The Andrews Sisters Follow DL on The Andrews Sisters I love these gals. I think they were just incredibly talented and such consumate entertainers.%0D %0D Is it really true that one of them was a lesbian? If anyone knows any real information, I'd love to hear it. by Anonymous But which one was in the middle? by Anonymous Which one was the Toni twin? by Anonymous It's said that, on sight, servicemen often mistook them for a drag act. by Anonymous reply 5 07/16/2010 Are you talking about Erin Andrews from 'Dancing With The Stars'? I never knew she had sisters, much less that they were entertainers. What happened to them? by Anonymous reply 6 07/16/2010 Don't be a moron. I'm sure the OP is referring to Julie Andrew who became the most well known of her sister act. The lesbian rumor about Julie is the result of a prank gone wrong involving Carol Burnette and Lady Bird Johnson. by Anonymous OP I know who you mean. They're great.

by Anonymous reply 8 07/16/2010 Never heard any rumors, but if one of them was a lesbian, it would have been the "funny" one because that's the way it was done in those days.%0D %0D I think Maxene was single. Patty was married to Marty Melcher, before he started going after Doris Day. What a rat fink. by Anonymous reply 9 07/16/2010 A few years ago one of the tabloids ran a story saying that one of the conflicts between Patty and Maxene was that Maxene was a lesbian. Apparently she was married briefly in the fifties and adopted a couple kids, but at the time of her death she was estranged from her children and left most of her estate to her female manager, whom she had adopted as a daugther at some point.

by Anonymous reply 10 07/16/2010 [italic]No one?[/italic]%0D %0D Most of us are under 85, OP.%0D %0D I'm shocked someone your age can operate a computer, let alone tap out coherent thoughts on a keyboard. Good for you! by Anonymous Um, 13? Hon, I think that battle was fought and lost long, long ago. by Anonymous reply 15 07/16/2010 The Andrews Sisters were pretty darn great, but the Boswell Sisters rule now and forever.%0D %0D At the link, "It's the Girl." by Anonymous reply 16 07/16/2010 I'm not the OP, r11, but I'm a 29-year-old who bought an "Andrews Sisters" CD when he was 14. by Anonymous reply 17 07/16/2010 r10 has it right. Maxene was the lesbian. There was a 17-year-old feud with Patty that she was trying to resolve.

Which gay bar in Minneapolis was once owned by the parents of the Andrews sisters and operated as a deli or something? Is it the Gay 90s? by Anonymous r20, what is a Three X Sisters? by Anonymous reply 21 07/17/2010 They were a jazz trio contemporary of the Boswell's who had the gimmick of wearing eye masks. They were fabulous, but would've had greater success if media were more visual at the time. by Anonymous reply 22 07/17/2010 I'll always remember seeing them in the Broadway show Over Here! though LaVerne had already died. Part of the premise of the show was about them looking for the girl with the perfect voice who could complete their 3 part harmony. Was the Patty/Maxene feud before or after they did the show?%0D %0D Also in the cast of Over Here! were the VERY young John Travolta, Treat Williams, Marilu Henner and Ann Reinking.

by Anonymous reply 23 07/17/2010 I found a dead dog and I put it in a wheelbarrow then I pushed the wheelbarrow home and then I took the dog out and put the dog in my panties then I cooked it is that bad lala la la dee la la by Anonymous reply 33 07/17/2010 R29, that poor dear in the middle has no idea what the lyrics are. (Or maybe what she's doing there at all.)%0D %0D Dean Martin made it look like anybody could do what he did. Genius. by Anonymous reply 34 07/17/2010 Bump to a really old thread for a Youtube video of their performance on the Tony Awards for "Over Here." The first number is "Charlies Place", which, alas, made a star of Ann Reinking. You'll also see Treat Williams, John Travolta and Marilu Henner. The sisters are in the second number and it's weird to see that Maxene certainly appears to hate Patty. They're both trying so hard to upstage the other that it's hilarious.

