Talk:The Andrews Sisters

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Page move

I moved this from Andrews Sisters to The Andrews Sisters, citing the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Beach Boys, etc. See the Manual of Style's page on the matter: Wikipedia:Naming conventions (definite and indefinite articles at beginning of name). - Vague | Rant 10:10, Feb 13, 2005 (UTC)

Names

Is she written Maxine or Maxene? --Ohno 2005-07-09 10:03:53 (UTC)

Date of birth of LaVerne

On Find-A-Grave's tumbstone you see her birth date as 1916, and WP gives it as 1911, why? Lincher 19:45, 24 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Because, when LaVerne was going into the hospital just before she was diagnosed with cancer, Maxene overheard her stating her birth year as 1916. Maxene laughed to herself and said "Well, I knew that someday LaVerne and I would end up being the same age!" When LaVerne subsequently passed away, it was decided to honor LaVerne's version of her age. If you will notice, now that Maxene's name has joined LaVerne's on the plaque at Forest Lawn, it appears that both girls were born in 1916. Most of their career, it was said that the girls were each 2 years apart in age, and those were the days when "everyone" subtracted years from their ages. The truth is that LaVerne was born in 1911, a baby named Anglyn was born in 1913(?), but died before Maxene (then spelled Maxine) came along in 1916.

lwellsnyc —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lwellsnyc (talk • contribs) 03:25, 25 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

60 or 90 million

The Andrews Sisters official web site says they sold 90 million records while the Wiki says 60. I won't change it but I think we could improve the accuracy of the article with a cite or two for the sales. Here are some figures from the site which, if a credible print source can be found, could be added to a trivia section.

· Earned nine gold records · Recorded over 700 songs · First US all-female group to have a record go platinum · Sold over 90 million records · One of the first vocal groups inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame · Over 100 songs on top 30 Billboard charts · 46 songs reach the top 10 on the Billboard charts

http://www.cmgworldwide.com/music/andrews/about/achievements.htm

Similarly should the List_of_best-selling_girl_groups page be revised? Wayne Stewart (talk) 02:31, 28 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Filmography

Why are this group listed under the filmography of The Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe (and Memoirs of a Geisha)? Did they contribute a song to the film or did the only surviving member appear in the films? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rogerthat (talk • contribs) 05:50, 13 February 2007

In the case of Memoirs of a Geisha the soundtrack include the Andrews Sisters' recording of "Bei Mir Bist Du Schon (Means That You're Grand)" —Preceding unsigned comment added by JohnRogers (talk • contribs) 08:38, 13 February 2007

Book advertising?

I removed the following two paragraphs as they seem more advertising than content:

Some interest in the trio was renewed in 2000 with the publication of John Sforza's "Swing It! The Andrews Sisters Story" (University Press of Kentucky; Cloth, 1999; Paperback, 2004), the first biography of the immensely popular and iconic trio, including a detailed discography, filmography, and listing of their radio and television appearances between 1938-1967. Said People magazine, "The book is best read as a colorful and flattering portrait of a vital part of American popular culture in the World War II era. Engaging look at the ultimate sister act." The book is available in paperback form by order at bookstores, at Barnesandnoble.com & at Amazon.com.

The most complete biography of the trio is "The Andrews Sisters" (McFarland & Co., Inc.) by H. Arlo Nimmo; Cloth 2004; Paperback 2007 (scheduled). "Based on extensive research, unpublished letters, and interviews with family, friends, and colleagues, this book documents not only the lives and work of the Andrews Sisters but also the popular culture spanned by their long careers. The book contains a complete discography of their released, unreleased, and solo recordings, including recording dates, record numbers, and accompaniment. Also included are a filmography and documentation of their radio and television appearances." (from book cover)

I someone sees a reason to have them in the article, put a brief pointer in a "References" section. --162.84.220.16 03:15, 27 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Citations & References

