“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.
Christmas Island
The Andrews Sisters Lyrics
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Let's make a break some Christmas, Dear, I know the place to go
How'd ya like to spend Christmas on Christmas Island?
How'd ya like to spend the holiday away across the sea?
How'd ya like to spend Christmas on Christmas Island?
How'd ya like to hang a stocking on a great big coconut tree?
How'd ya like to stay up late, like the islanders do?
If you ever spend Christmas on Christmas Island
You will never stray for everyday
Your Christmas dreams come true.
How'd ya like to stay up late like the islanders do?
Wait for Santa to sail in with your presents in a canoe
If you ever spend Christmas on Christmas Island
You will never stray, for everyday
Your Christmas dreams come true
On Christmas Island your dreams come true.
The lyrics to The Andrews Sisters & Guy Lombardo's song Christmas Island invite the listener to escape from the traditional Christmas celebrations of snow and sleigh bells and instead spend the holiday on Christmas Island. The song paints a picture of a tropical paradise where stockings are hung on coconut trees and Santa sails in on a canoe. The invitation is extended to the listener to experience Christmas Island as the islanders do - staying up late and waiting for Santa's arrival.
The lyrics evoke a sense of exotic adventure and offer an alternative to the traditional winter holiday. By suggesting that "Christmas dreams come true" on Christmas Island, the song seems to be promising an experience that is both magical and unforgettable. The joyful spirit of the song encourages the listener to consider a new kind of holiday celebration, one that is full of surprises and unexpected pleasures.
Line by Line Meaning
Let's get away from sleigh bells, let's get away from snow
Let's leave the usual Christmas celebration behind and try something new.
Let's make a break some Christmas, Dear, I know the place to go
Let's take a break from the usual Christmas routine, and I have the perfect holiday spot in mind.
How'd ya like to spend Christmas on Christmas Island?
Do you want to try spending Christmas on Christmas Island?
How'd ya like to spend the holiday away across the sea?
Would you enjoy spending Christmas on an island away from home?
How'd ya like to hang a stocking on a great big coconut tree?
How about changing up the usual holiday traditions, like hanging stockings on a coconut tree?
How'd ya like to stay up late, like the islanders do?
Wouldn't it be nice to stay up late and experience the holiday like the people who live on the island?
Wait for Santa to sail in with your presents in a canoe.
Instead of coming down a chimney, imagine Santa arriving on a canoe with your presents.
If you ever spend Christmas on Christmas Island
If you ever decide to experience a Christmas holiday on Christmas Island
You will never stray for everyday
You will never forget how special this holiday on the island was.
Your Christmas dreams come true.
Your Christmas dreams will come true on Christmas Island.
On Christmas Island your dreams come true.
This island has the power to make your Christmas fantasies come to life.
Lyrics © Kanjian Music, Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: Lyle L. Moraine
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@alhamdleallah
وَأَنِيبُوا إِلَى رَبِّكُمْ وَأَسْلِمُوا لَهُ مِن قَبْلِ أَن يَأْتِيَكُمُ الْعَذَابُ ثُمَّ لَا تُنصَرُونَ
"Turn ye to our Lord (in repentance) and bow to His (Will), before the Penalty comes on you: after that ye shall not be helped
وَاتَّبِعُوا أَحْسَنَ مَا أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكُم مِّن رَّبِّكُم مِّن قَبْلِ أَن يَأْتِيَكُمُ العَذَابُ بَغْتَةً وَأَنتُمْ لَا تَشْعُرُونَ
"And follow the best of (the courses) revealed to you from your Lord, before the Penalty comes on you - of a sudden while ye perceive not
أَن تَقُولَ نَفْسٌ يَا حَسْرَتَى علَى مَا فَرَّطتُ فِي جَنبِ اللَّهِ وَإِن كُنتُ لَمِنَ السَّاخِرِينَ
"Lest the soul should (then) say: 'Ah! Woe is me!- In that I neglected (my duty) towards Allah, and was but among those who mocked
أَوْ تَقُولَ لَوْ أَنَّ اللَّهَ هَدَانِي لَكُنتُ مِنَ الْمُتَّقِينَ
"Or (lest) it should say: 'If only Allah had guided me, I should certainly have been among the righteous
Quran .islam///
@markherron1407
Patty Andrews is 9 of Diamonds ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦Happy Birthday to Patty Andrews of the Andrews Sisters REST IN POWER Blessings and Hugs 👑💜
@John-dn9ru
they won't stop playing this at the home depot
@manantialeterno7598
John omg yes
@E-Brightvoid
That’s a DEEP pull.
@SOALNightLive
I never heard this until worked at the mall one year. Then...I DID...A LOT!
@ddl5856
Haha
@barbaragrissomschneider6271
😳😂
@w4u37
Christmas vibes are unexplainable
@Melbournelost66
Christmas Island is part of
Australia. So we get it, warm weather at Christmas time. The humb of cicadas, the beaches, the Australian Open tenis, Cricket season. Its a magic time for us. As the Queen use to say "Happy Christmas" all.
@dallisb1047
Someday I will listen to this song on Christmas morning while in Hawaii. And Mele Kalikimaka too!