“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.
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The Andrews Sisters Lyrics
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I've hung around you just like a fool
Falling head and heels in love like a kid out of school.
My poor heart is in an awful state now
But it's too late now to call a halt
So if I become a nuisance it's all your fault!
Don't blame me for falling in love with you
I'm under your spell but how can I help it!
Don't' blame me!
Can't you see when you do the things you do!
If I can't conceal the thrill that I'm feeling,
Don't blame; me.
Ican't help it if that doggoned moon above
Makes me need someone like you to love!
Blame your kiss as sweet as a kiss can be
And blame all your charms that melt in my arms
But don't blame me.
I like every single thing about you
Without a doubt you are like a dream
In my mind I find a picture of us as a team
Ever since the hour of our meeting
I've been repeating a silly phrase
Hoping that you'll understand me one of these days.
Don't blame me for falling in love with you
I'm under your spell but how can I help it!
Don't' blame me!
Can't you see when you do the things you do!
If I can't conceal the thrill that I'm feeling,
Don't blame; me.
Ican't help it if that doggoned moon above
Makes me need someone like you to love!
Blame your kiss as sweet as a kiss can be
And blame all your charms that melt in my arms
But don't blame me.
The Andrews Sisters' “Don't Blame Me” is a love song about falling hopelessly in love with someone and not wanting to be held responsible for the intense feelings. The lyrics convey the sense of being a victim of an overpowering love and the inability to control it. The singer admits that they are a "fool" for being so in love and "head over heels like a kid out of school." They blame the person they are in love with for being so charming and sweet that it's impossible to resist their allure.
The lyrics also suggest that the singer has been waiting for a long time for this person to reciprocate their feelings. They have been "repeating a silly phrase, hoping that you'll understand me one of these days." It's a plea for understanding and reciprocation of emotions.
This song is an example of the classic Andrews Sisters' three-part harmony, and the lyrics are catchy and memorable. The song's melody is upbeat and happy, which contrasts with the idea of being helpless under the spell of love. Overall, the song is a timeless classic that continues to resonate with audiences today.
Line by Line Meaning
Ever since the lucky night I found you
Since the night I found you, I have been infatuated with you.
I've hung around you just like a fool
I have been spending all my time with you foolishly.
Falling head and heels in love like a kid out of school
I am so in love with you that it feels like I am a child again, experiencing love for the very first time.
My poor heart is in an awful state now
My heart is in a bad condition now, due to my love for you.
But it's too late now to call a halt
It is too late to stop now, I am too deep in love with you.
So if I become a nuisance it's all your fault!
If I become bothering in any way, it is all because of you, and how you made me fall in love with you.
Don't blame me for falling in love with you
Do not put the blame on me for my love towards you.
I'm under your spell but how can I help it!
I am under your influence, but I cannot help myself from falling in love with you.
Can't you see when you do the things you do!
You don't see that what you are doing makes me fall even more in love with you.
If I can't conceal the thrill that I'm feeling,
I cannot hide the excitement I feel when I'm with you.
Don't blame; me.
Please do not put the blame on me for loving you.
I can't help it if that doggoned moon above
I can't help it if the moon above us makes me feel this way.
Makes me need someone like you to love!
The moon makes me long for someone like you to love.
Blame your kiss as sweet as a kiss can be
The sweet kiss you gave me is the reason I am in love with you.
And blame all your charms that melt in my arms
Your charming nature is what makes me feel like melting in your arms.
But don't blame me.
Please do not blame me for my feelings towards you.
I like every single thing about you
I adore every detail about you.
Without a doubt you are like a dream
It is as if you are the dream I never knew I had.
In my mind I find a picture of us as a team
In my mind, I imagine us as a team that is in love and forever together.
Ever since the hour of our meeting
From the moment we first met each other.
I've been repeating a silly phrase
I have been repeating this silly phrase in my head over and over again.
Hoping that you'll understand me one of these days.
I hope that you will understand my feelings for you someday.
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Peermusic Publishing
Written by: DOROTHY FIELDS, JIMMY MC HUGH
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@hansmiller664
WHAT A WONDERFUL FUNERAL IDEA!
No matter what age, in your mind you'll always be 25 - 35. Meaning, you're stuck with the best years in your life.
So your Grandmother wanted to strutt that swing again, like she HOPEFULLY did, when she was a pretty, young and (as every young girl) vain CHICK😃❣️
Tragic is, the whole world was at war then!
We as the postwar born should never forget!
But your Nan NAILED it by ordering: "Listen to MY favourite music!"
I think it is a lovely way to give a last heritage to the next Generation.
Thank you very much for your story!🙏
Btw.: I'm German.
@italia689
If you listen to other sibling groups, you will notice the same. Siblings have similar voices.
The Everly brothers,
Shangri-las (two sets of sisters)
the Isley Brothers
the Ronnetts (two sisters and a cousin)
Boswell sisters...
Listen to them all; it's a "family" thing. There are few family acts today, unfortunately. The Petersens are the only group I know about.
@vlopes3000
I wrote my Mother, I wrote my Father
And now I'm writing you too
I'm sure of Mother, I'm sure of Father
And now I want to be sure
Very, very sure
Of you
Don't sit under the apple tree with anyone else but me,
Anyone else but me, anyone else but me, no, no, no
Don't sit under the apple tree with anyone else but me
Till I come marching home.
Don't go walking down Lovers' Lane with anyone else but me,
Anyone else but me, anyone else but me, no, no, no
Don't go walking down Lovers' Lane with anyone else but me
Till I come marching home
I just got word from a guy who heard
From the guy next door to me
The girl he met just loves to pet
And it fits you to a T
So don't sit under the apple tree with anyone else but me
Till I come marching home
Don't sit under the apple tree with anyone else but me
With anyone else but her, no, no, no
Not a single soul but me, no, no, no
Don't you sit under the apple tree with anyone else but me
Not till you see me
Not until you see me marching home
Home, home, home, sweet home
Don't go walking down Lovers' Lane with anyone else but me
With anyone else but her, no, no, no
Not a single soul but me, no, no, no
Don't you go walking down Lovers' Lane with anyone else but me
Not till you see me
Not until you see me marching home
Home, home, home, sweet home
Can't wait till I come marching home
Don't go walking down Lovers' Lane
No walking down Lovers' Lane
Till you see me
When you see me marching home
Then we'll go arm in arm
We'll sit down under the apple tree
Baby just you and me
When I come marching home
@sonofroderick4255
My mother used to sing these songs from '30's, '40's and '50's. I sure do miss her. She was born in 1924 and passed in 2015, 6 days before my 53rd birthday. Love you mom!
@fossie32
My Mum too :)
@shirtless6934
My mother was born in 1922, served in the US Army Nurse Corps from 1942 to 1945, including 18 months overseas, was an RN in industry and hospitals, retired in 1980, died in 2003.
@tonydoidge4552
Shirtless b
@everyone_knows_itsbutterst7808
Glenn Miller was the Best.
@stealthskater5674
It's the fond memories of dear departed ones that keep them alive in our hearts 🙏🙏😇😇
@Car_-_Enjoyer_-_
I love we can see these old films, listen to old music and just able to watch what people before us watched, and listen to what people before us listened to
@Navygrl58
No one harmonized as smoothly as the Andrew Sisters! This was music, real music!👍
@jamesfloyd1864
And their routines were always so much fun to watch. They cheered up a lot of young soldiers and cheered up the world in a time of darkness overseas.
@ams3212
You should check The Puppini Sisters. Kinda the next generation of Andrew Sisters