The Andrews Sisters –amerykańskie trio wokalne, które w epoce
przed rock and rollem było najpopularniejszym żeńskim zespołem. Ich
płyty nagrane wspólnie z Bingiem Crosby biły (podczas II wojny
światowej) rekordy popularności.
W skład tria wchodziły La Verne Andrews (ur. 6 VII 1911 w Mound, USA - zm. 8 V 1967 w Brentwood), Maxene Andrews (ur. 3 I 1916 w Mound, USA - zm. 21 X 1995 w Bostonie) oraz Patty Andrews (ur. 16 II 1918 w Mound, USA). Najlepszymi warunkami głosowymi dysponowała P. Andrews i to ona była wokalistką wiodącą.Siostry urodziły się i wychowały w okolicach Minneapolis w stanie Minnesota. Tam zaczęły występować w kabaretach i wodewilach, odnosząc na początku lat 30-tych lokalny sukces. W połowie dekady przeniosły się do Nowego Jorku, gdzie z początku występowały w hotelu Edison. W 1938 podpisały umowę z wydawnictwem Decca Records i nagrały Be Mir Bist Du Schoen, starą piosenkę żydowską z nowymi słowami autorstwa Saula Chaplina i Sammy'ego Cahna. Utwór odniósł sukces komercyjny, a sławę tria przypieczętowały dwie następne piosenki - Hold Tight, Hold Tight i Roll Out the Barrel, amerykańska wersja starej melodii czeskiej The Beer Barrel Polka.
W 1940 siostry zostały zaangażowane do filmu Argentine Nights, co stało się początkiem licznego udziału w obrazach komediowych. W 1944 nawiązały współpracę z Bingiem Crosby, która zaowocowała takimi przebojami jak Don't Fence Me in, Pistol Packin' Mama, Is You is, Or Is You Ain't My Baby?, Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positiue, The Three Caballeros, Along the Navajo Trail, Jingle Bells oraz Sparrow m the Tree Top.
Nagrywały także ze znanymi wykonawcami, m.in. z Lesem Paulem, Burlem Ivesem, Dannym Kaye, Carmen Mirandą, Guyem Lombardo i Ernestem Tubbem. Począwszy od pierwszego przeboju z 1938 siostry regularnie umieszczały na listach bestsellerów również piosenki pod własnym nazwiskiem. Do najpopularniejszych należą: Says May Heart, Say Si Si, Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar, I'll Be With You in. Apple Blossom Time, Tree Little Sisters, Strip Polka i Straighten Cip and Fly Right.
Siostry pracowały wspólnie aż do śmierci LaVerne w 1967. Realizowały jednocześnie swoje własne płyty solowe. W szczytowym momencie kariery mogły się pochwalić rekordową liczbą 60 mln. sprzedanych płyt, co nawet dzisiaj stanowi ewenement.
Dzięki sukcesowi piosenki Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy z ich repertuaru, nagranej w 1973 przez Bette Midler, Patty i Maxene Andrews odzyskały popularność, wznowiły działalność i wystąpiły w musicalu Ouer Here!, wystawionym na Broadwayu. Po śmierci Maxene, ostatnia pozostała przy życiu siostra - Patty - występowała m.in. z Glenn Miller Orchestra.