by Anonymous reply 36 05/27/2012 I'm not an elder gay and I have about 100 songs of theirs on my Ipod. They've sold more records than the Beatles. I like the Boswell Sisters too. The best Boswell Sister's song is Minnie the Moocher's Wedding day. by Anonymous reply 37 05/27/2012 After reading some of these posts, I fear for history, cultural, or otherwise. If someone hasn't heard of someone, or somthing - they're bored. Move on. Growing up, if I didn't know something, I'd ask my parents, and they would always tell me to go online, and look it/them up. So I did. Thats how you learn. I thnk now, people have no intellectual curiousity, if it doesn't involve something of their own time, or era. That just shows their ignorance. No wonder American's are considered so stupid. Nat King Cole died 20 years before I was born - but I love his voice, and read up on his life. So many of you don't seem to care unless it's about GaGa, or Kesha.

A lot of amazing artists, and music, came before any of us were born, and you don't seem to care. Check out The Mills Bros., Billie Holliday, Glenn Miller . You may find the sound we hear now, evolved from all that came before. by Anonymous [quote]I'm a 29-year-old who bought an "Andrews Sisters" CD when he was 14. Finally, a proper place to exclaim "That's so gay!!!!" by Anonymous reply 43 05/28/2012 r40 what was the point of your post? Why don't you just start a thread on Jo Stafford? GAWD!... r42, could you share more please? by Anonymous reply 44 05/28/2012 Maxine was the lezzy, and let me tell you , she could suck your box till your nose bled. by Anonymous reply 45 05/28/2012 On a related topic could someone start a " Jenny Lind, The Swedish Nightengale" thread ? I've got some juicy gossip.

by Anonymous reply 55 02/01/2013 The Boswells stood in front of a microphone. The Andrews Sisters danced while they sang, and goofed around during the numbers. They were a lot more fun than the Bozzies. by Anonymous reply 56 02/01/2013 I always felt that about Maxene since she was married once in the 1940s and after divorcing, never remarried. Coincidentally this week, I spoke with a man in San Francisco who upon my mentioning in casual conversation that "the last of the Andrews Sisters (Patty) died last week," he said, "I actually met one of them years ago in Seattle." He then said that she was with two women, one of whom seemed more than a friend. He said the chemistry seemed to suggest they were together. I was curious so Googled "Maxene Andrews lesbian" and a few articles came up. It's not important, just interesting as I wonder how she dealt with this at a time this "didn't exist," at least in people's consciousness.

What really is important is that she was perhaps the nicest of the girls and that she perhaps got the shaft from Patty due to her husband, who was quite possessive and created a divide between Patty, the other sisters, her family and her friends. What Bob Hope said about Maxene Andrews will always stick in my mind about her - "She was more than part of The Andrews Sisters, much more than a singer. She was a warm and wonderful lady who shared her talent and wisdom with others." by Anonymous Maxene Andrews - IMDb IMDb Actress | Soundtrack Ms. Andrews and her sisters, Patty and Laverne, were one of the most successful women's singing groups, with 19 gold records and sales of nearly 100 million copies. The sisters began performing in the early 1930's when the Depression wiped out their father's business. In 1937, the trio of sisters scored their first big hit with 'Bei Mir Bist Du ... See full bio » Born: Patty Andrews of Andrews Sisters dead at 94 Patty Andrews of Andrews Sisters dead at 94 BOB THOMAS Share 1 / 3 FILE - In this Oct.

1, 1987 file photo, Patty, left, and Maxine Andrews, of the famed Andrews Sisters, smile as they hold their star plaques which they received as they accepted a star in the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Patty Andrews, the last survivor of the three singing Andrews sisters, has died in Los Angeles at age 94. Andrews died Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013, at her home in suburban Northridge of natural causes, said family spokesman Alan Eichler. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File) LOS ANGELES (AP) — Patty Andrews, the last surviving member of the singing Andrews Sisters trio whose hits such as the rollicking "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B" and the poignant "I Can Dream, Can't I?" captured the home-front spirit of World War II, died Wednesday. She was 94. Andrews died of natural causes at her home in the Los Angeles suburb of Northridge, said family spokesman Alan Eichler in a statement. Patty was the Andrews in the middle, the lead singer and chief clown, whose raucous jitterbugging delighted American servicemen abroad and audiences at home.

