Thanks for the music honey.
I still check in while I can. I hope everyone is doing well.
RichmondRocker
They were LaVerne (1911-67), Maxene (1916-95) and Patty (1918-2013), of Greek and Norwegian descent from Minneapolis. Patty, the youngest and the lead singer, was only seven when the group was formed, and just 12 when they won first prize at a talent contest at the Orpheum Theater, where LaVerne played piano for silent films in exchange for free dancing lessons for herself and her sisters. Following the failure of their father's restaurant, the sisters went on the road to support the family.
They started their career as imitators of the Boswell Sisters. After singing with various dance bands and touring in vaudeville, they came to national attention with their recordings and radio broadcasts in 1937, most notably via “Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen", a Yiddish tune, the lyrics of which the legendary Sammy Cahn translated into English. They followed this success with a string of best-selling records over the next two years and they became a household name by the Forties. They were the queens of the USO during the war.
This video is from “Buck Privates”, a film starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello. Film historians consider the musical numbers a textbook case of propaganda.
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You are very welcome, Eye!