The Andrews Sisters

I sing with a group called Victory Dolls and they are like 1920s covers.

They do a lot of the Andrew Sisters songs.

who have like notoriously difficult harmonies there were three sisters and it's challenging it's not your normal three-part harmony and they're jumping in and out with um verses and so you're on that verse so the harmony that you're on before you're going to switch down over and So there is so much switching.

We do a lot of postmodern jukebox type stuff as well.

And remember Little Wednesday from the TV show The Addams Family? That was Lisa Loring, who turns 51 years old today.

And Patty Andrews of the Andrews Sisters turns 89.

When I come back from this two-minute commercial break here on The Exxon, I'll be joined by Nancy Lieder.

We're going to be talking about aliens, contact, watching our evolution, and much more.

In 1995, Maxine Andrews passed away at the age of 79 from a heart attack while on a vacation.

She was famous as being part of the vocal sisters, the Andrews Sisters, a legendary swing era trio who helped to raise morale during World War II, sold nearly 100 million albums with hits like Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy.

Bandleader Edmundo Ross passed away in 2011 at the age of 100 in his sleep.

He was famous for bringing Latin American rhythms like the rumba and samba into mainstream British high society.

Statler Brothers, I feel like they could be...

Andrews Sisters.

Andrews Sisters.

Mills Brothers.

Oh, gosh.

When we come back, oh, this, for magazine readers, whoa, you're gonna be just so crushed.

And we'll also have, uh, oh, some stuff from the '40s from Frankie Carl and The Andrew Sisters, and more.

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Ah, Rumors Are Flying.

That is Frankie Carle, Marjorie Hughes on the vocal from 1946.

From 1947, [upbeat music] here's The Andrew Sisters and The Lady From 29 Palms.

She left 29 broken hearts.

He ran through 28 dialects, played a scene in which James Mason and Montgomery Clift were trapped by an Armenian rug merchant and were saved by the voice of Gabriel Heatter on the radio.

Then he played all four of the Marx Brothers arguing with the Andrews Sisters.

Then after the intermission, he told me a little bit about himself, regaling me with spine-tingling accounts of his Frank Merriwell-type achievements on the football field, in professional boxing, and hockey.

It was pretty thrilling stuff, but nonetheless, I was about to usher him out when he came up with a particularly good bit of dialogue.

You'll, you'll...

Anti-Mormon stuff and anything by the Andrews Sisters.

Yeah, the Andrews Sisters, for sure.

Yeah.

I mean, they're amazing.