[citation needed]. They were particularly inspired by the Boswell Sisters, who scored a number of hits in the early '30s. 1930s - 1960s. Patty, the youngest, was a soprano and sang lead; Maxene handled the high harmony; and LaVerne, the oldest, took the low notes. They began singing together as children; by the time they were teenagers they made up an accomplished vocal group. They sang at church performances, and were discovered by an talent agent who heard them sing at a revival meeting in Dayton. Formed . The song was based on a Trinidadian calypso, and a dispute over its provenance led to a well-publicized court case. Patty (1920), Maxene (1917), and LaVerne (1915) grew up in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In addition, they produced three hi-fi albums, including a vibrant LP of songs from the dancing 1920s with Billy May's orchestra. Our editors will review what youve submitted and determine whether to revise the article. Although they were well-established by the time the U.S. entered World War II, their optimistic tenor made them perfect boosters of the war effort, and in later years they remained closely identified with the war years, remembered as wearing military uniforms and singing their signature song, "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy.". And in 1948, when they were ranked as the top recording artists of the year, the Andrews Sisters reached the Top Ten with "Civilization (Bongo, Bongo, Bongo)" (with Danny Kaye), "Toolie Oolie Doolie (The Yodel Polka)," "Underneath the Arches," and "You Call Everybody Darling.". The trio was awarded 19 gold records representing sales of almost 100 million copies. 2023 BBC. The 2011 video game L.A. Noire features the song "Pistol Packin' Mama", where the sisters perform a duet with Bing Crosby. *mother - Norwegian. Over Here! Our mother died (in 1948) and then our father (in 1949). The groups renditions of swing tunes in close harmony sold millions of copies; the act was also hugely popular in live performance and in film. The trio has said their name is a tribute to The Andrews Sisters. [66], The sisters' popularity was such that after the war they discovered that some of their records had actually been smuggled into Germany after the labels had been changed to read "Hitler's Marching Songs". Lou died in 1995.[39]. [12] They encouraged U.S. citizens to purchase war bonds with their rendition of Irving Berlin's song "Any Bonds Today?". "[1] In 1951, they recorded "The Windmill Song" which is an adaptation of the French song "Matre Pierre" written in 1948 by Henri Betti (music) and Jacques Plante (lyrics). [49] Universal Pictures, always budget-conscious, refused to hire a choreographer, so the Ritzes taught the sisters some eccentric steps. According to a press release from Unversal Studios during the early years of their career, LaVerne was 5'6 and 125 lbs., Maxene was 5'4 and 115 lbs., and Patty was 5'6 and 110 lbs. Her singing was." The group consisted of three sisters: contralto LaVerne Sophia Andrews (July 6, 1911 May 8, 1967), soprano Maxene Anglyn Andrews (January 3, 1916 October 21, 1995), and mezzo-soprano Patricia "Patty" Marie Andrews (February 16, 1918 January 30, 2013). Get a Britannica Premium subscription and gain access to exclusive content. The National WW2 Museum's Victory Belles are proud to pay tribute to the Andrews Sisters performing their music daily in the Stage Door Canteen in New Orleans. The Andrews Sisters, from left, Maxene, Patty and LaVerne, epitomised the 1940s era, 1894 shipwreck confirms tale of treacherous lifeboat. The Andrews Sisters. In 1951 she married Wally Weschler, who had been the sisters pianist and conductor and who later became her manager. Patty later sued her sisters over the apportionment of their late parents' estate. All three of us were upset, and we were at each other's throats all the time." The Andrews Sisters, with Patty at center, in a 1947 publicity photo. An overnight sensation upon release wherein it sold more than a million copies, their contract was immediately revised by Decca and throughout the rest of the decade, they recorded smash after smash -- "The Beer Barrel Polka (Roll Out the Barrel! 1975 in New York City, NY. [63] The western-themed "The Andrews Sisters' Show" (subtitled "Eight-to-the-Bar Ranch"), co-hosted by Gabby Hayes, began in 1944 and featured a special guest every week. Maxene's was kind of high, and I was between. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. 