mister Five By Five" | 14 | – | – | |
"Strip Polka" | 6 | – | – | |
"Here Comes the Navy" | 17 | – | – | |
1943 | "East of the Rockies" | 18 | – | – |
"Pistol Packin' Mama" (with Bing Crosby) | 2 | 3 | 1 | |
"Victory Polka" (with Bing Crosby) | 5 | – | – | |
"Jingle Bells" (with Bing Crosby) | 19 | – | – | |
"Shoo-Shoo Baby" | 1 | – | – | |
1944 | "Down In the Valley" | 20 | – | – |
"Straighten Up and Fly Right" | 8 | – | – | |
"Tico Tico" | 24 | – | – | |
"Sing a Tropical Song" | 24 | – | – | |
"Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby" (with Bing Crosby) | 2 | – | – | |
" A Hot Time In the Town of Berlin" (with Bing Crosby )
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1 | – | – | |
"Don't Fence Me In" (with Bing Crosby) | 1 | 9 | – | |
1945 | "Rum and Coca-Cola" | 1 | 3 | – |
"Accentuate the Positive" (with Bing Crosby) | 2 | – | – | |
"The Three Caballeros" (with Bing Crosby) | 8 | – | – | |
"One Meat Ball" | 15 | – | – | |
"Corns For My Country" | 21 | – | – | |
"Along the Navajo Trail" (with Bing Crosby) | 2 | – | – | |
"The Blond Sailor" | 8 | – | – | |
1946 | "Money Is the Root of All Evil" | 9 | – | – |
"Patience and Fortitude" | 12 | – | – | |
"Coax Me a Little Bit" | 24 | – | – | |
"South America, Take It Away" (with Bing Crosby) | 2 | – | – | |
" Get Your Kicks On Route 66" (with Bing Crosby )
|
14 | – | – | |
"I Don't Know Why" | 17 | – | – | |
"House of Blue Lights" | 15 | – | – | |
"Rumors Are Flying" (with Les Paul) | 4 | – | – | |
"Winter Wonderland" (with Guy Lombardo) | 22 | – | – | |
"Christmas Island" (with Guy Lombardo) | 7 | – | – | |
1947 | "Tallahassee" (with Bing Crosby) | 10 | – | – |
"There's No Business Like Show Business" (with Bing Crosby and Dick Haymes) | 25 | – | – | |
"On the Avenue" | 21 | – | – | |
"Near You" | 2 | – | – | |
"The Lady From 29 Palms" | 7 | – | – | |
"The Freedom Train" (with Bing Crosby) | 21 | – | – | |
" Civilization (Bongo, Bongo, Bongo)" (with Danny Kaye )
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3 | – | – | |
"Jingle Bells" (with Bing Crosby)(re-entry) | 21 | – | – | |
"Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town" (with Bing Crosby) | 22 | – | – | |
"Christmas Island" (with Guy Lombardo)(re-entry) | 20 | – | – | |
"Your Red Wagon" | 24 | – | – | |
"How Lucky You Are" | 22 | – | – | |
1948 | "You Don't Have To Know the Language" (with Bing Crosby) | 21 | – | – |
"Teresa" (with Dick Haymes) | 21 | – | – | |
"Toolie Oolie Doolie (The Yodel Polka)" | 3 | – | – | |
"I Hate To Lose You" | 14 | – | – | |
"Heartbreaker" | 21 | – | – | |
"Sabre Dance" | 20 | – | – | |
"Woody Woodpecker" (with Danny Kaye) | 18 | – | – | |
"Blue Tail Fly" (with Burl Ives) | 24 | – | – | |
"Underneath the Arches" | 5 | – | – | |
"You Call Everybody Darling" | 8 | – | – | |
