“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.
Sha Sha
The Andrews Sisters Lyrics
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Sha sha
Yay yay
Yay yay
Sha sha here comes my thrill
Oh the ya-sha please keep still
Don't talk too much & kill my chances with this guy
This is your sisters day
Don't give my age away & make him say goodbye
Oh ya-sha don't tell him I'm old
He thinks pop has lots of gold
Told him that momma's got a chauffeur & a car
Sha sha now you'll get hung
If you don't hold your tongue
Till wedding bells have rung
Ya-sha sha sha
My next door neighbors daughter
Is really in hot water
Because she has a brother whose a brat
When someone comes to court her
& gives the kid a quarter
He spills what he should keep under his hat
She cries & tries to put him wise to what it's all about
And every night the neighbors hear her shout, oh hear her shout
Sha Sha
Oh voice keep still
Sha sha
Here comes my thrill don't talk too much
Won't you please be still
Oh we will be still
Oh sha sha ya-sha
Won't you let me pull my bluff
Cause I told him that my mami had gold in her piani & her pot
Oh sha sha sha
Oh ya-sha please be kind
He's the last in line
What a glorious feeling
Oh ya-sha help make up his mind
The Andrews Sisters' song "Sha Sha" tells the story of a woman who is trying to impress a guy, and she definitely doesn't want her little sister to ruin it for her. The singer is worried that her age might be a turn off for her potential suitor, so she begs her sister to keep quiet and not reveal her secret. She tells her sister that she's portrayed herself as someone of high status, and with a mother who has a chauffeur and a car, she's really trying to make a good impression. Towards the end of the song, the singer breaks into a kind of pleading, begging her sister to help her land this guy, emphasizing how important this is for her. Despite being a playful, lighthearted tune, "Sha Sha" touches on the common themes of identity and the desire to be liked and loved.
Line by Line Meaning
Sha sha
Expression of excitement and anticipation
Sha sha
Expression of excitement and anticipation
Yay yay
Expression of joy and delight
Yay yay
Expression of joy and delight
Sha sha here comes my thrill
Here comes the exciting moment I've been waiting for
Oh the ya-sha please keep still
Please be quiet and don't ruin the moment for me
Don't talk too much & kill my chances with this guy
Don't say anything that could turn off this guy I'm interested in
Sha sha now go & play
Go and do something else while I talk with this guy
This is your sisters day
Today is my day and I don't want you to ruin it
Don't give my age away & make him say goodbye
Don't reveal my real age and scare him off
Oh ya-sha don't tell him I'm old
Don't tell him the truth about my age
He thinks pop has lots of gold
He believes my family is wealthy
Told him that momma's got a chauffeur & a car
I lied to him about my family's possessions
Sha sha now you'll get hung
You'll be in trouble if you reveal the truth
If you don't hold your tongue
If you can't keep quiet
Till wedding bells have rung
Until we're actually married
Ya-sha sha sha
Don't say anything
My next door neighbors daughter
My neighbor's daughter
Is really in hot water
She's in trouble
Because she has a brother whose a brat
Her brother is a misbehaving child
When someone comes to court her
When a potential partner comes to pursue her romantically
& gives the kid a quarter
And gives her brother some money
He spills what he should keep under his hat
He reveals secrets that he should keep to himself
She cries & tries to put him wise to what it's all about
She cries and tries to make him understand the importance of keeping secrets
And every night the neighbors hear her shout, oh hear her shout
She shouts in frustration and anguish every night
Sha Sha
Expression of frustration and anger
Oh voice keep still
Please be quiet
Won't you please be still
Please be quiet
Oh we will be still
I will make sure we stay quiet
Oh sha sha ya-sha
Don't say anything
Won't you let me pull my bluff
Let me continue lying
Cause I told him that my mami had gold in her piani & her pot
I lied to him about my mother's possessions
Oh sha sha sha
Don't say anything that could reveal the truth
Oh ya-sha please be kind
Please help me out here
He's the last in line
He's my last chance at finding love
What a glorious feeling
How wonderful it would be if he falls for me
Oh ya-sha help make up his mind
Help me make him choose me
Contributed by Sydney M. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
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