Single
| Tytuł | Wykonawca | Data wydania | UK | US | Wytwórnia [UK] |
Komentarz |
| Bei mir bist du schoen/Nice work if you can get it | Andrews Sisters | 01.1938 | - | 1[5][10] side B:12[3] | Decca 1562 | [piosenka z musicalu "I would if I could"][side B:utwór z filmu "A damsel in distress"] |
| Joseph,Joseph | Andrews Sisters | 03.1938 | - | 18[1] | Decca 1691 | [written by Sammy Cahn/Nellie Casman/Saul Chaplin/Samuel Steinberg] |
| Ti-Pi-Tin | Andrews Sisters | 03.1938 | - | 12[4] | Decca 1703 | [written by María Mendez Grever/Raymond Leveen] |
| Shortenin' bread | Andrews Sisters | 03.1938 | - | 16[2] | Decca 1744 | - |
| Says my heart | Andrews Sisters | 07.1938 | - | 10[5] | Decca 1875 | [written by Burton Lane/Frank Loesser] |
| Tu-Li-Tulip time/Sha-sha | Andrews Sisters | 09.1938 | - | 9[4] side B:17[1] | Decca 1974 | [written by María Mendez Grever/Raymond Leveen] |
| Lullaby to a Jitterburg/Pross-Tchai [Goodbye] | Andrews Sisters | 05.1939 | - | 10[3] side B:15[1] | Decca 2082 | [written by Sammy Cahn/Saul Chaplin] |
| Hold tight,hold tight | Andrews Sisters | 01.1939 | - | 2[11] | Decca 2214 | - |
| You don't know how much you can suffer | Andrews Sisters | 05.1939 | - | 14[1] | Decca 2414 | [written by Franklin/Friend] |
| Beer Barrel Polka [Roll out the barrel]/Well all right [Tonight's the night] | Andrews Sisters | 05.1939 | - | 4[7] side B:5[15] | Decca 2462 | [written by Lew Brown/Wladimir A. Timm/Jaromír Vejvoda/Vasec Zeman] |
| Chico's love song | Andrews Sisters | 11.1939 | - | 11[5] | Decca 2756 | - |
| Yodelin jive/Ciribiribin [They're so in love] | Bing Crosby and Andrews Sisters | 11.1939 | - | 4[11] | Decca 2800 | [written by Lew Brown/Wladimir A. Timm/Jaromír Vejvoda/Vasec Zeman][with Joe Venuti Orchestra] |
| Say "Si Si" [Para vigo me voy]/Let's have another one | Andrews Sisters | 03.1940 | - | 4[8] | Decca 3013 | [written by Lecuona/Luban/Stillman][#19 hit for Xavier Cugat in 1936][with Vic Schoen Orchestra] |
| The woodpecker song/Down by the Ohio | Andrews Sisters | 04.1940 | - | 7[2] | Decca 3065 | [written by Harold Adamson/Cherubin Bruno/Eldo DiLazzaro][with Vic Schoen Orchestra] |
| Beat me daddy,Eight to a bar/Pennsylvania 6-5000 | Andrews Sisters | 10.1940 | - | 19[1] | Decca 3375 | [written by Hughie Prince/Don Raye/Eleanore Sheehy][with Vic Schoen Orchestra] |
| Ferryboat serenade [La Piccinina]/Hit the road | Andrews Sisters | 12.1940 | - | 8[3] | Decca 3328 | [written by Harold Adamson/Eldo DiLazzaro/Mario Penzeri][with Vic Schoen Orchestra] |
| Scrub me mama with a boogie beat/Johnny Feddler [I got] | Andrews Sisters | 02.1941 | - | 18[1] | Decca 3553 | [written by Don Raye][with Vic Schoen Orchestra] |
| Boogie woogie bugle boy/Bounce me brother with a solid four | Andrews Sisters | 03.1941 | - | 15[4] | Decca 3598 | [written by Hughie Prince/Don Raye][#8 hit for Bette Midler in 1973][with Vic Schoen Orchestra] |
| I'll be with you in Apple Blossom Time/I,Yi,Yi,Yi,Yi [I like you very much] | Andrews Sisters | 05.1941 | - | 5[11] | Decca 3622 | [written by Neville Fleeson/Al VonTilzer][#2 hit for Charles Harrison in 1920r;#31 hit for Tab Hunter in 1959r][with Vic Schoen Orchestra] |
| The shrine of Saint Cecilia/Jack of all trades | Andrews Sisters | 01.1942 | - | 17[3] | Decca 4097 | [written by Pern Jokern/Carroll Loveday][#96 hit for Faron Young in 1957r][with Vic Schoen Orchestra] |