"Cuanto La Gusta" (with Carmen Miranda) | 12 | – | – | |
"160 Acres" (with Bing Crosby) | 23 | – | – | |
"Bella Bella Marie" | 23 | – | – | |
1949 | "Christmas Island" (with Guy Lombardo)(re-entry) | 26 | – | – |
"The Pussy Cat Song (Nyow! Nyot! Nyow!)"( Patty Andrews and Bob Crosby )
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12 | – | – | |
"More Beer!" | 30 | – | – | |
"I'm Bitin' My Fingernails and Thinking of You" (with Ernest Tubb) | 30 | – | 2 | |
"Don't Rob Another Man's Castle" (with Ernest Tubb) | – | – | 6 | |
"I Can Dream, Can't I?" | 1 | – | – | |
"The Wedding of Lili Marlene" | 20 | – | – | |
"She Wore a Yellow Ribbon" (with Russ Morgan) | 22 | – | – | |
"Charley, My Boy" (with Russ Morgan) | 15 | – | – | |
1950 | "Merry Christmas Polka" (with Guy Lombardo) | 18 | – | – |
"Have I Told You Lately That I Love You" (with Bing Crosby) | 24 | – | – | |
"Quicksilver" (with Bing Crosby) | 6 | – | – | |
"The Wedding Samba" (with Carmen Miranda) | 23 | – | – | |
"I Wanna Be Loved" | 1 | – | – | |
"Can't We Talk It Over" | 22 | – | – | |
"A Bushel and a Peck" | 22 | – | – | |
"Mele Kalikimaka" (with Bing Crosby) | 36 | – | – | |
1951 | "A Penny a Kiss, a Penny a Hug" | 17 | – | – |
" Sparrow in the Tree Top" (with Bing Crosby )
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8 | – | – | |
"Too Young" (Patty Andrews) | 19 | – | – | |
1952 | " Sing, Sing, Sing "
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17 | – | – |
1955 | "Suddenly There's a Valley" (Patty Andrews) | 69 | – | – |
Other songs
Highest chart positions on Billboard; with Vic Schoen and his orchestra, unless otherwise noted:
- "A Bushel and a Peck" (1950) (No. 22)
- "A Hundred and Sixty Acres" (with Bing Crosby) (1948) (No. 23)
- "A Penny a Kiss-A Penny a Hug" (1950) (No. 17)
- "Aurora" (1941) (No. 10)
- "Bella Bella Marie" (1948) (No. 23)
- "Can't We Talk it Over?" (with Gordon Jenkins and his orchestra and chorus) (1950) (No. 22)
- "Charley, My Boy" (with Russ Morgan and his orchestra) (1949) (No. 15)
- "Chico's Love Song" (1939) (No. 11)
- "Royal Canadians) (1946: No. 7; 1947: No. 20; 1949: No. 26)
- "Ciribiribin (They're So in Love)" (with Bing Crosby & Joe Venuti and his orchestra) (1939) (No. 13)
- "Coax Me a Little Bit" (1946) (No. 24)
- "Corns for My Country" (1945) (No. 21)
- "Cuanto La Gusta" (with Carmen Miranda) (1948) (No. 12)
- "Down By the O-HI-O" (1940) (No. 21)
- "Down in the Valley (Hear that Train Blow)" (1944) (No. 20)
- "East of the Rockies" (1943) (No. 18)
- "(Everytime They Play the) Sabre Dance" (with The Harmonica Gentlemen) (1948) (No. 20)
- "Heartbreaker" (with The Harmonica Gentlemen) (1948) (No. 21)
- "Here Comes the Navy" (1942) (No. 17)
- "Hit the Road" (1940) (No. 27)
- "How Lucky You Are" (1947) (No. 22)
- "I Don't Know Why (I Just Do)" (1946) (No. 17)