She could also deliver sentimental ballads like "I'll Be with You in Apple Blossom Time" with a sincerity that caused hardened GIs far from home to weep. "When I was a kid, I only had two records and one of them was the Andrews Sisters. They were remarkable. Their sound, so pure," said Bette Midler, who had a hit cover of "Bugle Boy" in 1973. "Everything they did for our nation was more than we could have asked for. This is the last of the trio, and I hope the trumpets ushering (Patty) into heaven with her sisters are playing "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy." From the late 1930s through the 1940s, the Andrews Sisters produced one hit record after another, beginning with "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen" in 1937 and continuing with "Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar," ''Rum and Coca-Cola" and more. They recorded more than 400 songs and sold over 80 million records, several of them going gold.

Other sisters, notably the Boswells, had become famous as singing acts, but mostly they huddled before a microphone in close harmony. The Andrews Sisters — LaVerne, Maxene and Patty — added a new dimension. During breaks in their singing, they cavorted about the stage in rhythm to the music. Their voices combined with perfect synergy. As Patty remarked in 1971: "There were just three girls in the family. LaVerne had a very low voice. Maxene's was kind of high, and I was between. It was like God had given us voices to fit our parts." Kathy Daris of the singing Lennon Sisters recalled on Facebook late Wednesday that the Andrews Sisters "were the first singing sister act that we tried to copy. We loved their rendition of songs, their high spirit, their fabulous harmony." The Andrews Sisters' rise coincided with the advent of swing music, and their style fit perfectly into the new craze. They aimed at reproducing the sound of three harmonizing trumpets. "I was listening to Benny Goodman and to all the bands," Patty once remarked. "I was into the feel, so that would go into my own musical ability. I was into swing.

I loved the brass section." Unlike other singing acts, the sisters recorded with popular bands of the '40s, fitting neatly into the styles of Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller, Jimmy Dorsey, Bob Crosby, Woody Herman, Guy Lombardo, Desi Arnaz and Russ Morgan. They sang dozens of songs on records with Bing Crosby, including the million-seller "Don't Fence Me In." They also recorded with Dick Haymes, Carmen Miranda, Danny Kaye, Al Jolson, Jimmy Durante and Red Foley. The Andrews' popularity led to a contract with Universal Pictures, where they made a dozen low-budget musical comedies between 1940 and 1944. In 1947, they appeared in "The Road to Rio" with Bing Crosby, Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour. The trio continued until LaVerne's death in 1967. By that time the close harmony had turned to discord, and the sisters had been openly feuding. Midler's cover of "Bugle Boy" revived interest in the trio.

The two survivors joined in 1974 for a Broadway show, "Over Here!" It ran for more than a year, but disputes with the producers led to the cancellation of the national tour of the show, and the sisters did not perform together again. Patty continued on her own, finding success in Las Vegas and on TV variety shows. Her sister also toured solo until her death in 1995. Her father, Peter Andrews, was a Greek immigrant who anglicized his name of Andreus when he arrived in America; his wife, Olga, was a Norwegian with a love of music. LaVerne was born in 1911, Maxine (later Maxene) in 1916, Patricia (later Patty, sometimes Patti) in 1918. All three sisters were born and raised in the Minneapolis area, spending summers in Mound, Minn., on the western shores of Lake Minnetonka, about 20 miles west of Minneapolis. Read More Listening to the Boswell Sisters on radio, LaVerne played the piano and taught her sisters to sing in harmony; neither Maxene nor Patty ever learned to read music.

All three studied singers at the vaudeville house near their father's restaurant. As their skills developed, they moved from amateur shows to vaudeville and singing with bands. After Peter Andrews moved the family to New York in 1937, his wife, Olga, sought singing dates for the girls. They were often turned down with comments such as: "They sing too loud and they move too much." Olga persisted, and the sisters sang on radio with a hotel band at $15 a week. The broadcasts landed them a contract with Decca Records. They recorded a few songs, and then came "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen," an old Yiddish song for which Sammy Cahn and Saul Kaplan wrote English lyrics. (The title means, "To Me You Are Beautiful.") It was a smash hit, and the Andrews Sisters were launched into the bigtime. Their only disappointment was the movies. Universal was a penny-pinching studio that ground out product to fit the lower half of a double bill.

