Last surviving Andrews Sisters member Patty Andrews dies at 94

foxnews.com ^ | 01/30/2013 | Associated Press

[massmike]

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).

[dontreadthis]

bugle boy blows taps

[Publius]

The Andrews Sisters: "Rum and Coca Cola"

The top selling single of 1944.

[ReformationFan]

RIP to a patriotic singer and one of the last remnants of a time period when America truly stood and fought for freedom rather than against it.

Here’s Patty and her sisters singing with Bing Crosby in one of the better “Road” pictures-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x14UZVKx0gE

[Publius]

The Andrews Sisters: "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree'

[a fool in paradise]

Maybe the female members of ABBA could team up with Olivia Newton-John to become an Andrew Sisters tribute group.

[Publius]

The Andrews Sisters: "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B"

[Revolting cat!]

Helen Reddy too is rested and ready!

[Publius]

The Andrews Sisters: "I'll Be with You in Apple Blossom Time"

Bring out the handkerchiefs.

[fatnotlazy]

My parents had most, if not all, of the Andrews Sisters’ recordings. I grew up listening to their music and the music of so many other artists of that era. They don’t make music like that anymore.

Rest in peace, Ms. Andrews.

[a fool in paradise]

Helen Reddy once recorded a song by Kim Fowley. Perhaps she could record an album of the Kim Fowley songbook (including cuts he wrote for the Runaways, Kiss, Warren Zevon, The Sir Douglas Quintet, Them...).

[Publius]

The Andrews Sisters: "Bei mir bist du schoen"

"It's root beer, Mr. Shane."

[Publius]

Ping.

[Revolting cat!]

Was it the Andrews Sisters who sang “Choco-choco- choco-latta!” (that’s all I remember, and I’ve never found out)?

[Publius]

The Andrews Sisters: "In the Mood"

They sing this a bit slower than the instrumental versions so that the lyrics can be clearly heard.

[a fool in paradise]

More news you can't use. Beat Me Daddy Eight To The Bar was written about Peck Kelly.

Don't know if the bugle boy was based on a single person or not.

[a fool in paradise]

TTIWWOP!

[Publius]

The Andrews Sisters: "Chattanooga Choo-Choo"

"Pardon me, Roy, is that the cat that chewed your new shoes?"

[fieldmarshaldj]

RIP.

[Publius]

The Andrews Sisters: "Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar"

[JRandomFreeper]

Just damn.

The 'Rum and Coca Cola' was a classic for me and the girlfriend from the islands. Memories.

I'll never sit under an apple tree again.

/johnny

[Girlene]

[Revolting cat!]

Andrews Sisters. They’ll be missed.

[stylecouncilor]

Wind up the victrola.

[Revolting cat!]

I used to know Andrew’s sisters.

[a fool in paradise]

An era before autotune will forever be missed.

[Mike Darancette]

Roy Rogers: I was attacked by a bobcat and it ruined my boots so I killed it.

Dale Evens: Pardon me Roy is that the cat that chewed your boots in two?

[sergeantdave]

ttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGxL2uNr7bk

Working for the yankee dollar...

[yarddog]

They were a little before my time but they really could harmonize.

“Boogy Woogy Bugle Boy” was a true classic.

[BluH2o]

The early Las Vegas mob guys (from the NY area) took delight in telling stories about tapping the Andrew sisters.
Not what you want to hear ... but part of Las Vegas lore.

[JRandomFreeper]

My girl was from Tobago (the smaller island). But sitting in the hot sun to cool off is about right. ;)

Nothing like a trip down memory lane.

God bless the Andrews sisters.

/johnny

[Robwin]

One of my all time favorites: "Chattanooga Choo-Choo", though I doubt one could sing it that way today ("pardon me, boy")

The sisters surely could harmomize. Thanks to all who posted some of their music.

[Vision]

We've lost almost all the good ones and they aren't being replaced.

[60Gunner]

Ah, there's nothin' like a tall gorgeous babe with killer pipes.

Dear lady, thanks for your service and RIP.

[I still care]

I didn’t know she was still alive! She was immensely talented, had a tremendous voice. Every Christmas I haul out a whole bunch of Andrews Sisters Christmas songs, one of my faves was “Christmas Island” with Bing.

Here is another Christmas fave. Patty sings apart here, you can hear the quality of her voice.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfuYe8lmQj4

You can also hear them sing in the movies “A Christmas Story” (Jingle Bells).

How glad I am they made all that good music.

[JRandomFreeper]

Try mashing here.

Some kids are coming along.

/johnny

[Revolting cat!]

I grew up feeling sorry for the Andrews Sisters.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOWZD_D1p2M

[getarope]

“It’s root beer, Mr. Shane”

Oh my gosh, I remember that commercial...CLASSIC!!

[editor-surveyor]

Bump

[Beowulf9]

Doggone it. All these great old singers goin’...

[Publius]

Shasta Root Beer, if I remember correctly.

[Oratam]

Furldy Acky Sacky Want Some Seafood, Mama?

[Publius]

Shasta Root Beer Commercial

[SunkenCiv]

:’(

[Prospero]

Blowin' taps...

http://youtu.be/qafnJ6mRbgk

From an otherwise forgettable Abbott and Costello movie...

[StayoutdaBushesWay]

Check out The Puppini Sisters, they have a wonderful sound.

[Iron Munro]

Great patriotic entertainers from a time when patriots weren’t considered a right wing extremist threat by our own government.

[a fool in paradise]

At least we still have the Pontani Sisters.

[Fiji Hill]

The Andrews Sisters: "Bei mir bist du schoen"

Here's the Nazi version by Karl "Charlie" Schwedler

Bei Mir--Charlie & His Orchestra (c. 1943)