Posted on 01/30/2013 5:33:48 PM PST by 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).
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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
Andrews Sisters. They’ll be missed.
Wind up the victrola.
I used to know Andrew’s sisters.
An era before autotune will forever be missed.
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?
ttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGxL2uNr7bk
Working for the yankee dollar...
They were a little before my time but they really could harmonize.
“Boogy Woogy Bugle Boy” was a true classic.
Nothing like a trip down memory lane.
God bless the Andrews sisters.
/johnny
The sisters surely could harmomize. Thanks to all who posted some of their music.
Dear lady, thanks for your service and RIP.
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.
“It’s root beer, Mr. Shane”
Oh my gosh, I remember that commercial...CLASSIC!!
Bump
Doggone it. All these great old singers goin’...
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