The sisters were seldom involved in the plots, being used for musical interludes in film with titles such as "Private Buckaroo," ''Swingtime Johnny" and "Moonlight and Cactus." Their only hit was "Buck Privates," which made stars of Abbott and Costello and included the trio's blockbuster "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy from Company B." In 1947, Patty married Martin Melcher, an agent who represented the sisters as well as Doris Day, then at the beginning of her film career. Patty divorced Melcher in 1949 and soon he became Day's husband, manager and producer. Patty married Walter Weschler, pianist for the sisters, in 1952. He became their manager and demanded more pay for himself and for Patty. The two other sisters rebelled, and their differences with Patty became public. Lawsuits were filed between the two camps. "We had been together nearly all our lives," Patty explained in 1971. "Then in one year our dream world ended. Our mother died and then our father.

All three of us were upset, and we were at each other's throats all the time." Patty Andrews is survived by her foster daughter, Pam DuBois, a niece and several cousins. Weschler died in 2010. A memorial service is planned in Los Angeles, with the date to be determined. Reblog Last surviving Andrews Sisters member Patty Andrews dies at 94 | Fox News Last surviving Andrews Sisters member Patty Andrews dies at 94 Published January 30, 2013 Facebook 0 Twitter 0 Email Print This 1947 publicity photo shows the pop vocal trio, The Andrews Sisters, from left, Maxine Andrews, Patty Andrews, and LaVerne Andrews. Patty Andrews died Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013, at her home in suburban Northridge of natural causes, said family spokesman Alan Eichler. (AP) LOS ANGELES – Patty Andrews, the last surviving member of the singing Andrews Sisters trio whose hits such as the rollicking "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B" and the poignant "I Can Dream, Can't I?" captured the home-front spirit of World War II, died Wednesday. She was 94.

Andrews died of natural causes at her home in the Los Angeles suburb of Northridge, said family spokesman Alan Eichler in a statement. Patty was the Andrews in the middle, the lead singer and chief clown, whose raucous jitterbugging delighted American servicemen abroad and audiences at home. She could also deliver sentimental ballads like "I'll Be with You in Apple Blossom Time" with a sincerity that caused hardened GIs far from home to weep. From the late 1930s through the 1940s, the Andrews Sisters produced one hit record after another, beginning with "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen" in 1937 and continuing with "Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar," "Rum and Coca-Cola" and more. They recorded more than 400 songs and sold over 80 million records, several of them going gold (over a million copies). Other sisters, notably the Boswells, had become famous as singing acts, but mostly they huddled before a microphone in close harmony. The Andrews Sisters -- LaVerne, Maxene and Patty -- added a new dimension.

During breaks in their singing, they cavorted about the stage in rhythm to the music. Their voices combined with perfect synergy. As Patty remarked in 1971: "There were just three girls in the family. LaVerne had a very low voice. Maxene's was kind of high, and I was between. It was like God had given us voices to fit our parts." The Andrews Sisters' rise coincided with the advent of swing music, and their style fit perfectly into the new craze. They aimed at reproducing the sound of three harmonizing trumpets. "I was listening to Benny Goodman and to all the bands," Patty once remarked. "I was into the feel, so that would go into my own musical ability. I was into swing. I loved the brass section." Unlike other singing acts, the sisters recorded with popular bands of the '40s, fitting neatly into the styles of Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller, Jimmy Dorsey, Bob Crosby, Woody Herman, Guy Lombardo, Desi Arnaz and Russ Morgan.

They sang dozens of songs on records with Bing Crosby, including the million-seller "Don't Fence Me In." They also recorded with Dick Haymes, Carmen Miranda, Danny Kaye, Al Jolson, Jimmy Durante and Red Foley. The Andrews' popularity led to a contract with Universal Pictures, where they made a dozen low-budget musical comedies between 1940 and 1944. In 1947, they appeared in "The Road to Rio" with Bing Crosby, Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour. The trio continued until LaVerne's death in 1967. By that time the close harmony had turned to discord, and the sisters had been openly feuding. Bette Midler's 1973 cover of "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" revived interest in the trio. The two survivors joined in 1974 for a Broadway show, "Over Here!" It ran for more than a year, but disputes with the producers led to the cancellation of the national tour of the show, and the sisters did not perform together again. Patty continued on her own, finding success in Las Vegas and on TV variety shows.

