“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.
Cool Water
The Andrews Sisters Lyrics
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Without the taste of water, cool water
Old Dan and I with throats burned dry
And souls that cry for water, cool, clear water
Keep a-movin', Dan, don't you listen to him, Dan
He's a devil not a man
And he spreads the burning sand with water
Where the water's runnin' free
And it's waiting there for you and me
The nights are cool and I'm a fool
Each star's a pool of water, cool water
But with the dawn I'll wake and yawn
And carry on to water, cool, clear, water
The shadows sway and seem to say
Tonight we pray for water, cool, water
And way up there He'll hear our prayer
And show us where there's water, cool, clear, water
Dan's feet are sore he's yearning for
Just one thing more than water, cool, water
Like me I guess he'd like to rest
Where there's no quest for water, cool, clear, water
The Andrews Sisters/Bing Crosby's song Cool Water is about the scarcity of water in the barren desert wasteland, and the thirst and longing that it creates in the parched souls that are wandering in it. The song talks about the struggles of two men, a man and his horse named Old Dan, as they move through the desert searching for water. They are both thirsty and in dire need of a cool, clear water source.
As they continue their quest for water, the devil whispers to Old Dan to give up and die. However, the singer urges the horse to keep moving on and not listen to the devil. They see a big green tree that has water running free, and it's waiting for them. The nights are cool, and each star looks like a pool of water. However, during the day, they continue their search with renewed vigor.
The song ends on a hopeful note, with the singer and Old Dan still searching for water. They pray to God to show them the way to cool, clear water, and hope that their thirst will be quenched soon. The song highlights the enduring human spirit and the hope that sustains us even in the most trying of circumstances.
Line by Line Meaning
All day I've faced the barren waste
I've spent the whole day walking through a dry and unproductive area
Without the taste of water, cool water
Without access to refreshing and hydrating water
Old Dan and I with throats burned dry
Dan and I are experiencing pain and irritation in our throats due to dehydration
And souls that cry for water, cool, clear water
We are in desperate need of water that is cool and clear
Keep a-movin', Dan, don't you listen to him, Dan
Keep going, Dan, don't pay attention to the negative thoughts in your head
He's a devil not a man
The harsh environment is making us feel like we're facing a supernatural force rather than just natural conditions
And he spreads the burning sand with water
The sun seems to make the sand burn and create an illusion of water on it that keeps moving and disappears as soon as you try to get to it
Dan can you see that big green tree
Dan, can you spot the only sign of vegetation in the area?
Where the water's runnin' free
There seems to be a natural spring near that tree
And it's waiting there for you and me
We should head towards the green tree and the apparent source of water
The nights are cool and I'm a fool
The temperature is cool at night and I can't help but feel foolish for walking during the day
Each star's a pool of water, cool water
Every star in the sky represents a pool of cool water, which is just an illusion
But with the dawn I'll wake and yawn
When the morning comes, I'll be up and ready to face another day
And carry on to water, cool, clear, water
And continue my search for refreshing, clear water
The shadows sway and seem to say
The moving shadows seem to be urging us to continue our search for water
Tonight we pray for water, cool, water
We hope that we'll find water tonight
And way up there He'll hear our prayer
We believe that someone or something is listening to our prayers for water
And show us where there's water, cool, clear, water
And guide us to where we can find cool and clear water
Dan's feet are sore he's yearning for
Dan's feet hurt and he's desperately hoping for
Just one thing more than water, cool, water
More than anything else, Dan wants a drink of cool water
Like me I guess he'd like to rest
Like me, he probably wants to take a break
Where there's no quest for water, cool, clear, water
In a place where we don't have to struggle to find cool and clear water
Lyrics © Kanjian Music, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Bob Nolan
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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