- "I Hate to Lose You" (1948) (No. 14)
- "Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?" (with Bing Crosby) (1950) (No. 24)
- "I'll Pray For You" (1942) (No. 22)
- "I'm Biting My Fingernails and Thinking of You" (with Ernest Tubb and The Texas Troubadors directed by Vic Schoen) (1949) (No. 30)
- "I Wish I Had a Dime (For Ev'rytime I Missed You)" (1941) (No. 20)
- "I Yi, Yi, Yi, Yi (I Like You Very Much)" (1941) (No. 11)
- "Jealous" (1941) (No. 12)
- "The Blue Tail Fly (Jimmy Crack Corn)" (with Burl Ives, vocal and guitar accompaniment) (1948) (No. 24)
- "Joseph! Joseph!" (1938) (No. 18)
- "Lullaby to a Jitterbug" (1938) (No. 10)
- "Merry Christmas Polka" (with Royal Canadians) (1950) (No. 18)
- "Mister Five By Five" (1942) (No. 14)
- "Money Is the Root of All Evil (Take it Away, Take it Away, Take it Away)" (with Royal Canadians) (1946) (No. 9)
- "More Beer!" (1949) (No. 30)
- "Oh Johnny, Oh Johnny, Oh!" Decca 2840 (1940)
- "On the Avenue" (with Carmen Cavallaro at the piano), Decca 24102 A (1947) (No. 21)
- "One Meat Ball" (1945) (No. 15)
- "Patience and Fortitude" (1946) (No. 12)
- "Pennsylvania Polka" (1942) (No. 17)
- "Pross Tchai (Goodbye-Goodbye)" (1939) (No. 15)
- "Put That Ring On My Finger" (1945)
- "Quicksilver" (with Bing Crosby) (1950) (No. 6)
- "Rhumboogie" (1940) (No. 11)
- "Get Your Kicks on Route 66" (with Bing Crosby) (1946) (No. 14)
- "Says My Heart" (1938) (No. 10)
- "Scrub Me Mama with a Boogie Beat" (1940) (No. 10)
- "Sha-Sha" (with Jimmy Dorsey and his orchestra)(1938) (No. 17)
- "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon" (with Russ Morgan and his orchestra) (1949) (No. 22)
- "Shortenin' Bread" (1938) (No. 16)
- "Sing a Tropical Song" (1944) (No. 24)
- "Sleepy Serenade" (1941) (No. 22)
- "Sleigh Ride" (1950)
- "Sonny Boy" (1941) (No. 22)
- "Sparrow in the Treetop" (with Bing Crosby) (1951) (No. 8)
- "Straighten Up and Fly Right" (1944) (No. 8)
- "Strip Polka" (1942) (No. 6)
- "Sweet Marie" (with Carmen Cavallaro at the piano), Decca 24102 B (maybe 1947?) (No. ?)
- "Tallahassee" (with Bing Crosby) (1947) (No. 10)
- "Teresa" (with Dick Haymes) (1948) (No. 21)
- "That's the Moon, My Son" (1942) (No. 18)
- "The Blond Sailor" (1945) (No. 8)
- "The Freedom Train" (1947) (No. 21)
- "The House of Blue Lights" (with Eddie Heywood and his orchestra) (1946) (No. 15)
- "The Lady from 29 Palms" (1947) (No. 7)
- "The Nickel Serenade" (1941) (No. 22)
- "The Pussy Cat Song (Nyow! Nyot Nyow!)" (Patty Andrews and Bob Crosby) (1949) (No. 12)
- "The Three Caballeros" (with Bing Crosby) (1945) (No. 8)
- "The Wedding of Lili Marlene" (with Gordon Jenkins and his orchestra and chorus) (1949) (No. 20)
- "The Wedding Samba" (with Carmen Miranda) (1950) (No. 23)
- "The Windmill Song" (with Gordon Jenkinsand his orchestra) (1951) (No. ?)
