The Andrews Sisters

The Andrews Sisters var en amerikansk «close harmony» sanggruppe bestående av søstrene LaVerne Andrews (contralto; født 6. juli 1911, død 8. mai 1967), Maxene Anglyn Andrews (high harmony; født 3. januar 1916, død 21. oktober 1995) og Patty (Patti) Andrews (hovedstemme; født 16. februar 1918, død 30. januar 2013). Alle tre var født i Minnesota. Faren var innvandrer fra Hellas og moren var norsk-amerikaner. 

De startet sin karriere som imitatorer av en annen fremgangsrik sanggruppe, The Boswell Sisters. Etter å ha sunget med forskjellige danseband og reist rundt på vaudeville, fikk de et nasjonalt gjennombrudd med sine plateutgivelser og radioopptredener i 1937. Deres musikk underholdt allierte styrker under annen verdenskrig. De solgte «war bonds», opptrådte i flere filmer (blant annet noen Abbott and Costello-filmer) og opptrådte for soldater som tjenestegjorde utenlands. Deres første film med Abbott and Costello, førkrigskomedien Buck Privates, introduserte deres best kjente plateinnspilling, Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy. 

De spilte også inn mange sanger med Bing Crosby, blant dem mange av hans juleslagere, som Jingle Bells. Det ble oppdaget etter krigen at deres musikk også ble smuglet inn til Tyskland (kamuflert med nye etiketter som f.eks. «Hitlers yndlingsmarsjer»). 

Etter et kort opphold etter krigen fortsatte søstene, og opptrådte i klubber i USA og Europa. De sluttet som gruppe i  1953, og da valgte Patty å fortsette solo. Deres siste opptreden sammen var i 1966 på The Dean Martin Show. 

 Hits 
 År SingleListeplassering US Billboard Hot 100 USR&B US Country 1938 "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen" 1 - - "Nice Work If You Can Get It" 12 - - "Joseph, Joseph" 18 - - "Ti-Pi-Tin" 12 - - "Shortenin' Bread" 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" 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" 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" 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) 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) 3 - - "Jingle Bells"(with Bing Crosby)(re-entry) 21 - - "Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town"<small>(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 Darlin'" 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 w/Bob Crosby) 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 - - 1951 "A Penny a Kiss, a Penny a Hug" 17 - - "Sparrow In the Tree Top"(with Bing Crosby) 8 - - "Too Young"(Patty Andrews) 19 - - 1955 "Suddenly There's a Valley"(Patty Andrews) 69 - -

 Referanser 
 Patty Andrews Of ‘The Andrews Sisters’ Dies At 94 på losangeles.cbslocal.com Publisert 30. januar 2013. Besøkt 31. januar 2013.

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 Andrews Sisters on BigBands.net
 Vocal Group Hall of Fame page on the Andrews Sisters
 Clip of the Andrews Sisters performing 'Six Jerks In A Jeep' from Private Buckaroo. Free download. Windows and Real Media formats (Public Domain)
 Free Mp3 download of Andrews Sisters songs

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