Her sister also toured solo until her death in 1995. Her father, Peter Andrews, was a Greek immigrant who anglicized his name of Andreus when he arrived in America; his wife, Olga, was a Norwegian with a love of music. LaVerne was born in 1911, Maxine (later Maxene) in 1916, Patricia (later Patty, sometimes Patti) in 1918. All three sisters were born and raised in the Minneapolis area, spending summers in Mound, Minn., on the western shores of Lake Minnetonka, about 20 miles west of Minneapolis. Listening to the Boswell Sisters on radio, LaVerne played the piano and taught her sisters to sing in harmony; neither Maxene nor Patty ever learned to read music. All three studied singers at the vaudeville house near their father's restaurant. As their skills developed, they moved from amateur shows to vaudeville and singing with bands. After Peter Andrews moved the family to New York in 1937, his wife, Olga, sought singing dates for the girls.

They were often turned down with comments such as: "They sing too loud and they move too much." Olga persisted, and the sisters sang on radio with a hotel band at $15 a week. The broadcasts landed them a contract with Decca Records. They recorded a few songs, and then came "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen," an old Yiddish song for which Sammy Cahn and Saul Kaplan wrote English lyrics. (The title means, "To Me You Are Beautiful.") It was a smash hit, and the Andrews Sisters were launched into the bigtime. Their only disappointment was the movies. Universal was a penny-pinching studio that ground out product to fit the lower half of a double bill.

The sisters were seldom involved in the plots, being used for musical interludes in film with titles such as "Private Buckaroo," "Swingtime Johnny" and "Moonlight and Cactus." Their only hit was "Buck Privates," which made stars of Abbott and Costello and included the trio's blockbuster "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy from Company B." In 1947, Patty married Martin Melcher, an agent who represented the sisters as well as Doris Day, then at the beginning of her film career. Patty divorced Melcher in 1949 and soon he became Day's husband, manager and producer. Patty married Walter Weschler, pianist for the sisters, in 1952. He became their manager and demanded more pay for himself and for Patty. The two other sisters rebelled, and their differences with Patty became public. Lawsuits were filed between the two camps. "We had been together nearly all our lives," Patty explained in 1971. "Then in one year our dream world ended. Our mother died and then our father.

All three of us were upset, and we were at each other's throats all the time." Patty Andrews is survived by her foster daughter, Pam DuBois, a niece and several cousins. Weschler died in 2010. A memorial service is planned in Los Angeles, with the date to be determined. Advertisement Maxene Andrews - Biography - IMDb Maxene Andrews Jump to: Overview (3) | Mini Bio (1) | Spouse (1) | Trade Mark (1) | Trivia (12) Overview (3) Maxene Angelyn Andrews Mini Bio (1) Ms. Andrews and her sisters, Patty and Laverne, were one of the most successful women's singing groups, with 19 gold records and sales of nearly 100 million copies. The sisters began performing in the early 1930's when the Depression wiped out their father's business. In 1937, the trio of sisters scored their first big hit with 'Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen'. In addition to 'Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy, ' their best-known songs included 'Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree' and 'Rum and Coca Cola'.

The trio officially broke up after the death of Laverne in 1967, but temporarily interrupted their feud to star in the 1974 Broadway musical "Over Here!". Ms. Andrews began a solo career in 1979. Her album and its title, were released in 1990, 'Maxene: An Andrews Sister'. Her last performance was on Sunday, October 8th, 1995, in the show 'Swing Time Canteen', at New York City's Blue Angel Theater. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Anonymous Spouse (1) Middle sister, among older sister, Laverne and younger sister, Patty Trivia (12) Middle member of The Andrews Sisters singing trio, with Laverne being oldest and Patty being the youngest. Both parents were immigrants, a Greek father and a Norwegian mother. While alive, she adopted two children, Aleta Ann and Peter. The Andrews Sisters were awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6834 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California. Adopted her longtime manager, Lynda Wells, before she died. She was estranged from her children at the time of her death.

