“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.
The Blonde Sailor
The Andrews Sisters Lyrics
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She smiled through her tear drops and brushed them away
"I wish I could stay here," he sighed soft and low
"But duty is calling and now I must go"
Farewell, your blond sailor must leave for a while, dear
Farewell, send me off with a kiss and a smile, dear
All my love and devotion I will leave in your care
When my journey is over, you'll be waiting I know
Farewell, my sweet darling, your blond sailor must go
Farewell, your blond sailor must leave for a while, dear
Farewell, send me off with a kiss and a smile, dear
All my love and devotion I will leave in your care
As deep as the ocean, and as true as a pray'r
When my journey is over, you'll be waiting I know
Farewell, my sweet darling, your blond sailor must go
The Andrews Sisters' song "The Blonde Sailor" is a touching ballad about parting ways between a girl and a sailor. The lyrics detail the sorrowful mood of the two lovers who are about to separate due to the sailor's duties. The singer describes the girl's attempt to remain strong as the sailor departs, brushing away her tears and offering him a sweet smile. The sailor wishes he could stay, but his obligation to duty calls, and he must leave.
The chorus repeats the phrase, "Farewell, your blond sailor must leave for a while, dear. Farewell, send me off with a kiss and a smile, dear." The sailor declares his love and devotion for the girl, promising to leave it all in her care. He describes his love as deep as the ocean and as true as a prayer. The ballad concludes with the sailor expressing his belief that the girl will be waiting for him when his journey is over, and he bids a touching farewell to his sweet darling.
Line by Line Meaning
A girl and a sailor were parting one day
A woman and a sailor had to say goodbye to each other
She smiled through her tear drops and brushed them away
She tried to stay strong despite her sadness and wiped away her tears
"I wish I could stay here," he sighed soft and low
The sailor wished he didn't have to leave and expressed it with a soft sigh
"But duty is calling and now I must go"
But he knew he had to go because his responsibility required it
Farewell, your blond sailor must leave for a while, dear
Goodbye, my love, I have to depart for some time
Farewell, send me off with a kiss and a smile, dear
Bid me farewell with a happy kiss and a smile
All my love and devotion I will leave in your care
I entrust all my love and commitment to you
As deep as the ocean, and as true as a pray'r
The love is strong and sincere, comparable to the depth of the ocean and the honesty of a prayer
When my journey is over, you'll be waiting I know
I am certain that you will be waiting for me when I return from my travels
Farewell, my sweet darling, your blond sailor must go
Goodbye, my dear, I have to leave as a sailor
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: BENNY BELL, JACOB PFEIL, JOE LEIB, MITCHELL PARISH
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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