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 last surviving member of The Andrews Sisters - the popular singing trio of the 1940s and 1950s - has died in California at the age of 94. They made their film debut in Argentine Nights, a 1940 comedy that starred the Ritz Brothers, and the next year appeared in three films with Bud Abbott and Lou Costello:Buck Privates, In the Navyand Hold That Ghost. Their film credits also include Swingtime Johnny (1943), Hollywood Canteen (1944) and the Bob Hope-Bing Crosby comedy Road to Rio (1947). 15), "That's the Moon, My Son" (1942) (No. Their 1941 hit "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" can be considered an early example of jump blues. The sisters were LaVerne Sofia Andrews (b. July 6, 1911, Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.d. *mother - Norwegian. Sisters Patty, LaVerne, and Maxene broke onto the popular song charts back in 1937 with a version of a Yiddish musical theater tune, "Bei Mir Bistu Shein" ("To Me, You Are Beautiful"). "She just seemed to effuse that warmth and personality and charm and smile and vigor more so than the other two sisters. By the time she was six she was entertaining at veterans hospitals, for the Mayor of Minneapolis and at Daughters of American Revolution luncheons. 1932 in Minneapolis, MN. Read about our approach to external linking. Articles from Britannica Encyclopedias for elementary and high school students. Maxene Andrews was on a vacation from her role in the off-Broadway musical Swingtime Canteen when she suffered another heart attack and died in the fall of 1995. with Vic Schoen and his orchestra, unless otherwise noted: From top: Maxene (top left), LaVerne (top right), and Patty (center) in October 1943. Maxene retired shortly after and became Dean of Women at a Tahoe, Nevada college. They hired Patty and lured Maxene back into show business as well. 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. 18), "The Pussy Cat Song (Nyow! Bei Mir Bist Du Schn (Means That Youre Grand),, her own recording of Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy,. [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. Mr. Weschler died in 2010. According to a press release from Unversal Studios during the early years of their career, LaVerne was 5'6 and 125 lbs., Maxene was 5'4 and 115 lbs., and Patty was 5'6 and 110 lbs. When expanded it provides a list of search options that will switch the search inputs to match the current selection. With a never-say-die flair, they finished up their Universal contract rather inauspiciously with Her Lucky Night (1945), just as WW2 had come to an end.Still highly in demand in the recording studio, on radio, on stage and in clubs, they had no trouble moving on. An earthquake shook the area that very 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." They had no children. 17), "Down in the Valley (Hear that Train Blow)" (1944) (No. Other songs closely associated with the Andrews Sisters include their first major hit, "Bei Mir Bist Du Schn (Means That You're Grand)" (1937), "Beer Barrel Polka (Roll Out the Barrel)" (1939), "Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar" (1940), "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree (With Anyone Else but Me)" (1942), and "Rum and Coca Cola" (1945), which helped introduce American audiences to calypso. As their fame and fortune grew, the sisters came to realize that the public saw them as an entity, not as individuals. They also appeared in a number of films, supporting Abbott and Costello in Buck Privates, In the Navy, and Hold That Ghost (all 1941), and appearing in their own series of musical comedies, which included Private Buckaroo (1942), Whats Cookin? "I Wanna Be Loved," with the same sort of arrangement, also topped the charts in June. Our editors will review what youve submitted and determine whether to revise the article. 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. As a teenager she worked as a piano accompanist, and she was likely the only sister who could read music. After that, the sisters pursued solo careers into the 1990s. There were rumblings amid the group. Patty Andrews, center, with her sisters Maxene, left and LaVerne, in the 1940s. 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. In 2007, their version of "Bei Mir Bist Du Schn" was included in the game BioShock, a first-person shooter that takes place in an alternate history 1960, and later in 2008, their song "Civilization" (with Danny Kaye) was included in the Atomic Age-inspired video game Fallout 3. Following Maxenes death in 1995, Patty continued to perform, sometimes as a featured vocalist with the Glenn Miller Orchestra. They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. Over Here! Maxene denied it, and LaVerne maintained that Maxene . 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. The frizzy-bobbed trio were introduced as a sort of specialty act with the songs "Hit the Road," "Oh, He Loves Me" and "Rhumboogie." Then in one year, our dream world ended. 