“Patty Andrews, the lead singer of the Andrews sisters group was born in Mound, Minnesota on February 16, 1918 in a house that occupied the property where The Gillespie Center stands today.
During the 1920’s Laverne, Maxene and Patty Andrews spent their summers in Mound, living with their parents in a house across the street from the grocery store that was owned by Pete and Ed Sollie, bachelor uncles of the three girls. (Today, Green T Accounting occupies the Sollie grocery store building and The Gillespie Center is on the land where the Andrews Sisters’ house once stood.)” - From a commentary by Tom Rockvam that appeared in The Laker Newspaper during 2005.
They started their career as imitators of an earlier successful singing group, the Boswell Sisters. After singing with various dance bands and touring on Vaudeville, they first came to national attention with their recordings and radio broadcasts in 1937. Their music entertained Allied troops worldwide during World War II, sold war bonds, appeared in several films (including a few Abbott and Costello features), and performed for soldiers serving overseas. Their first film with Abbott and Costello, the pre-war comedy Buck Privates, introduced their best-known recording, "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" which would win Best Song at the Academy Awards.
They also recorded many songs with Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye and other popular artists of the era. Their 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."
After a brief hiatus after the war, the sisters regrouped, performing in clubs throughout the United States and Europe. They broke up in 1953, with Patty's choice to go solo. Their last appearance together was in 1962 on The Dean Martin Show. Laverne, who had cancer, retired soon after; she died five years later, in 1967 at the age of 55.
After a long silence, the two surviving sisters had something of a comeback when Bette Midler recorded a cover of their song "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy." Maxene and Patty appeared both together and separately throughout the 1970s, with Maxene releasing a solo album in 1986. Their most notable comeback; however, was in the Sherman Brothers' nostalgic World War II musical: "Over Here!" which premiered on Broadway at the Shubert Theatre in 1974. The musical featured the two then living sisters (Maxene and Patty) and was written with them in mind for the leads. It launched the careers of many, now notable theater and film icons (John Travolta, Marilu Henner, Ann Reinking, et al). Ironically it was the last major hurrah of the sisters and was cut short due to a frivolous lawsuit initiated by Patty's husband to the show's producers.
Throughout their long career, the sisters had sold over 60 million records. The group was inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 1998.
The last of the three sisters Patty Andrews died of natural causes at her home in Northridge, California on January 30, 2013, just 17 days before her 95th birthday. The sisters were interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California, close to their parents.
Ask Me No Questions
The Andrews Sisters Lyrics
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If I said I kissed another, you would look for someone new
So ask me no questions and I'll tell you no lies
Ask me no questions and there will be no goodbye
You ask me if I ever loved another nice as you
If I said I loved another, you and I would soon be through
So ask me no questions and I'll tell you no lies
No goodbye, no goodbye
No goodbye, no goodbyes
If you will only realize
I'll realize, realize
That today I love you so
And yesterday was long long ago
So ask me no questions and I'll tell you no lies
Ask me no questions and there will be no goodbyes
You ask me if I ever saw a paradise of blue
If I said I'd seen some others, yours would fill with rhapsody
So I'll ask you no questions and you'll tell me no lies
I'll ask you no questions and there will be no goodbye
No goodbye, no goodbye
No goodbye, no goodbyes
If only you will realize
I'll realize, realize
That today I love you so
And yesterday was long long ago
So ask me no questions and I'll tell you no lies
Ask me no questions and there will be no goodbyes
The Andrews Sisters' song "Ask Me No Questions" talks about the importance of trust and loyalty in a romantic relationship. The song emphasizes the idea that some questions shouldn't be asked, and some things are better left unsaid. The lyrics are from the perspective of a woman, who is being asked questions about her past relationships by her current partner. She understands that by telling the truth, she might risk losing him, so she urges him to stop asking and just trust her. She promises to be faithful and honest, as long as he doesn't ask her to reveal her secrets. She also reminds him that what matters the most is their love for each other in the present, and what happened in the past shouldn't affect it.
The song was released in 1958 and was written by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman. It was recorded by The Andrews Sisters, who were an American close harmony group of sisters active from the 1930s to the 1960s. The song became a hit in the UK, where it reached number 16 on the charts. It was also covered by other artists, such as Brenda Lee and Carol Fran.
Line by Line Meaning
You ask me if I ever kissed another sweet as you
If you ask me whether I ever kissed someone sweeter than you, and I replied positively, you would feel jealous and leave me.
If I said I kissed another, you would look for someone new
If I confessed about kissing someone else, you would become suspicious and find a new partner.
So ask me no questions and I'll tell you no lies
If you don't ask me such questions, then I won't have to lie to you.
Ask me no questions and there will be no goodbye
If you refrain from asking such questions, our relationship won't face any abrupt ending.
If you will only realize
If you can understand it,
I'll realize, realize
I'll also understand that
That today I love you so
My current love for you is immense.
And yesterday was long long ago
The past is long gone, and I don't want to revisit it.
You ask me if I ever loved another nice as you
If you inquire whether I ever loved someone kinder than you, and I answered affirmatively, our relationship would end.
If I said I loved another, you and I would soon be through
If I admitted to loving another person, our relationship would end very soon.
You ask me if I ever saw a paradise of blue
If you asked me whether I ever witnessed a blue paradise, and I answered positively, you would feel inferior compared to it.
If I said I'd seen some others, yours would fill with rhapsody
If I revealed that I had seen other paradises, you would love mine even more.
So I'll ask you no questions and you'll tell me no lies
To avoid any potential complication or conflicts in our relationship, I will not ask you any questions, and I hope you won't lie to me either.
No goodbye, no goodbye
I don't want us to end our relationship suddenly and abruptly.
No goodbye, no goodbyes
I don't want to say goodbye to you, not now, not ever.
So ask me no questions and I'll tell you no lies
Please avoid asking me any potential hurtful questions, and I promise not to lie to you as well.
Ask me no questions and there will be no goodbyes
If we avoid asking such questions, our relationship won't have to face any abrupt ending.
Lyrics © ACORN PUBLISHING, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Robert Wells, David Saxon
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ANTHONY CAPLAN
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