| Three little sisters/[Toy balloon]Boolee Boolee boon | Andrews Sisters | 08.1942 | - | 19[1] | Decca 18 319 | [written by Victor Mizzy/Irv Taylor][piosenka z filmu "Private buckaroo"][with Vic Schoen Orchestra] |
| Strip polka/Mister five by five | Andrews Sisters | 10.1942 | - | 6[4] side B:17[2] | Decca 18 470 | [written by Johnny Mercer][with Vic Schoen Orchestra][piosenka z filmu "Behind the eight ball"] |
| Pistol packin' mama/Vict'ry polka | Bing Crosby and Andrews Sisters | 11.1943 | - | 2[9] side B:6[5] | Decca 23 277 | [gold-US][written by al. Dexter][with Vic Schoen Orchestra][3[6].R&B Chart] |
| Shoo-shoo baby/Down in the valley | Andrews Sisters | 01.1944 | - | 1[9][19] side B:17[3] | Decca 18 572 | [written by Phil Moore][with Vic Schoen Orchestra][piosenka z filmu "Three cheers for the boys"][side B:from the movie "Moonlight and cactus";#71 hit for Solomon Burke in 1962r] |
| Straighten up and fly right/Tico-tico | Andrews Sisters | 06.1944 | - | 8[13] side B:18[1] | Decca 18 606 | [written by Nat King Cole/Irving Mills][#73 hit for DeJohn Sisters in 1958][with Vic Schoen Orchestra] |
| Sing a tropical song/There'll be a jubilee | Andrews Sisters | 07.1944 | - | 18[1] | Decca 18 581 | [written by Fields & McHugh/Frank Loesser][piosenka z filmu "Happy-Go-Lucky"][with Vic Schoen Orchestra] |
| [There'll be a]Hot time in the town of Berlin [When The Yanks go marching in]/Is you is or is you ain't [Ma' baby] | Andrews Sisters | 09.1944 | - | 1[6][14] side B:2[13] | Decca 23 350 | [piosenka z filmu "Follow boys"][side B:#81 hit for Buster Brown in 1960][with Vic Schoen Orchestra] |
| Don't fence me in/The Three Caballeros | Bing Crosby and Andrews Sisters | 11.1944 | - | 1[8][21] side B:8[5] | Decca 23 364 | [gold-US][written by Robert Fletcher/Cole Porter][piosenka z filmu "Hollywood canteen"][#45 hit for Tommy Edwards in 1960][side B:tytułowa piosenka z filmu animowanego][side B:written by Ernesto Cortázar/Manuel Esperón/Ray Gilbert][with Vic Schoen Orchestra][9[1].R&B Chart] |
| Rum and Coca-Cola/One meat ball | Andrews Sisters | 01.1945 | - | 1[10][20] side B:15[1] | Decca 18 636 | [gold-US][written by Morey Amsterdam/Paul Baron/Jeri Sullivan][adaptacja piosenki calypso z Trynidadu]][with Vic Schoen Orchestra][side B:adaptacja piosenki z 1855r "The lone fish ball"][side B:written by Lou Singer/Hy Zaret][3[3].R&B Chart] |
| Corns for my country/I'm in a jam [With baby] | Andrews Sisters | 01.1945 | - | 21[1] | Decca 18 628 | [piosenka z filmu "Hollywood canteen"][with Vic Schoen Orchestra] |
| Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive/There's a fellow waiting in Poughkeepsie | Andrews Sisters | 02.1945 | - | 2[12] | Decca 23 379 | [written by Harold Arlen/Johnny Mercer][piosenka z filmu "Here comes the wave"][with Vic Schoen Orchestra] |
| Along The Navajo Trail/Good,good,good [That's you-That's you] | Bing Crosby and Andrews Sisters | 09.1945 | - | 2[11] | Decca 23 437 | [written by Dick Charles/Eddie DeLange/Larry Markes][with Vic Schoen Orchestra] |
| The blond sailor/Lily Belle | Andrews Sisters | 09.1945 | - | 8[8] | Decca 18 700 | [written by Mitchell Parish][with Vic Schoen Orchestra] |
| Money is the root of all evil [Take it away,take it away,take it away]/Johnny Fedora | Andrews Sisters and Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians | 02.1946 | - | 9[5] | Decca 23 474 | [written by Alex Krarmer/Joan Whitney][with Guy Lombardo] |
