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The Andrews Sisters
American vocal group
The Andrews Sisters were an American close harmony singing group of the swing and boogie-woogie eras. The group consisted of three sisters: contralto LaVerne Sophia Andrews (1911–1967), soprano Maxene Anglyn Andrews (1916–1995), and mezzo-soprano Patricia Marie Andrews (1918–2013).
The sisters have sold an estimated 80 million records. Their 1941 hit "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" can be considered an early example of jump blues.
Other songs closely associated with the Andrews Sisters include their first major hit, "Bei Mir Bist Du Schön " (1937), "Beer Barrel Polka " (1939), "Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar" (1940), "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree " (1942), and "Rum and Coca-Cola" (1945), which helped introduce American audiences to calypso.
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Early life
The sisters were born to Olga Bergliot "Ollie" (née Sollie; 1886—1948) and Peter Andreas. Peter Andreas (later "Andrews"), (1890—1949) was Greek and his wife Olga Andrews was of Norwegian ancestry raised in the Lutheran faith. The Sollie family disapproved of Olga's marriage, but the relationship was repaired once their first child, LaVerne, was born July 6, 1911. Their second daughter, Anglyn, died at eight months of age on March 16, 1914. Maxene arrived on January 3, 1916, and Patty was born February 16, 1918.
They started their career as imitators of an earlier successful singing group, the Boswell Sisters, who had been popular until their breakup in 1936. After singing with various dance bands and touring in vaudeville with Leon Belasco (and his orchestra) 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 Schön" (translation: "To Me, You Are Beautiful"), originally a Yiddish tune, the lyrics of which Sammy Cahn had translated to English and "which the girls harmonized to perfection." They followed this success with a string of best-selling records over the next two years and, by the 1940s, had become a...
While the sisters specialized in traditional pop, 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. Their versatility allowed them to pair with many different artists in the recording studios, producing Top 10 hits with the likes of Bing Crosby (the only recording artist of the 1940s to sell more records than the Andrews Sisters), Danny Kaye, Dick Haymes, Carmen Miranda, Al Jolson, Ray McKinley, Burl Ives, Ernest Tubb, Red Foley, Dan Dailey, Alfred Apaka, and Les Paul. In personal appearances, on radio and on television,...
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. 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.
Originally from Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA The Andrews Sisters were a highly successful close harmony singing group of the swing and boogie-woogie eras.
Throughout their long career, the sisters sold well over 75 million records (the last official count released by MCA Records in the mid-1970s).
They had 113 charted Billboard hits, 46 reaching Top 10 status (more than Elvis Presley or The Beatles).
The group was inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 1998.
The group consisted of three sisters:
* contralto LaVerne Sophia Andrews (July 6, 1911 – May 8, 1967),
* soprano Maxene Angelyn Andrews (January 3, 1916 – October 21, 1995), and
* mezzo-soprano Patricia Marie "Patty" Andrews (February 16, 1918 – January 30, 2013).
Also known as: Adrew Sisters, Andrew Sisters, Andrew's Sisters, Andrews SIsters, Andrews Sister
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Liner notes
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The Andrews Sisters
1946 album
A Collection of Tropical Songs
1947 album
Christmas Cheer
1950 album
Irving Berlin Songs
1951 album
Sing! Sing! Sing!
1952 album
The Andrews Sisters in Hi-Fi
1956 album
Fresh and Fancy-Free
1957 album
The Andrews Sisters At The Microphone
1987 album
The Great Andrews Sisters
1993 album
Says My Heart
1997 album
The Ultimate Andrews Sisters
2003 album
Songs for Christmas
2004 album
The Andrew Sisters & Friends
2010 album
Christmas for Kids
2021 album
Records from MusicBrainz; covers from the Cover Art Archive.