14), Patty Andrews appeared in season two, episode six, of, This page was last edited on 1 March 2023, at 05:28. [40] Levy was the sisters' manager from 1937 to 1951. The Andrews Sisters (from left, Maxene, Patty and LaVerne) in the 1940s. Patty also led them through more than a dozen movies, like Hollywood Canteen. Anyone can read what you share. After that, the sisters pursued solo careers into the 1990s. ecoute_00. [67], Edward Habib in the CD program notes for Songs That Won the War Vol. They were popular during the swing and boogie-woogie eras. [2] (Mr. Melcher later married Doris Day.) Patty sang in shows and on cruise ships while Maxene continued soloing and did quite well for a time in such musical shows as "Pippin" and "Swing Time Canteen" (the latter as late as 1995).Plagued by heart problems (she suffered a massive heart attack in 1982), Maxene died of a second coronary on October 21, 1995. The Andrews Sisters - Artist Details. October 21, 1995, Boston, Massachusetts), and Patricia Marie (Patty) Andrews (b. February 16, 1918, Minneapolisd. FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY. Subsequent radio work eventually led to the Decca Records label. In the years just before and during World War II, the Andrews Sisters were at the height of their popularity, and the group still tends to be associated in the public's mind with the war years. Maxene died from a heart attack in 1995, andPatty passed on January 30, 2013. Their big break came in 1937 when they were signed by Decca Records, but their first recording went nowhere. They were the Benny Goodman and the Glenn Miller and the Artie Shaw bands combined into vocal harmony.". [64], They recorded 47 songs with crooner Bing Crosby, 23 of which charted on Billboard, thus making the team one of the most successful pairings of acts in a recording studio in show business history. Afterwards, their parents closed the restaurant to devote themselves to their career, and they spent the years 1934-1937 touring with bands. Their last appearance together as a trio was on The Dean Martin Show on September 29, 1966. Maxene Andrews married music publisher Lou Levy in 1941, separating in 1949. "Patty was an outstanding presence. The girls vocalized perfectly and stepped in swinging time for two other Bud Abbott - Lou Costello comedies, In the Navy (1941) and Hold That Ghost (1941).Box-office sellouts on stage and in personal appearances across the nation, they were given their own radio show in late 1944, which continued through 1946, featuring such weekly guest stars as Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Bob Hope, Eddie Cantor, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, Carmen Miranda, Judy Garland, Ethel Merman, Rudy Vallee, and many other prominent celebrities. Patty Andrews, the last of the Andrews Sisters, the jaunty vocal trio whose immensely popular music became part of the patriotic fabric of World War II America, died on Wednesday at her home in Los Angeles. My Rated Discographies . As music biographer Michael Freedland said, "The Andrews Sisters were swing personified. They were doing a show near Naples, Italy, for servicemen preparing to ship out for the South Pacific when they were given a note to read from the commanding officer. Their first professional engagement came in December 1932 at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis. 1 on the charts in 1955. "[31], They found instant appeal with teenagers and young adults who were engrossed in the swing and jazz idioms, especially when they performed with nearly all of the major big bands, including those led by Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, Buddy Rich, Tommy Dorsey, Jimmy Dorsey, Gene Krupa, Joe Venuti, Freddie Slack, Eddie Heywood, Bob Crosby (Bing's brother), Desi Arnaz, Guy Lombardo, Les Brown, Bunny Berigan, Xavier Cugat, Paul Whiteman, Ted Lewis, Nelson Riddle, and mood-master Gordon Jenkins, whose orchestra and chorus accompanied them on such successful soft and melancholy renditions as "I Can Dream, Can't I?" Lynda Wells, a niece, confirmed the death. [33] Their versatility allowed them to pair with many different artists in the recording studios, producing Top 10 hits with the likes of Bing Crosby[34] (the only recording artist of the 1940s to sell more records than The Andrews Sisters), Danny Kaye, Dick Haymes, Carmen Miranda, Al Jolson, Ray McKinley, Burl Ives, Ernest Tubb, Red Foley, Dan Dailey, Alfred Apaka, and Les Paul. Stricken with cancer, LaVerne retired from the act in 1966 and died the following year. [35][36] In personal appearances, on radio and on television, they sang with everyone from Rudy Vallee, Judy Garland, and Nat "King" Cole, to Jimmie Rodgers, Andy Williams, and The Supremes. No trained actresses by any margin, the girls emanated a down-home naturalness and appeal with a comedic flair that attracted audiences coast-to-coast.In later films, the girls played everything from "lonely hearts" club managers in Always a Bridesmaid (1943), to elevator operators in How's About