| Patience and fortitude/Red River Valley | Andrews Sisters | 03.1946 | - | 12[1] | Decca 18 780 | [written by Billy Moore/Blackie Warren][with Vic Schoen Orchestra] |
| South America,Take it away/Get your kicks on "Route 66!" | Bing Crosby and Andrews Sisters | 08.1946 | - | 2[19] | Decca 23 569 | [gold][piosenka z musicalu na Broadway'u "Call me mister"][side B:#61 hit for Depeche Mode in 1988][with Vic Schoen Orchestra] |
| I don't know why [I just do]/Azusa | Andrews Sisters | 08.1946 | - | 17[1] | Decca 18 899 | [written by Fred E. Ahlert/Roy Turk][#2 hit for Wayne King in 1931;#12 hit for Linda Scott in 1961][with Vic Schoen Orchestra] |
| The house of blue lights/A man is a brother to a mule | Andrews Sisters and Eddie Heywood and His Orchestra | 09.1946 | - | 15[5] | Decca 23 641 | [written by Don Raye/Freddie Slack][#9 hit for Chuck Miller in 1955] |
| Rumors and flying/Them that has-gets | Andrews Sisters with Les Paul | 10.1946 | - | 4[13] | Decca 23 656 | [written by Bennie Benjamin/George David Weiss][with Vic Schoen Orchestra] |
| Christmas island/Winter wonderland/ | Andrews Sisters and Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians | 12.1946 | - | 7[4] | Decca 23 722 | [written by Lyle Moraine] |
| Tallahassee/Go West,Young Man! | Bing Crosby and Andrews Sisters | 07.1947 | - | 10[10] | Decca 23 885 | [with Vic Schoen Orchestra] |
| Near you/How lucky you are | Andrews Sisters | 09.1947 | - | 2[17] | Decca 24 171 | [written by Francis Craig/Kermit Goell][#11 hit for Roger Williams in 1958][with Vic Schoen Orchestra] |
| The Lady from 29 palms/The turntable song ['Round,An'round,A'n round] | Andrews Sisters | 10.1947 | - | 7[2] | Decca 23 976 | [written by Allie Wrubel][with Vic Schoen Orchestra] |
| Civilization [Bongo,bongo,bongo] | Danny Kaye-Andrews Sisters | 11.1947 | - | 3[11] | Decca 23 940 | [written by Bob Hilliard/Carl Sigman][piosenka z musicalu na Broadway'u "Angel in the wings"][with Vic Schoen Orchestra] |
| Toolie Oolie Doolie [The yodel polka]/I hate to lose you | Andrews Sisters | 04.1948 | - | 3[17] side B:14[7] | Decca 24 380 | [written by Arthur Beul/Vaughn Horton][with Vic Schoen Orchestra] |
| Heartbreaker/[Every time they play the] Sabre dance | Andrews Sisters | 05.1948 | - | 21[5] side B:21[3] | Decca 24 427 | [written by Berk/Matthew Campanozzi/Freedman][with Harmonica Gentlemen] |
| The woody woodpecker/Put'em in a box,Tie'em with a ribbon [And throw 'em in the deep blue sea] | Danny Kaye-Andrews Sisters | 07.1948 | - | 18[6] | Decca 24 462 | [written by Idries, Ramey/George Tibbles][with Harmonica Gentlemen] |
| Underneath the arches/You call everybody darling | Andrews Sisters | 09.1948 | - | 5[14] side B:8[12] | Decca 24 490 | [written by Bud Flanagan][#11 hit for George Olsen in 1933][with Billy Terment Orchestra] |
| Cuanto La Gusta/The matador | Carmen Miranda-Andrews Sisters | 10.1948 | - | 12[14] | Decca 24 479 | [written by Ray Gilbert/Gabriel Ruíz][piosenka z filmu "A date with Judy"][with Vic Schoen Orchestra] |
| A hundred and sixty acres/At the flying "W" | Bing Crosby and Andrews Sisters | 11.1948 | - | 23[2] | Decca 24 481 | [with Vic Schoen Orchestra] |
| Bella bella Marie/The money song | Andrews Sisters | 11.1948 | - | 23[2] | Decca 24 499 | [written by Pelosi/Towers/Winkler][piosenka z filmu "Music man"][with Vic Schoen Orchestra] |
| Christmas Island/Winter wonderland | Andrews Sisters | 01.1949 | - | 26[1] | Decca 23 722 | - |