She left the money from insurance policies prior to her death, but did not leave them anything in her will. She left everything in her will to Lynda Wells. She had a hysterectomy in the early 1940s. The Andrews Sisters trio of Laverne Andrews , Maxene Andrews & Patty Andrews are listed in order of first, second and third born. The order of their births is also the order of the length of their lifetimes. Laverne died age 55. Maxene died age 79. Patty died age 94. In 1954, Maxene fortunately survived a suicide attempt, a drug overdose, and lived 41 more years. The Andrews Sisters , Laverne, Maxene, or Patty, none were biological mothers. Maxene adopted two children, a daughter, Aleta Ann, and a son, Peter. Patty also adopted one daughter, Pam DuBois. See also London, England. 1st December 1960. Popular singing trio The Andrews Sisters, form top to bottom: Laverne, Patty and Maxine. Pictures | Getty Images London, England. 1st December 1960.

Popular singing trio The Andrews Sisters, form top to bottom: Laverne, Patty and Maxine. December 01, 1960 License London, England, 1st December 1960, Popular singing trio The Andrews Sisters , form...London, England, 1st December 1960, Popular singing trio The Andrews Sisters , form top to bottom: Laverne, Patty and Maxine LessMore Patty Andrews of Andrews Sisters dead at 94 Follow DL on Patty Andrews of Andrews Sisters dead at 94 LOS ANGELES (AP) — Patty Andrews, the last surviving member of the singing Andrews Sisters trio whose hits such as the rollicking ‘‘Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B’’ and the poignant ‘‘I Can Dream, Can’t I?’’ captured the home-front spirit of World War II, died Wednesday. She was 94. Andrews died of natural causes at her home in the Los Angeles suburb of Northridge, said family spokesman Alan Eichler in a statement. Patty was the Andrews in the middle, the lead singer and chief clown, whose raucous jitterbugging delighted American servicemen abroad and audiences at home.

She could also deliver sentimental ballads like ‘‘I'll Be with You in Apple Blossom Time’’ with a sincerity that caused hardened GIs far from home to weep. From the late 1930s through the 1940s, the Andrews Sisters produced one hit record after another, beginning with ‘‘Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen’’ in 1937 and continuing with ‘‘Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar,’’ ‘'Rum and Coca-Cola’’ and more. They recorded more than 400 songs and sold over 80 million records, several of them going gold (over a million copies). by Anonymous Wow they were fabulous! Still 94 is a good age. by Anonymous She was a homophobe when it came to sister Maxene. by Anonymous Bump for the Boogie Woogie Bugle Girl of WWII. by Anonymous reply 3 01/31/2013 Saw them several times on Broadway in OVER HERE in 1974. John Travolta was in the cast. They used to do their hits after the curtain calls. Fabulous show. Too bad it's never been revived.

by Anonymous reply 4 01/31/2013 Bless her heart. She and her sisters helped win a world war. Beloved icons of a generation long ago. RIP, Patty, Maxene and Laverne. We won't sit under the apple tree with anyone else but you till we come marching home. by Anonymous reply 8 01/31/2013 Once reason I like Bette is she introduced the Andrew Sisters' music to a new generation. After hearing Bette's versions of the songs, I went out and bought a couple Andrew Sisters albums and Wow! They were the first "World Music" acts in America. by Anonymous I can't think of them without thinking about Abbott & Costello. by Anonymous I understand that in her honor, each of Gordon Ramsay's restaurants Pâté Maison & LaVerne. by Anonymous Oh my. That SHOULD read," each of Gordon Ramsay's restaurants will offer Pâté Maison & LaVerne." It is so embarrassing to mess something up with a typo.

by Anonymous I'll just leave this here: by Anonymous reply 14 01/31/2013 Maxene was always my fave, but loved them all. Good sister trios all - Andrews, Boswell, McGuire. Plus the Pointers, whether there were three or four. by Anonymous 01/31/2013 Love the Andrews Sisters! I wish more of their 1960s recordings (at least the ones that weren't covers of their own hits from the 30s and 40s) were commercially available. I have some on vinyl and love them. I also liked Patty's appearance on "Here's Lucy" in 1969 where Lucy and Lucie played Laverne and Maxene. by Anonymous reply 16 01/31/2013 the sisters' close musical harmonies belied a private relationship that was often troubled, culminating in a falling out between Patty and Maxene that lasted more than 20 years. Music industry insiders blamed it on a dispute between Maxene and Patty's husband, Walter Weschler, the group's conductor and arranger, who died in 2010.

