The Andrews Sisters — Page 2

In April, I saw a regional production of "Sisters of Swing", which was based upon the lives of the Andrews Sisters. The plot was fairly biographical, but it was great hearing their musical catalog - "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree", "Rum and Coca Cola", and "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" amongst others.

I loved Over Here as well. There were so many "nostalgia muscicals" back then, this one got a little lost.

I can still remember John Travolta doing "Dream Drummin'"

Mmmm... ;-}

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How about The Hi-Los? Always loved them.

The Hi-Los are awesome! That high tenor has a freakish range, and their harmonies and arrangements are wild. I loved it when they tackled the score to "Gypsy." Pure ultra-lounge gold! Check out the CD some time.

And erikaamato---That is SO COOL. I wonder if "kids" today get exposed to stuff like that. I think they have to dig it up on their own, probably not in any school programs, but at least they have DVDs now to find the buried treasures themselves. (I, of course grew up in the silent film era.) Just LOVED it when "talkies" came along.

I've been a fan and addict of great vocal jazz/big band harmonies for a long time. I had my own quartette in college, and we sang all the Manhattan Transfer stuff. We even opened for Bob Hope when he came to town. 5,000 people got to hear us tear up on "Four Brothers." That was a total kick.

Back to the Andrews Sisters --- I always loved Patty in those Abbott & Costello movies. I thought she should have had a bigger movie career. But, you know, 19 gold records probably kept her just a bit busy, don'tcha think?

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Mr. Roxy, weren't you with LaVerne the night she died?

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Remember Patti as a judge on The Gong Show? I love the Hi Lo's and The Modernaires.

Sorry for the bump, but I have an autographed Andrews Sisters playbill, and I was wondering if anybody could inform me a little about who they were. All I know is the I was told, not to lose that playbill.

I am trying to scan it, and if I can I will post a picture

Thank You!

After a long silence, the two surviving sisters had something of a comeback when Bette Midler recorded a cover of their song "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy." Maxene and Patti appeared both together and separately throughout the 1970s, with Maxene releasing a solo album in 1986. Their most notable comeback; however, was in the Sherman Brothers' nostalgic World War II musical: Over Here! which premiered on Broadway at the Shubert Theatre in 1974. The musical featured the two then living sisters (Maxene and Patti) and was written with them in mind for the leads. It launched the careers of many, now notable theater and film icons (John Travolta, Marilu Henner, Ann Reinking, et al). Ironically it was the last major hurrah of the sisters and was cut short due to a frivolous lawsuit initiated by Patti's husband to the show's producers.


That is the playbill I have autographed.

"Buck Privates" was just on TCM the other day, and seeing the movie reminded me of this thread. I have a couple of the Andrew Sisters records from ther heydey (Gramps loved em!) and they sound great still!

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My favorite Andrews Sisters CDs. I own these and they are not to be missed:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000002P8A/qid=1151506786/sr=1-5/ref=sr_1_5/103-9839616-6377404?s=music&v=glance&n=5174

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000002P37/qid=1151506857/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/103-9839616-6377404?s=music&v=glance&n=5174

Yikes! I didn't realize that second one was out of print. If you can find it cheap somewhere it's really good!

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I adore th Andrews Sisters.

Their Christmas album is my favorite Christmas album to listen to. Everything on it is so catchy and their harmonies are great!

I LOVE Boogie-Woogie Bugle Boy. Whenevr I listen to the song, I chain listen to it, picking out a different harmony each time.

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