| The pussy cat song [Nyow!Nyot nyow!]/Don't worry 'bout strangers | Patty Andrews and Bob Crosby | 01.1949 | - | 12[6] | Decca 24 533 | [written by Dick Manning] |
| More beer!/Let a smile be your umbrella [On a rainy day] | Andrews Sisters | 01.1949 | - | 30[3] | Decca 24 548 | [written by Glenn Miller][with Vic Schoen Orchestra] |
| I'm bitin' my fingernails and thinking of you/Don't rob another man's castle | Andrews Sisters and Ernest Tubb with The Texas Troubadours | 05.1949 | - | 30[1] | Decca 24 592 | [written by Ernest Benedict/Larry Sanders/Ernest Tubb/Roy West] |
| Now!Now!Now! Is the time/Oh,you sweet one [The Schnitzelbank song] | Andrews Sisters and Russ Morgan and His Orchestra | 07.1949 | - | 21[1] | Decca 24 548 | [written by Bob Burns/Geoff Howe] |
| I can dream,can't I?/The wedding of Lili Marlene | Andrews Sisters | 09.1949 | - | 1[5][25] side B:20[2] | Decca 24 705 | [written by Sammy Fain/Irving Kahal][piosenka z musicalu na Broadway'u "Right this way"][#5 hit for Tommy Dorsey in 1938][with Gordon Jenkins Orchestra] |
| Charley my boy/She wore a yellow ribbon | Andrews Sisters | 12.1949 | - | 15[4] side B:22[2] | Decca 24 812 | [written by Ted Fio Rito/Gus Kahn][#3 hit for Eddie Cantor in 1924][with Russ Morgan Orchestra] |
| Merry Christmas polka/Christmas candles | Andrews Sisters | 01.1950 | - | 18[1] | Decca 24 748 | [with Guy Lombardo Orchestra] |
| Quicksilver/Have i told you lately that i love you? | Bing Crosby and Andrews Sisters | 01.1950 | - | 6[17] side B:24[4] | Decca 24 827 | [side B:#29 hit for Ricky Nelson in 1957][with Vic Schoen Orchestra] |
| The wedding samba/I see,I see [Asi Asi] | Carmen Miranda and Andrews Sisters | 01.1950 | - | 23[3] | Decca 24 841 | [written by Glenn Miller][with Vic Schoen Orchestra] |
| I wanna be loved/I've just got to get out of the habit | Andrews Sisters | 05.1950 | - | 1[2][21] | Decca 9-27 007 | [written by Johnny Green/Edward Heyman/Billy Rose][with Gordon Jenkins Orchestra] |
| Can't we talk it over/There will never be another you | Andrews Sisters | 09.1950 | - | 22[1] | Decca 9-27 115 | [written by Ned Washington/Victor Young][#10 hit for Bing Crosby & The Mills Brothers in 1932][with Gordon Jenkins Orchestra] |
| A bushel and a peck/Guys and dolls | Andrews Sisters | 12.1950 | - | 22[4] | Decca 9-27 252 | [written by Frank Loesser][piosenka z musicalu na Broadway'u "Guys and dolls"][with Vic Schoen Orchestra] |
| A penny a kiss-A penny a hug/Zing Zing-Zoom Zoom | Andrews Sisters | 03.1951 | - | 17[7] | Decca 9-27 414 | [written by Ralp Care/Buddy Kaye][with Vic Schoen Orchestra] |
| Sparrow in the tree top/Forsaking all others | Bing Crosby and Andrews Sisters | 03.1951 | - | 8[15] | Decca 9-27 477 | [written by Bob Merrill][with Vic Schoen Orchestra] |
| Too young/Gotta find somebody to love | Andrews Sisters | 06.1951 | - | 19[6] | Decca 9-27 569 | [written by Sylvia Dee/Sidney Lippman][#13 hit for Donny Osmond in 1972][with Victor Young Orchestra] |
| I'm in love again/It never entered my mind | Andrews Sisters | 06.1951 | - | 24[1] | Decca 9-27 635 | [written by Sylvia Dee/Sidney Lippman][piosenka z musicalu na Broadway'u "The Greenwich Village Follies of 1925][with Gordon Jenkins Orchestra] |
| Suddenly there's a valley/Booga-Da-Woog | Patty Andrews | 11.1955 | - | 69[5] | Capitol 3228 | [with Harold Mooney Orchestra] |
Albumy
| Tytuł | Wykonawca | Data wydania | UK | US | Wytwórnia [US] |
Komentarz |
| The Andrews Sisters | Andrews Sisters | 09.1946 | - | 5[1] | Decca 458 | - |