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. The 2010 video game Mafia II features numerous Andrews Sisters songs, with "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy", "Strip Polka" and "Rum and Coca-Cola". (which shot to number one on Billboard and remained in the Top 10 for 25 weeks), "I Wanna Be Loved", "There Will Never Be Another You", and "The Three Bells", which was an English version of the French 1946 rendition by dith Piaf & Les Compagnons de la chanson; along with several solo recordings with Patty, including a cover version of Nat King Cole's "Too Young", "It Never Entered My Mind", "If You Go", and "That's How A Love Song Is Born". Providing a musical security blanket to a war-torn country via records, films, radio, clubs, stages, canteens, they bravely traveled overseas war zones emphasizing through song the motto that America was strong and proud and to keep on singing and swinging! The sisters grew up singing together in Minnesota. lasted only a year, and its end marked the last time the sisters would ever sing together. Most of the Andrews Sisters' music has been restored and released in compact disc form. The group was also inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 1998. 2023 BBC. Read Full Biography. [70], Early comparative female close harmony trios were the Boswell Sisters, the Pickens Sisters, and the Three X Sisters. She was born in Mound, Minnesota on 16 February 1918, the daughter of Peter Andreos (changed to 'Andrews' upon arriving in the US) and Olga Sollie. 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The sisters got into a bitter money dispute with the producers and with each other, leading to the shows closing in January 1975 and the cancellation of plans for a national tour. 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. [citation needed], The Andrews Sisters were the most sought-after singers in theater shows worldwide during the 1940s and early 1950s, always topping previous house averages. a perfect example of the way in which the Andrews Sisters adapted their vocal lines to the sound of a horn chart. The Andrews Sisters (from left, Maxene, Patty and LaVerne) in the 1940s. Cancer took LaVerne in 1967, and within a year Maxene was teaching college in the Lake Tahoe area. 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). Christina Aguilera used the Andrews Sisters' "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" to inspire her song "Candyman" (released as a single in 2007) from her hit album Back to Basics. In June 1956, the three reconciled. By this point however, rock-and-roll and doo-wop were dominating the charts and older artists were left by the wayside. Their next big hit was "I Can Dream, Can't I?," a gold single on which Patty sang lead with her sisters providing backup; it hit number one in January 1950. Their recording of Bei Mir Bist Du Schn became a favorite of the Nazis, until it was discovered that the song's composers were of Jewish descent. Patty continued to perform solo, and Maxene joined the staff of a private college in South Lake Tahoe, Calif. Patricia Marie Andrews was born on Feb. 16, 1918, in Minneapolis. The Disney company also utilized the girls' voices in their cartoon features Make Mine Music (1946) and Melody Time (1948).All three girls experienced down times in their personal lives as well during the late-1940s. This was followed by a 1-2-3 punch back at the recording studio with their renditions of the rollicking "Beat Me, Daddy, Eight to the Bar," a reinvention of the WW1 waltz "I'll Be with You in Apple Blossom Time" and the soft, sentimental ballad "Mean to Me. 13. After LaVerne died of cancer in the late '60s, the remaining sisters continued as a duo. 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. [20] The Andrews Sisters formally broke up in 1953. Minneapolis Tribune, October 9, 1938, pg 21. The Tragic Real-Life Story Of The Andrews Sisters, The Andrews Sisters: A Biography and Career Record. Her mother, Olga, was Norwegian. In an interview in 1971, Patty said: "There were just three girls in the family. The group's renditions of swing tunes in close harmony sold millions of copies; the act was also hugely popular in live performance and in film. [3] Writing for Bloomberg, Mark Schoifet said the sisters became the most popular female vocal group of the first half of the 20th century. I wish I had the ability and the power to bridge the gap between my relationship with my sister, Patty. [15], 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. The group consisted of three sisters: contralto LaVerne Sophia (July 6, 1911 - May 8, 1967), soprano Maxene Anglyn (January 3, 1916 - October 21, 1995), and mezzo-soprano Patricia Marie "Patty" (February 16, 1918 - January 30, 2013). Other hits followed, and in 1940 they were signed by Universal Pictures. Jan. 30, 2013 Patty Andrews, the last of the Andrews Sisters, the jaunty vocal trio whose immensely popular music became part of the patriotic fabric of World War II America, died on. .Hailing from Minnesota, eldest sister LaVerne Sophie was born on July 6, 1911, followed by Maxene Angelyn on January 3, 1916, and finally Patricia Marie on February 16, 1918. The 2011 video game L.A. Noire features the song "Pistol Packin' Mama", where the sisters perform a duet with Bing Crosby. 