Line #7 Music/TheAndrewsSisters


1	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Andrew_Sisters_5067.jpg]]
2	[[caption-width-right:350:From left to right: [=LaVerne=], Patty, and Maxene.]]
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4	The Andrews Sisters were a big band singing trio from the late [[TheGreatDepression 1930s]] through the early [[TheFifties 1950s]], although their biggest years undeniably came during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, when they pretty much set the template for {{Glamorous Wartime Singer}}s in the USA. According to The Other Wiki, they're the bestselling GirlGroup of all time.
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6	Prolific and a household name for years, they consisted of Patty ([[EveryoneLovesBlondes blonde]], and the leader, 1918–2013), [=LaVerne=] ([[FieryRedhead redhead]], 1911–67) and Maxene ([[BrainyBrunette brunette]], 1916–95). They worked with the famous Big Bands of the era, although the bands often resented that with the Andrews Sisters up front, their recordings put the emphasis on vocals.
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8	The sisters became one of the most popular female close harmony groups of the first half of the 20th century and released a number of famous tunes that have ended up in a number of video games and movies. They inspired many artists that followed them, and are possibly the {{Trope Maker}}s for BlondeBrunetteRedhead.
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10	The trio performed together from 1925, when they were children, until [=LaVerne=]'s death in 1967. Patty and Maxene briefly continued with a replacement, Joyce [=DeYoung=], before dissolving the act in 1968. The two then embarked upon solo careers, mostly on the nostalgia circuit, reuniting only for the 1974 Broadway musical ''Over Here!''.
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12	Many mp3 websites [[MisattributedSong fail to differentiate]] them from the Fontane Sisters or the [=McGuire=] Sisters. They're also sometimes mistaken for the Boswell Sisters, an earlier {{jazz}} trio with some very strong stylistic similarities -- the Andrews started their career as imitators of the Boswells, so that might explain a lot.
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15	!!Some hit songs:
16	* "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen" (1938). Their first major hit song.
17	* "Nice Work If You Can Get It" (1938)
18	* "Hold Tight, Hold Tight" (1939)
19	* "Beer Barrel Polka" (1939)
20	* "Yodelin' Jive" (1939). The first of their many collaborations with Music/BingCrosby.
21	* "Say 'Si Si'" (1940)
22	* "The Woodpecker Song" (1940)
23	* "Rhumboogie" (1940)
24	* "Beat Me, Daddy, Eight to the Bar" (1940). Note that the title is a request to a pianist to play an "eight beat to the bar" boogie-woogie rhythm, not a reference to DomesticAbuse.
25	* "Scrub Me, Mama, with a Boogie Beat" (1941)
26	* "Aurora" (1941)
27	* "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" (1941). Probably the song they're best remembered for nowadays.
28	* "In Apple Blossom Time" (1941)
29	* "The Shrine of St. Cecilia" (1942)
30	* "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree" (1942)
31	* "[[HookerWithAHeartOfGold Strip Polka]]" (1942)
32	* "Pistol-Packin' Momma" (1943). With Bing Crosby.
33	* "Victory Polka" (1943). With Bing Crosby. One of five songs (along with "A Hot Time in the Town of Berlin", "Straighten Up and Fly Right", "Strip Polka" and "Rum and Coca-Cola") to appear in ''[[VideoGame/MafiaII Mafia II]]''.
34	* "[[ChristmasSongs Jingle Bells]]" (1943). With Bing Crosby.
35	* "Shoo-Shoo Baby" (1943)
36	* "Straighten Up and Fly Right" (1944)
37	* "Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby?" (1944). With Bing Crosby.
38	* "A Hot Time in the Town of Berlin" (1944). With Bing Crosby.
39	* "Don't Fence Me In" (1944). With Bing Crosby.
40	* "Rum and Coca-Cola" (1945). This version was scrapped of most of its ProtestSong tone.
41	* "Accentuate the Positive" (1945). With Bing Crosby.
42	* "The Three Caballeros" (1945). With Bing Crosby.
43	* "One Meat Ball" (1945)
44	* "Along the Navajo Trail" (1945). With Bing Crosby.
45	* "Money Is the Root of All Evil" (1946)
46	* "South America, Take It Away" (1946). With Bing Crosby.
47	* "Rumors Are Flying" (1946)
48	* "[[ChristmasSongs Winter Wonderland]]" (1946)
49	* "Near You" (1947)
50	* "The Lady from 29 Palms" (1947)
51	* "Civilization" (1947). With Creator/DannyKaye. Appears in ''[[VideoGame/{{Fallout}} Fallout 3]]''.
52	* "WesternAnimation/WoodyWoodpecker" (1948). With Danny Kaye.
53	* "Underneath the Arches" (1948)
54	* "You Call Everybody Darling" (1948)
55	* "I Can Dream, Can't I?" (1949)
56	* "I Wanna Be Loved" (1950)
57	* "[[Theatre/GuysAndDolls A Bushel and a Peck]]" (1950)
58	* "Sparrow in the Tree Top" (1951). With Bing Crosby.
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61	!!Film appearances with TV Tropes pages:
62	* ''Film/BuckPrivates'' (1941)
63	* ''Film/InTheNavy'' (1941)
64	* ''Film/HoldThatGhost'' (1941)
65	* ''WesternAnimation/MakeMineMusic'' (voices, 1946)
66	* ''Film/RoadToRio'' (1947)
67	* ''WesternAnimation/MelodyTime'' (voices, 1948)
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69	!!Contains examples of:
70	* AccentUponTheWrongSyllable: The song "Rum and Coca-Cola" has the title sung out as "Rum and [=CoCAAAA=]-[=Co-LA=]".
71	* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: The prototypical example for Patty, Maxene and [=LaVerne=] respectively, where tributes and similar acts operate on a similar dynamic.
72	* ChristmasSongs: They recorded quite a few of them, both by themselves and in collaboration with Music/BingCrosby (whose ''Music/MerryChristmas'' album features them on three tracks).
73	* FamilyTitle: The act consisted of three sisters, thus the name.
74	* GlamorousWartimeSinger: The TropeCodifier for the United States. The height of their fame came from UsefulNotes/WorldWarII where they were a ''huge'' morale boost for the American military, like the British Commonwealth with Vera Lynn.
75	* IJustShotMarvinInTheFace: "I Didn't Know the Gun Was Loaded" is about a woman with a chronic habit of shooting people and using the titular excuse when she gets in trouble for it — and she gets away with it multiple times!
76	* {{Taps}}: A swinging variation was used to start off "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy", alongside a similarly-toned {{Reveille}}.
77	* YiddishAsASecondLanguage: Their early hit was a variation of "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe2UXccid40 Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen]]" (By Me, You're Beautiful).

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