It? ". The Andrews Sisters fame peaked during World War II. ", in 1937. Later in life, according to her adopted daughter, Maxene entered a thirteen-year relationship with her manager Lynda Wells and they later spent many years as life partners. BLOCK: Well, we have a brief footnote to that news. May 8, 1967, Brentwood, California), Maxene Angelyn Andrews (b. January 3, 1916, Minneapolisd. Let us know if you have suggestions to improve this article (requires login). [citation needed] Elvis Presley was a fan. Patty Andrews had a strong desire to stand out and didn't like that her career identity seemed permanently tied to the Andrews Sisters. [1] The sisters have sold an estimated 80 million records. As Patty Andrews said in 1985, The Andrews Sisters really had only one big fight. The group sang with various bands and for several radio broadcasts while they were struggling during the mid-1930s to establish their reputation. While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies. After LaVerne died, Maxene and Patty continued to perform periodically until 1968, when Maxene became the Dean of Women at Tahoe Paradise College,[25] teaching acting, drama, and speech at a Lake Tahoe college and working with troubled teens, and Patty was once again eager to be a soloist.[26]. Patty announced that the war with Japan was over. In a 1974 interview with The New York Times, Patty explained what that was like: When our fans used to see one of us, theyd always ask, Where are your sisters? Every time we got an award, it was just one award for the three of us. This could be irritating, she said with a touch of exasperation: Were not glued together.. They practically grew up on the vaudeville circuit, roughing it and toughing it with various bands and orchestras.Signed by orchestra leader Leon Belasco in 1937, the girls made their very first recordings with "There's a Lull in My Life" (an early solo by Patty), "Jammin'" and "Wake Up and Live." Decca had recorded the Boswell Sisters successfully until they broke up in 1935, and the label was on the lookout for a similar group. LaVerne had a very low voice. The Andrews Sisters were officially retired, and Patti went solo in 1954, signing with Capitol records. . The Manhattan Dolls, a New York City-based touring group, performs both the popular tunes sung by the Andrews Sisters and some of the more obscure tunes such as "Well Alright" and "South American Way". 1946 found them in the Top Ten with the gold-selling "South America, Take It Away" (with Crosby), "Rumors Are Flying" (accompanied by guitarist Les Paul), and "Christmas Island" (backed by Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians). Maxene denied it, and LaVerne maintained that Maxene . The Andrews Sisters - @TheAndrewsSBRRegistro: Decca n 24171Data de Gravao: 4 de Agosto de 1947Local de Gravao: Nova York- Ainda na mesma seo de grava. Her father was a Greek Catholic immigrant and her mother a Lutheran from Norway who ran the pure food caf, a Greek caf in Minneapolis which was located adjacent to the Orpheum Theater. [+] In some ways, this 46-song double-CD compilation is a brilliantly conceived and executed overview of the Andrews Sisters' career on Decca Records from 1939 until 1950. Patty was the youngest of the sisters whose hits included Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B. This song charted on June 17, 1939 at #5.. It was an appropriate coda to her career, as the Andrews Sisters and the Miller orchestra had embodied Americas musical tastes during the World War II years. Their second effort featured the popular standard Nice Work If You Can Get It, but it was the flip side that turned out to be pure gold. Maxene and LaVerne performed as a duo, and there were attempts over the years to reunite the trio, with varying levels of success. Her father, Peter, was a Greek immigrant who changed his name from Andreos to Andrews when he came to America. Their first appearance co-starred the zany and sometimes corny antics of The Ritz Brothers in an unflattering ditty called Argentine Nights (1940). 4 The Home Front" CD program notes by Edward Habib, Bei Mir Bist Du Schn (Means That You're Grand), Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree (With Anyone Else but Me), Molly: An American Girl on the Home Front, Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (and Don't Come Back!! The trios many hits from these years included Hold Tight, Dont Sit Under the Apple Tree, Rum and Coca-Cola, Beer Barrel Polka, and Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive. Their recorded performances were heard in the sound tracks of numerous movies, including Radio Days (1987), Jakob the Liar (1999), The Polar Express (2004), and The Chronicles of Narnia (2005). The Andrews Sisters made their final appearance as a trio in July 1968, after which Maxene Andrews took a job at Lake Tahoe Paradise College of Fine Arts. Read about our approach to external linking. By the time she was six she was entertaining at veterans hospitals, for the Mayor of Minneapolis and at Daughters of American Revolution luncheons. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Several days later, Patty's husband Wally fell down a flight of stairs and broke both wrists. Now sometimes appearing as "Patti" (but still signing autographs as "Patty"), she re-emerged in the late 1970s as a regular panelist on The Gong Show. [citation needed], While the sisters specialized in traditional pop,[32] swing, boogie-woogie, and novelty hits with their trademark lightning-quick vocal syncopations, they also produced major hits in jazz, ballads, folk, country, seasonal, and religious titles, being the first Decca artists to record an album of gospel standards in 1950. She was 94. [29], The two sisters did reunite, albeit briefly, on October 1, 1987, when they received a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame, even singing a few bars of "Beer Barrel Polka" for the Entertainment Tonight cameras. Well, All Right! [38], LaVerne Andrews married Lou Rogers,[24] a trumpet player in Vic Schoen's band, in 1948. 80. Maxene Andrews always said that the summers in Mound created a major sense of "normalcy" and "a wonderful childhood" in a life that otherwise centered on the sisters' careers. Patty was only 11 when the trio caught the show business bug following a nervous first performance in a 1931 singing contest. In November 1933, they joined a vaudeville troupe for six months, traveling around the Midwest. Soundtrack: Repo Man. This song charted on June 17, 1939 at #5. As recounted in The Andrews Sisters: A Biography and Career Record, Patty said, "No, fellas, this is from the CO the war is over, so you don't have to go." Both sisters maintained solo careers into the 1990s. They delivered an optimistic, upbeat war campaign that instilled hope, joy and allegiance through song, comedy, and lively movement. The episode has Patty enlisting the help of Lucy, her daughter Kim (played by Lucie Arnaz), and her son Craig (Desi Arnaz Jr.) to perform a medley of Andrews Sisters hits for the Andrews Sisters Fan Club reunion. They returned to the hit parade in April 1939 with their recording of the novelty song "Hold Tight, Hold Tight." It started in 1937 and its still going. Though their fame declined in the postwar years, their act remained popular into the 1960s. American Horror Story, Just Shoot Me, Gilmore Girls, Mama's Family, War and Remembrance, Jakob the Liar, Lolita, The Polar Express, The Chronicles of Narnia, Molly: An American Girl on the Home Front, Memoirs of a Geisha, and Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (and Don't Come Back!!). (Between 1940-1948, they appeared in 17 films, including lending their voices to two animated features for Disney.) [1] When Maxene and LaVerne learned of Patty's decision from newspaper gossip columns rather than from their own sister, it caused a bitter two-year separation, especially when Patty sued LaVerne for a larger share of their parents' estate. The order of their births is also the order of their deaths and the length of their life times. Comical references to the trio in television sitcoms can be found as early as I Love Lucy and as recently as Everybody Loves Raymond. . Their second daughter, Anglyn, died at eight months of age on March 16, 1914. a perfect example of the way in which the Andrews Sisters adapted their vocal lines to the sound of a horn chart. Pablinchi. Its cast album charted, as did another Andrews Sisters compilation (In the Mood on Paramount). [45] The sisters were again featured in a Fallout game in 2015, when their songs "Pistol Packin' Mama" and "Civilization" were featured in the game Fallout 4. "[50] This Don Raye-Hughie Prince composition was nominated for Best Song at the 1941 Academy Awards ceremony. The sisters performed their hits in service comedy films like Buck Privates and Private Buckaroo. hide caption. You might not be familiar with The Andrews Sisters, but you should be if you're at all interested in entertainment history. [6], They started their career as imitators of an earlier successful singing group, the Boswell Sisters, who were popular in the 1930s. The Tragic Real-Life Story Of The Andrews Sisters, The Andrews Sisters: A Biography and Career Record. During their first weeks with the label, the sisters made the rather idiosyncratic choice to record a jazz-influenced rendition of the Yiddish song Bei mir bist du schon. The recording was released after Christmas 1937; by New Years Eve it had become the most popular song on