“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.
Say It
The Andrews Sisters Lyrics
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You look grand sitting in the moonlight
Oh I'm in love there's no mistaking, can't you see my heart is breaking
Must you go on this lovely June night
It's a pity to say goodnight because I never saw stars so bright
But if you gotta go home, you gotta go home, give me a goodnight kiss
It's a pity to say farewell because the man in the moon won't tell
How's about tomorrow night just you and me
I'll be waiting for you darling underneath the apple tree
It's a pity to say goodnight because I want you to hold me tight
But if you gotta go home, you gotta go home give me a goodnight kiss
It's a pity to say farewell because the man up in the moon won't tell, won't tell
If you gotta go home, go home, go home give me a goodnight kiss
How's about tomorrow night just you and me
I'll be waiting for you darling underneath the apple tree
It's a pity, pity just to say goodnight because I want you to hold me tight
But if you gotta go home dear, you gotta go home dear, give me a goodnight kiss
The Andrews Sisters' song "Say It" tells the story of two people who are deeply in love, but the night is coming to an end, and they have to say goodbye to each other. The lyrics convey a sense of longing and regret as the singer expresses her feelings for the other person. The opening lines of the song, "What a shame the night is ending, cross my heart I'm not pretending," set the tone for the rest of the song, which is full of bittersweet emotions.
As the song progresses, the singer becomes more desperate and pleading, asking the other person not to leave and expressing her desire to be together again. The lines "It's a pity to say farewell because the man in the moon won't tell" and "If you gotta go home, go home, go home, give me a goodnight kiss" highlight the sense of desperation and desire that permeates the whole song.
Ultimately, the song is a celebration of love and the powerful emotions it can evoke, even in the face of separation or heartbreak. It is a timeless classic that continues to resonate with audiences today, almost a century after it was first released.
Line by Line Meaning
What a shame the night is ending, cross my heart I'm not pretending
I am genuinely saddened by the end of the night, and I promise you I'm not being insincere.
You look grand sitting in the moonlight
You look stunning and majestic as you sit under the moon's light.
Oh I'm in love there's no mistaking, can't you see my heart is breaking
It's clear to me that I'm in love with you, and my heart aches at the thought of you leaving.
Must you go on this lovely June night
Do you really have to leave on such a beautiful night in June?
It's a pity to say goodnight because I never saw stars so bright
It's a shame to end the night because I have never seen the stars shine so brightly.
But if you gotta go home, you gotta go home, give me a goodnight kiss
If you really have to leave, then please give me a farewell kiss.
It's a pity to say farewell because the man in the moon won't tell
It's unfortunate to say goodbye because the man in the moon won't share our secrets.
But if you gotta go home,you gotta go home give me a goodnight kiss.
But if you really have to go, then please give me a parting kiss.
How's about tomorrow night just you and me
How about tomorrow night, we spend it together, just the two of us?
I'll be waiting for you darling underneath the apple tree
I'll be eagerly waiting for you under the apple tree, my dear.
It's a pity to say goodnight because I want you to hold me tight
It's such a shame to end the night because I really want you to hold me tightly.
But if you gotta go home, you gotta go home give me a goodnight kiss
But if you really have to leave, then please give me a sweet goodbye kiss.
It's a pity to say farewell because the man up in the moon won't tell, won't tell
It's so unfortunate to say goodbye because the man up in the moon won't reveal our secrets.
If you gotta go home, go home, go home give me a goodnight kiss
If you really have to leave, then please give me a farewell kiss.
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: BILLY REID
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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