“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.
Melancholy Moon
The Andrews Sisters Lyrics
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It's a sorry serenade that's being played when you're not near me
And I long to hold you near me
So my darling if you hear me
Let the stars begin to shine
Let me see them in your eyes tonight
Give the music back its charms
Oh my love the world without you is a world that's out of tune
It's a sorry serenade to a mighty lonely me and a melancholy moon
Make it soon, here we'll be a mighty lonely me and a melancholy moon
The Andrews Sisters' song "Melancholy Moon" is a heart-wrenching love-song that captivates listeners with its mournful melody and evocative lyrics. The song tells the story of a lover who is separated from their beloved, and is suffering from the pain of their absence. The "melancholy moon" sets the mood in the empty night, as a "sorry serenade" is being played, and the singer longs to hold their lover near them.
The first verse of the song sets the stage for the emotional turmoil that the singer is going through, as the moon seems to add to their melancholy state of mind. They long to hold their lover close, and implore them to listen to their plea. The second verse talks about the importance of the stars, and how seeing them in their lover's eyes would restore the music back into their life. The chorus, which is repeated throughout the song, brings together all the emotions that the song inspires in the listener, and creates an image of a "mighty lonely me and a melancholy moon".
Overall, "Melancholy Moon" is a hauntingly beautiful song that captures the essence of love and longing, and is a testament to the timeless appeal of The Andrews Sisters' music.
Line by Line Meaning
It's a melancholy moon, making magic in an empty night
The moon looks sad and could feel lonely as it lights up the sky with no one below to appreciate its beauty
It's a sorry serenade that's being played when you're not near me
The music sounds depressing and mournful when my love is not with me and my heart aches for their presence
And I long to hold you near me
I yearn to embrace my beloved and feel their warmth and comfort in my arms
So my darling if you hear me
If you are listening to me, my love, please know that my heart is calling out to you
Let the stars begin to shine
The stars in the sky should light up and sparkle to match the love in our hearts
Let me see them in your eyes tonight
I want to gaze into your eyes and see the stars reflected back at me, symbolizing our love
Give the music back its charms
The music needs to regain its magic and beauty, which only my love can provide
Don't let these arms remain without you
I need you to be with me, to hold and cherish, and without you, my arms feel empty
Oh my love the world without you is a world that's out of tune
My life and the world around me seem unbalanced and off-kilter when you are not by my side
It's a sorry serenade to a mighty lonely me and a melancholy moon
The music I hear is expressing my sadness and longing as I am left alone with only the melancholy moon for company
Make it soon, here we'll be a mighty lonely me and a melancholy moon
If you do not come to me soon, I will remain sad and alone, with only the moon for company
Lyrics © WORDS & MUSIC A DIV OF BIG DEAL MUSIC LLC, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Downtown Music Publishing, Peermusic Publishing
Written by: CAROLYN LEIGH, CY COLEMAN
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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