New York radio stations, and it went on to become the first million-selling record by a female singing group. The Andrews Sisters re-entered the limelight in the early 1970s when Bette Midler released her own recording of Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy, modeled closely on theirs. It was like God had given us voices to fit our parts. They also appeared in 16 films, including alongside Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Buck Privates and with Bob Hope and Bing Crosby in Road to Rio. The sisters were LaVerne Sofia Andrews (b. July 6, 1911, Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.d. Not long before she died, Maxene told music historian William Ruhlmann, I have nothing to regret. [52], The Andrews Sisters sing the title song as the opening credits roll and also perform two specialty numbers in the all-star revue Hollywood Canteen (1944). That year, they scored a Top Ten hit on the Billboard chart with "Ferryboat Serenade (La Piccinina)." Maxene had a successful comeback as a cabaret soloist in 1979 and toured worldwide for the next 15 years, recording a solo album in 1985 entitled "Maxene: An Andrews Sister" for Bainbridge Records. Oh, Johnny! Female vocal trio who were one of the most popular and influential acts of the Big Band era. (1943), to war-time factory workers in Swingtime Johnny (1943). In 1953, the group broke up with Laverne going to New York to study dramatics. DeYoung fulfilled concert appearances, including an appearance on The Dean Martin Show on November 30, 1967, but she did not record with Patty and Maxene. The youngest of the sisters, Patricia Marie Andrews was just 19 when the trio became an overnight sensation crooning "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen," a tune originally written for the Yiddish theater. ", Along with Bing Crosby, separately and jointly, The Andrews Sisters were among the performers who incorporated ethnic music styles into America's Hit Parade, popularizing or enhancing the popularity of songs with melodies originating in Brazil, Czechoslovakia, France, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Mexico, Russia, Spain, Sweden and Trinidad, many of which their manager chose for them. "To me, being gay was not a central focus of Maxene's life at all," Wells told radio station The Current (KCMP) in a 2019 interview. Maxene and LaVerne did appear together on The Red Skelton Show on October 26, 1954, singing the humorous "Why Do They Give the Solos to Patty" as well as lip-synching "Beer Barrel Polka" with Skelton in drag filling in for Patty. "Then in one year our dream world ended. Patty visited her sister while she was hospitalized. 20211 () e so foolish as to wear them right inside the store. The sisters began performing in the early 1930's when the Depression wiped out their father's business. [4] They are still widely acclaimed today for their famous close harmonies. They toured extensively during the 1960s, favoring top nightclubs in Las Vegas, California, and London, England.[23]. . She was 14 when they began to perform in public. They turned to singing as children, entertaining on local radio and in amateur revues, with Patty taking the lead, Maxene singing high harmony, and LaVerne low. The Andrews Sisters, with Patty singing soprano, sold tens of millions of records in the 1930s and '40s. Vocal. The Andrews Sisters were a popular harmonizing singing group consisting of three sisters, Patty Andrews, Maxene Andrews and Laverne Andrews. The sisters' private relationship was often troubled and Patty blamed it on Maxene: "Ever since I was born, Maxene has been a problem, and that problem hasn't stopped," she said. We hardly really knew it, and when we went in we had some extra time and we just threw it in, and that was the miracle of it. Patty was only ten at the time. The Andrews Sisters sold more than 75 million records and entertained World War II troops in Africa and Europe. They never reconciled and were still estranged when Maxene Andrews died in 1995. 1946 Andrews Sisters and Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians. The group was among the inaugural inductees to the Vocal Group Hall of Fame upon its opening in 1998. Ms. Andrews and her sisters, Patty and Laverne, were one of the most successful women's singing groups, with 19 gold records and sales of nearly 100 million copies. As the BBC relates, LaVerne, the oldest, sang contralto; Maxene, soprano; and Patty youngest, though positioned in the middle during performances provided the mezzo-soprano. They were remarkable. As teenagers, the Andrews Sisters formed a singing act and began performing in vaudeville reviews throughout the Midwest. 