“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.
Let's Have Another One
The Andrews Sisters Lyrics
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There's a place we meet each night
There's singing and dancing
Lots of romancing
Everyone's happy
Only good fellows there
When we get together
Say, the weather's always fair
Hail, hail, hail, good health, good cheer
Sing and laugh your cares away
And when it's time to say goodnight
Someone is bound to say
Let's have another one
Before you leave me
We're having so much fun
Parting will grieve me
There goes the band again
Everything's right
Dancing is so much fun
Let's have another one
Before we say goodnight
Down on the corner
There's a place we meet each night
There's singing and shouting and dancing
And Lots of romancing
Everyone's so happy
Only very good fellows there
When we get together
Say the weather's always fair
Hail, hail, hail, hail, the good old gang's is here
Let's all hail
Hail, hail, very good health and very good cheer
We can sing and dance,
Sing and dance your cares away
And when it's time to say goodnight
Someone is bound to say
Dang, dang. Dang, dang.
Dang,dang,da-da-la-da-day-day.
Let's you and I have another one
Let's have another before we say goodnight
Goodnight, sweetheart
Parting can be so much fun
Let's you and I have another one
Before we can say goodnight
Goodnight ladies, goodnight fellows,
Goodnight everyone,
We've all had a lot of fun
Goodnight, goodnight,
Goodnight good fellows
Till we meet again
We, we can have another dance
The song "Let's Have Another One" is a cheerful and upbeat rhumba tune that speaks about a specific place on the corner where people gather at night to sing, dance, and spend time together. The lyrics describe a carefree and joyful atmosphere where "Everyone's happy" and "Only good fellows" are present. The chorus "Hail, hail, hail the gang's all here, Hail, hail, hail, good health, good cheer" expresses the camaraderie and unity among the people gathered on the street corner.
The song suggests that life is to be celebrated and enjoyed, and that the best way to do so is with friends and loved ones. There is a sense of nostalgia and wistfulness in the lyrics that suggest that the people in the song are aware that this moment of happiness is fleeting and that they should savour it while it lasts. This is echoed in the final lines of the chorus when someone says, "Let's have another one before we say goodnight".
Overall, the song celebrates the joys of life, friendship, and community. It highlights the importance of cherishing our happy moments and the people we share them with.
Line by Line Meaning
Down on the corner
In the streets nearby
There's a place we meet each night
There is a specific location where we gather every night
There's singing and dancing
We engage in singing and dancing activities
Lots of romancing
Many people are engaging in romantic activities
Everyone's happy
All individuals present are feeling joyous
Only good fellows there
The individuals present are all good people
When we get together
Whenever we gather
Say, the weather's always fair
Usually, the weather is pleasant during these gatherings
Hail, hail, hail the gang's all here
We welcome everyone who has joined us
Hail, hail, hail, good health, good cheer
Let's celebrate good health and cheerfulness
Sing and laugh your cares away
Sing and laugh in order to forget your worries
And when it's time to say goodnight
When it's time for everyone to leave
Someone is bound to say
Someone will inevitably speak
Let's have another one
Let's have another drink or dance
Before you leave me
Before you depart
We're having so much fun
We are thoroughly enjoying ourselves
Parting will grieve me
The thought of you leaving saddens me
There goes the band again
The music has started up once more
Everything's right
Everything is going well
Dancing is so much fun
Dancing is a highly enjoyable activity
Let's have another one
Let's have another drink or dance
Before we say goodnight
Before we all have to leave
Let's you and I have another one
We should share another drink or dance
Goodnight, sweetheart
Farewell for now, my love
Parting can be so much fun
Even goodbyes can be enjoyable
Goodnight ladies, goodnight fellows, Goodnight everyone
Goodnight to all present
We've all had a lot of fun
We have all enjoyed ourselves greatly
Goodnight, goodnight, Goodnight good fellows
Goodnight one last time to all the good people present
Till we meet again, We, we can have another dance
Until we see each other again, we can dance together once more
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: DON RAYE, HUGHIE PRINCE
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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