Although the sisters lived near each other in the San Fernando Valley, according to published reports, they spoke rarely and saw each other just twice from 1974 to Maxene's death in 1995: when Patty paid a bedside visit to her sister in 1982 after Maxene suffered a heart attack, and in 1987, when they were together at the public dedication of their star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. That year, the two spoke of the feud in separate interviews with The Times. Maxene Andrews said it may simply have been the result of too many years of working so closely together. "There was really no breathing room ... ," she said. "We ate together, slept together, went out socially together. If we were going someplace, we got in the car together.... You can see how glued we were. There had to be a breaking point." Patty Andrews was less willing to speak about the issue, but said her sister was just jealous. "Ever since I was born, Maxene has been a problem, and that problem hasn't stopped," she said, but declined to discuss the matter further.

"I'm not going to do anything or say anything to destroy that image that the people love," she said. "I hear that from the people that they love the Andrews Sisters and it's a joy to them. Who am I to take that away?" by Anonymous reply 17 01/31/2013 Patty's comments in r17's post sort of confirm what I've read over the years that Patty was a diva and a bit of a control freak when it came to the group. LaVerne opted out of the group and the fights long before her death from cancer. by Anonymous reply 18 01/31/2013 So sorry to hear this. I had just done some research on them and her last week. Now it truly is the end of an era - I don't think anyone of their and her presence and influence is left. by Anonymous [quote]I don't think anyone of their and her presence and influence is left. *ahem* reply 28 02/03/2013 They were not happy women.

When their parents were around they got along, and as soon as their parents died (both within the space of one year) they just fought and fought. LaVerne was the peacemaker, and would always take her parents' side in things over the other two. Patty was the most talented but also wanted to branch out the most, and she blamed Maxene for everything. I'm not sure that Maxene was necessarily more to blame for anything than Patty was. by Anonymous reply 29 02/03/2013 Wow. I never knew Maxine Andrews was a lesbian. Her gf was almost 30 years younger than she was. Maxie adopted her(Lynda Wells) and left everything in her will to Lynda and nothing to her adopted children from her marriage to a man, though they were beneficiaries of some of her insurance policies. by Anonymous The Andrews Sisters - Music on Google Play The Andrews Sisters About the artist 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, soprano Maxene Angelyn, and mezzo-soprano Patricia Marie "Patty".

Throughout their long career, the sisters sold well over 75 million records. Their 1941 hit "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" can be considered an early example of rhythm and blues or jump blues. The Andrews Sisters' harmonies and songs are still influential today, and have been covered by entertainers such as Bette Midler, Christina Aguilera, and others. The group was inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 1998. Writing for Bloomberg, Mark Schoifet said the sisters became the most popular female vocal group of the first half of the 20th century. They are still widely acclaimed today for their famous close harmonies. $0.99 3 Glenn Miller 0 Alton Glenn Miller was an American big band musician, arranger, composer, and bandleader in the swing era. He was the best-selling recording artist from 1939 to 1943, leading one of the best known ... 0 Bing Crosby 0 Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby, Jr. was an American singer and actor.

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Calloway was a mast... 1000+ images about Andrew Sisters on Pinterest | Apple blossoms, Boys and Christmas island Forward This 1947 publicity photo shows the pop vocal trio, The Andrews Sisters, from left, Maxine Andrews, Patty Andrews, and LaVerne Andrews. Patty Andrews, the last survivor of the three singing Andrews sisters, has died in Los Angeles at age 94. Andrews died Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013, at her home in suburban Northridge of natural causes, said family spokesman Alan Eichler. (AP Photo, File) See More

Question: The trio The Andrews Sisters consisted of Patty, Maxine and which other ?
Answer: LAVERNE