18), "The Pussy Cat Song (Nyow! [citation needed], Buck Privates, with Abbott and Costello, featured the Andrews Sisters' best-known song, "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy. Laverne, left, Maxene, center, and Patty, right, sang for soldiers disembarking in New York City in 1945. Some of their accomplishments include selling over 90 million records, recording about 700 songs and earning nine gold records. The sisters specialised in swing and played with some of the top band leaders of the era, including Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman and Tommy Dorsey. When expanded it provides a list of search options that will switch the search inputs to match the current selection. They boasted an exuberant, close-harmony style well-suited to cheery novelty songs, and their intricate vocal . Laverne started the trio of sisters and they appeared in kiddie revues on local radio stations and at the Orpheum in their hometown of Minneapolis. Instrumental to the sisters' success over the years were their parents, Olga and Peter, their orchestra leader and musical arranger, Vic Schoen (19162000), and Jack and David Kapp, who founded Decca Records. The Andrews SistersAlbum - Golden HistLP abc Records UK (33 1/3)Song ListLista Piosenek Side oneStrona Pierwsza(A)0:00 Will be with you in apple blossom tie . [7] After singing with various dance bands and touring in vaudeville with Leon Belasco (and his orchestra)[8] and comic bandleader Larry Rich, they first came to national attention with their recordings and radio broadcasts in 1937, most notably via their major Decca record hit, "Bei Mir Bist Du Schn" (translation: "To Me, You Are Beautiful"),[9] originally a Yiddish tune, the lyrics of which Sammy Cahn had translated to English and "which the girls harmonized to perfection. RYM artists in order they were added. Maxene suffered a serious heart attack while performing in Illinois in 1982 and underwent quadruple bypass surgery, from which she successfully recovered. When LaVerne Andrews died of cancer in 1967, no suitable replacement could be found, and Patty and Maxene soon went their separate ways. . Patty remained in seclusion in her Northridge home near Los Angeles with husband Wally for years. There's nothing I would do to change things if I couldYes, I would. Patty Andrews, center, with her sisters Maxene, left and LaVerne, in the 1940s. Ethnicity: *father - Greek. Song was written by Franic Fay, Dan Howell and Don Raye. Reply Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) Popular Posts THE SAD LIFE OF CATHARINE LORRE BETTY HUTTON AND HER DAUGHTERS the Andrews Sisters, singing trio, one of the most popular American musical acts of the 1940s. The Andrews Sisters were an American close harmony singing group of the swing and boogie-woogie eras. They can be seen singing "You Don't Have to Know the Language" with Bing Crosby in Paramount's Road to Rio with Bob Hope, that year's highest-grossing movie. Christina Aguilera used the Andrews Sisters' "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" to inspire her song "Candyman" (released as a single in 2007) from her hit album Back to Basics. Sisters Patty, LaVerne, and Maxene broke onto the popular song charts back in 1937 with a version of a Yiddish musical theater tune, "Bei Mir Bistu Shein" ("To Me, You Are Beautiful"). She was the leader; she was the one that your eyes would focus on," says Joel Whitburn, founder of Record Research, a company that's tracked Billboard's popular music charts for almost 40 years. Nicknamed Americas Wartime Sweethearts, they became great favourites of American troops overseas, performing in USO (United Service Organizations) shows. This however did not sit well with Patty and a cease and desist order was sent to Skelton. Patty Andrews returned to her solo career and in 1971 appeared in a musical revue called Victory Canteen in Los Angeles. After his death in 2010, Patty began a slow and steady decline and died on January 30, 2013, just two weeks before her 95th birthday.Fortunately, The Andrews Sisters' legendary feuding can never overshadow their exhaustive musical contributions and unparalleled success during 36 years of performing together. In 1956 they regrouped and sang in Las Vegas at the Flamingo Hotel along with a host of TV offers and a new Capitol recording contract. Patty and Maxene's careers experienced a resurgence when Bette Midler covered "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" in 1973. She made the first of several attempts to launch a solo career with 1950's "I Wanna Be Loved" but her sisters sang backup, and the song was officially released as an Andrews Sisters recording. [31], Upon hearing the news of her sister's death, Patty became distraught. opened on Broadway on March 6, 1974. 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