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 then naval base on Trinidad. LaVerne denied the suicide attempt to reporters. Patty was only 11 when the trio caught the show business bug following a nervous first performance in a 1931 singing contest. [68][69], The Andrews Sisters became the most popular female vocal group of the first half of the 20th century. Their hit recording "Sincerely" spent more than two months at No. Their reign is all the more remarkable given that they swam against the current of contemporary music trends while making it seem effortless. Their first professional engagement came in December 1932 at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis. . The American premier of the show was June 21, 2009, in their summer vacation enclave of Mound, Minnesota. (Mr. Melcher later married Doris Day.) They boasted an exuberant, close-harmony style well-suited to cheery novelty songs, and their intricate vocal . And in 1948, when they were ranked as the top recording artists of the year, the Andrews Sisters reached the Top Ten with "Civilization (Bongo, Bongo, Bongo)" (with Danny Kaye), "Toolie Oolie Doolie (The Yodel Polka)," "Underneath the Arches," and "You Call Everybody Darling.". The Andrews Sisters were an American close harmony singing group. 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). 1946 Andrews Sisters and Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians. You might not be familiar with The Andrews Sisters, but you should be if you're at all interested in entertainment history. Modeling their act on the commercially successful Boswell Sisters, they joined a traveling revue and sang at county fairs and in vaudeville shows. [31], Upon hearing the news of her sister's death, Patty became distraught. The McGuire Sisters are Christine McGuire, Dorothy McGuire and Phyllis McGuire. They toured extensively during the 1960s, favoring top nightclubs in Las Vegas, California, and London, England.[23]. Oh!," and their first two duets with Bing Crosby in 1939: "Ciribiribin" and "Yodelin' Jive" (both featuring jazz violinist Joe Venuti and his orchestra).The country was absolutely enthralled and captivated. Female vocal trio who were one of the most popular and influential acts of the Big Band era. In 1953, the group broke up with Laverne going to New York to study dramatics. As teenagers, the Andrews Sisters formed a singing act and began performing in vaudeville reviews throughout the Midwest. The Andrews Sisters trio of Laverne Andrews, Maxene Andrews and Patty are listed in order of first, second and third born. Song was written by Franic Fay, Dan Howell and Don Raye. (Tonight's The Night) was a song recorded by the Andrews Sisters in 1939 arranged with Vic Schoen. [6], They started their career as imitators of an earlier successful singing group, the Boswell Sisters, who were popular in the 1930s. The following year, they were among the inaugural inductees to the Vocal Group Hall of Fame. 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. Its cast album charted, as did another Andrews Sisters compilation (In the Mood on Paramount). [51], Universal hired the sisters for two more Abbott and Costello comedies and then promoted them to full-fledged stardom in B musicals. As the war ended, the Andrews Sisters became the stars of their own radio program, The Andrews Sisters Show. Patty did not attend her sister's memorial services in New York City, nor in California. Maxene appealed to Patty for a reunion, personally if not professionally, both in public and in private, but to no avail. Patty Andrews's spokesman, Alan Eichler, said she died from natural causes at her Los Angeles home. 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 recorded morale-boosting "Victory Discs" for distribution to Allied forces, one of which featured their signature hit, "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy. "[1] In 1951, they recorded "The Windmill Song" which is an adaptation of the French song "Matre Pierre" written in 1948 by Henri Betti (music) and Jacques Plante (lyrics). 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. 2. They boasted an exuberant, close-harmony style well-suited to cheery novelty songs, and their intricate vocal arrangements and rhythmic ability mirrored the sound of the swing bands that constituted their chief competition in their heyday. FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY. She was 79. In 1962, they signed with Dot Records and recorded a series of stereo albums until 1967, both re-recordings of earlier hits which incorporated up-to-date production techniques, as well as new material, including "I Left My Heart in San Francisco", "Still", "The End of the World", "Puff the Magic Dragon", "Sailor", "Satin Doll", "Mr. Bass Man", the theme from Come September, and the theme from A Man and a Woman. Patty visited her sister while she was hospitalized. [52], The Andrews Sisters sing the title song as the opening credits roll and also perform two specialty numbers in the all-star revue Hollywood Canteen (1944). "[50] This Don Raye-Hughie Prince composition was nominated for Best Song at the 1941 Academy Awards ceremony. The Andrews Sisters. Patty Andrews, the last of the Andrews Sisters, died at her home in Los Angeles in January 2013; she was 94 years old. 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