- "The Woodpecker Song" (1940) (No. 6)
- "There's No Business Like Show Business" (with Bing Crosby and Dick Haymes) (1947) (No. 25)
- "Three Little Sisters" (1942) (No. 8)
- "Tico-Tico no Fubá" (1944) (No. 24)
- "Ti-Pi-Tin" (1938) (No. 12)
- "Too Young" (Patty Andrews with Victor Youngand his orchestra) (1951) (No. 19)
- "Torero" CapitolF 3965 (recorded on March 31, 1958)
- "Tu-Li-Tulip Time" (with Jimmy Dorsey and his orchestra) (1938) (No. 9)
- "Royal Canadians) (1946) (No. 22)
- "The Woody Woodpecker Song" (with Danny Kaye and The Harmonica Gentlemen) (1948) (No. 18)
- "You Call Everybody Darling" (recorded in London with Billy Ternant and his orchestra) (1948) (No. 8)
- "You Don't Have to Know the Language" (with Bing Crosby) (1948) (No. 21)
- "You Don't Know How Much You Can Suffer" (1939) (No. 14)
- "Your Red Wagon" (1947) (No. 24)
Film, theatre, and television
(partial list)
Filmography
- Argentine Nights (Universal Pictures, 1940)
- Buck Privates (Universal Pictures, 1941)
- In the Navy (Universal Pictures, 1941)
- Hold That Ghost (Universal Pictures, 1941)
- What's Cookin'? (Universal Pictures, 1942)
- Private Buckaroo (Universal Pictures, 1942)
- Give Out, Sisters (Universal Pictures, 1942)
- How's About It (Universal Pictures, 1943)
- Always a Bridesmaid (Universal Pictures, 1943)
- Swingtime Johnny (Universal Pictures, 1944)
- Moonlight and Cactus (Universal Pictures, 1944)
- Follow the Boys (Universal Pictures, 1944)
- Hollywood Canteen (Warner Brothers, 1944)
- Her Lucky Night (Universal Pictures, 1945)
- Make Mine Music (Walt Disney Studios, 1946) – voices only, as singers of one segment
- Road to Rio (Paramount Pictures, 1947)
- Melody Time (Walt Disney Studios, 1948) – voices only, as singers of one segment
- Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975) – newsreel archive footage only
Soundtracks
- Breach (background music) (2007)
- Land of the Lost (2009)
- Fallout 3 (2008) (Civilization)
- Fallout 4 (2015) (Civilization-Pistol Packin' Mama)
- Mafia II (2010) [Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy – Rum and Coca-Cola – Straighten Up And Fly Right – Strip Polka – Hot Time in the Town of Berlin (with Bing Crosby) – Victory Polka (with Bing Crosby)]
- Bioshock (2006)
- Fallout 76 (2018)
Broadway
- Over Here! (1974; Shubert Theater, New York City, 9 months)
Dance
- Company B (1991); Choreographed by Paul Taylor, Performed by Paul Taylor Dance Company, American Ballet Theatre, Miami City Ballet, The Sarasota Ballet, and Pacific Northwest Ballet.
Television
- Appearance on The Joey Bishop Show
- They were parodied on Muppets), named Mayeeme (Audrey Smith), Pattiz (Maeretha Stewart), and Lavoorrnee (Kevin Clash).[74][75]
- Patty Andrews appeared in season two, episode six, of Here's Lucy, entitled "Lucy And The Andrew Sisters", in which Lucy, Kim, and Craig help Patty recreate the Andrew Sisters with Bing Crosby for a one-night only performance at a convention of the Sisters' oldest fan club.
See also
References
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- Official website (archived)
- The Andrews Sisters at IMDb
- Patty Andrews at IMDb
- Maxene Andrews at IMDb
- LaVerne Andrews at IMDb
- Patty Andrews at Find a Grave
- Maxene Andrews at Find a Grave
- LaVerne Andrews at Find a Grave
- The Andrews Sisters at MNopedia
- The Andrews Sisters discography at Discogs
- Andrews Sisters at Vocal Group Hall of Fame
- The Andrews Sisters at Discography of American Historical Recordings