“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.
Bei mir bist du sch
The Andrews Sisters Lyrics
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Until I first met you, I was lonesome
And when you came in sight, dear, my heart grew light
And this old world seemed new to me
You're really swell, I have to admit you
Deserve expressions that really fit you
And so I've racked my brain, hoping to explain
Bei mir bist do schön, please let me explain
Bei mir bist do schön means you're grand
Bei mir bist do schön, again I'll explain
It means you're the fairest in the land
I could say Bella, bella, even sehr wünderbar
Each language only helps me tell you how grand you are
I've tried to explain, bei mir bist do schön
So kiss me and say you understand
Bei mir bist do schön, you've heard it all before
but let me try to explain
Bei mir bist do schön means that you're grand
Bei mir bist do schön, it's such an old refrain
and yet I should explain
It means I am begging for your hand
I could say bella, bella, even sehr wünderbar
Each language only helps me tell you how grand you are
I could say bella, bella, even sehr wünderbar
Each language only helps me tell you how grand you are
I've tried to explain, bei mir bist do schön
So kiss me and say that you will understand
The Andrews Sisters With The Glenn Miller Orchestra's song "Bei Mir Bist Du Schön" is a love song. It speaks about how the singer had been lonely and had known many boys, but none stood out until she met a particular boy who made her heart light and the world seem new. She goes on to say that he deserves all the right expressions and she has been racking her brain to explain how she feels. The song then moves to the chorus, where the singer explains the meaning of "bei mir bist du schön" in German, which translates as "you are beautiful to me." The singer then goes on to explain how the various languages can only help her express how grand the person is.
The song's lyrics are straightforward, but the beauty of the song lies in the melody, which is a fusion of big band swing and traditional Jewish klezmer music. The song was originally written in Yiddish in 1932 by a team of Jewish songwriters in New York, Sholom Secunda and Jacob Jacobs, for a Yiddish musical Papirosn`. It was eventually translated into English and picked up by Glenn Miller, who made it into a hit in 1937. This song brings together two different cultures and sounds to create a uniquely entertaining and uplifting song.
Line by Line Meaning
Of all the boys I've known, and I've known some
I have met many boys in my life
Until I first met you, I was lonesome
But I was lonely until I met you
And when you came in sight, dear, my heart grew light
My heart became happy when I saw you
And this old world seemed new to me
I began to see the world differently because of you
You're really swell, I have to admit you
I have to confess that you are wonderful
Deserve expressions that really fit you
You deserve words that truly describe you
And so I've racked my brain, hoping to explain
I have thought hard, trying to find the right words
All the things that you do to me
To describe how you affect me
Bei mir bist do schön, please let me explain
Let me explain what 'bei mir bist du schon' means
Bei mir bist do schön means you're grand
'Bei mir bist do schön' is another way of saying you are magnificent
Bei mir bist do schön, again I'll explain
Let me explain the meaning of 'bei mir bist du schön' again
It means you're the fairest in the land
It means that you are the most beautiful person in the world
I could say Bella, bella, even sehr wünderbar
I could say 'beautiful, beautiful' or even 'very wonderful'
Each language only helps me tell you how grand you are
But no matter the language, the words cannot fully express how wonderful you are
Bei mir bist do schön, you've heard it all before
You have heard the phrase 'bei mir bist du schön' before
but let me try to explain
But let me try to describe it better
It's such an old refrain
It is an old saying
and yet I should explain
But I still feel the need to explain
It means I am begging for your hand
It means I am asking for your hand in marriage
I've tried to explain, bei mir bist do schön
I've tried to explain the meaning of 'bei mir bist du schön'
So kiss me and say you understand
So please kiss me and tell me you understand
Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: JACOB JACOBS, SAMMY CAHN, SAUL CHAPLIN, SHALOM SECUNDA
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J Parker
on Crazy Arms
And I'll move the mountains
If he wants them out of the way
Crazy, he calls me
Sure I'm crazy
Crazy in love, I'd say
I say I'll go through fire
And I'll go through fire
As he wants it, so it will be
Crazy, he calls me
Sure I'm crazy
Crazy in love, you see
Like the wind that shakes the bough
He moves me with a smile
The difficult I'll do right now
The impossible will take a little while
I say I'll care forever
And I mean forever
If I have to hold up the sky
Crazy, he calls me
Sure I'm crazy
Crazy in love am I
Like the wind that shakes the bough
He moves me with a smile
The difficult I'll do right now
The impossible will take a little while
I say I'll care forever
And I mean forever
If I have to hold up the sky
Crazy, he calls me
Sure I'm crazy
Crazy in love am I
sonichits has completely wrong lyrics for this song. Correct ones are - Now blue ain't the word for the way that I feel
And the storm's brewing in this heart of mine
This is no crazy dream I know that it's real
You're someone else's love now you're not mine
Crazy arms that reach to hold somebody new
But my yearning heart keeps saying you're not mine
My troubled mind knows soon to another you'll be wed
And that's why I'm lonely all the time
Please take the treasured dreams I have for you and me
And take all the love I thought was mine
Someday my crazy arms will hold somebody new
But now I'm so lonely all the time
interlude
Crazy arms that reach to hold someone new
But my yearning heart keeps saying you're not mine
My troubled mind knows soon that you soon will be wed
And that's why I'm lonely all the time
Crazy arms and lonely all the time
Harold Chernofsky
on Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
i love them