“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.
It Nevered Entered My Mind
The Andrews Sisters Lyrics
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That I'd be playing solitaire
Uneasy in my easy chair
It never entered my mind
And once you told me I was mistaken
That I'd awaken with the sun
And ordered orange juice for one
You had what I lack, myself
Now I even have to scratch my back myself
Once you warned me that if you scorned me
I'd say a lonely prayer again
And wish that you were there again
To get into my hair again
It never entered my mind
Once you warned me that if you scorned me
I'd say a lonely prayer again
And wish that you were there again
To get into my hair again
It never entered my mind
In The Andrews Sisters' song "It Never Entered My Mind," the singer voices their realization that they had been blind to the warning signs of a failing relationship. The singer remembers how their partner had warned them of their potential state of loneliness and how they would wish that their partner was there with them again. However, at the time, the singer had dismissed these warnings, and it never even entered their mind that their relationship could end up in such a lonely place. The singer had been content with their self-sufficiency, laughing off the idea that they would ever play solitaire or feel uneasy in their easy chair. They had also refused to believe their partner's prediction that they would wake up alone one day, ordering orange juice for one. However, as the song progresses, it becomes apparent that their partner was right all along. And as the singer longs for their partner's return, they lament how they now have to scratch their back on their own - a stark contrast to their previous sense of self-assuredness.
The lyrics of "It Never Entered My Mind" are a poignant reminder of how easily we can gloss over the warning signs of a relationship in trouble. The singer's recollection of their partner's predictions highlights how important it is to listen to our loved ones and take their opinions seriously. By ignoring their partner's warning signs, the singer ultimately finds themselves in a state of loneliness and lament, a situation that they could have avoided if they had paid more attention in the past.
Line by Line Meaning
Once I laughed when I heard you saying
I used to laugh when you told me things, and one of those things was that I would be alone, playing solitaire.
That I'd be playing solitaire
You said I would be alone and have no one to talk to, no one to spend time with. You said I'd be lonely and isolated.
Uneasy in my easy chair
You said I would be uncomfortable, restless, and uneasy, even though I would be sitting in my favorite chair at home.
It never entered my mind
I never even thought about or considered the possibility of being alone or feeling lonely.
And once you told me I was mistaken
You corrected me when I was wrong about something, and you said that I would wake up early in the morning and order a glass of orange juice for just myself.
That I'd awaken with the sun
You said I wouldn't be able to sleep in or stay up late. You said I would have to wake up early and start my day with the sun.
And ordered orange juice for one
You said I would feel lonely and isolated, and I would have to order just one glass of orange juice for myself.
You had what I lack, myself
You had something that I didn't have, and that was companionship, someone to share my life with.
Now I even have to scratch my back myself
I'm so alone now that I have to do everything by myself, even the simplest things like scratching my back.
Once you warned me that if you scorned me
You warned me that if I ever did something to upset you, you would leave me alone and I would have to start praying again.
I'd say a lonely prayer again
I would have to pray for companionship again, for someone to come back into my life and keep me company.
And wish that you were there again
I would wish for you to come back into my life, to give me the companionship and love that I need.
To get into my hair again
I would want you to be close to me, to show me affection, to be with me constantly, and to never leave me alone again.
Lyrics © Roba Music Verlag GMBH, Universal Music Publishing Group, CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Royalty Network, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Peermusic Publishing, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
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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