See Wikipedia:Footnotes for an explanation of how to generate footnotes using the <ref(erences/)> tags Nhl4hamilton (talk) 10:39, 31 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Missing #1 hit? (mistery solved)

Question: After the recent passing of song-writer Artur Beul, Swiss media widely report that one of his songs stayed at the top of the US American charts for over six months in its English version sung by the Andrew Sisters: "When a Swiss Boy goes calling to a Swiss Miss in June" (original title in Swiss German dialect: "Nach em Räge schint d'Sunne"). This must have been somewhen in the second half of the 1940ies (the song became a hit in Switzerland during 1945). Interesting point: The English version was performed by the Andrew Sisters "for free", because Switzerland had no applicable copyright laws back then. Solution of the mistery: According to the web-site http://www.webfitz.com/lyrics, the song was released under the title "Toolie Oolie Doolie" and "The Yodel Polka", performed by the Andrew Sisters (together with Vic Schoen & His Orchestra). According to the same page, the song's lyrics were co-written by Arthur (note the incorrect "h") Beul and Vaughn Horton, the latter probably signing for the English translation. It peaked at #3 in 1948. Album unknown.

—Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.21.71.152 (talk) 15:37, 11 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Category:The Andrews Sisters songs

Hi. I have created a category to keep track of the songs made famous by this musical group. Some help populating the category would be helpful. Thanks, Brian the Editor (talk) 02:10, 16 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Early life: Father's name and surname

revision summary:" →Early life: Added "(proper probable Greek form of name Petros Andreou)" cause "Peter Andreas" is already an anglicization;Greek for Peter is Petros and genitive of Andreas (->Andreou) is used when surnames are concerned"

So as one can see I've added this after their father's name:"(proper probable Greek form of name Petros Andreou)".
This btw would also have been their surname in Greek: Andreou.
Feel free to change the text back to how it had been before , cause what I've added is only an educated guess in the absence of more correct records,
but be warned: as I've mentioned already Peter Andreas is already an anglicization(this is not a guess)
so the info-text would be or return to being even less factually correct... ;-)
P.S.Another possible way would be to have the text as it was before and mention somewhere the fact that Peter Andreas is already an anglicization or something like that...
Thanatos|talk 16:34, 5 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

This article doesn't say anything about who their parents were or what their ethnicity was. I heard they were Greek-American. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.119.151.233 (talk) 08:04, 22 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Mudkip?

Have reverted to previous version of page to remove the many instances where names have been replaced with Mudkip. 86.128.39.118 (talk) 10:53, 2 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Suggestion for improvement to box in top right of article

I have a suggestion for how to improve the box in the top right hand corner of this article, which refers to "past members" of the Andrews Sisters. Would it not help if - after naming each of the sisters - the box listed the dates for each of these people? For example, it has been mentioned extensively in news reports on Radio Four that, at about the time I type this (January 2013), the last surviving member of the Andrews Sisters, Patty Andrews ([presumably, the one called "Patricia Andrews" in the box) has just died, aged 94. Her dates could go in the box. ACEOREVIVED (talk) 16:06, 31 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Her dates - she was born on February 16 1918, she died on January 30 2013. ACEOREVIVED (talk) 16:11, 31 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

These were the dates of the other two Andrews Sisters: - LaVerne Andrews (born July 6, 1911; died May 8, 1967) Maxene Andrews (born January 3, 1916; died October 21, 1995).

ACEOREVIVED (talk) 16:18, 31 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Actually I'm not sure why it even lists "past members" as the trio were the ONLY members and listing the trio is redundant. I'm just going to delete this part of the info box. Ckruschke (talk) 16:36, 31 January 2013 (UTC)Ckruschke[reply]

Great - I think you have done a great job now and the article is looking better now it does put in the dates for each sister. I think that you have a good point about why it was rather stupid for the box to list "past members" - also, to refer to "past memmbers" would confuse people and may have led some to believe that there were still some current members, which - now Patty Andrews has died - is not the case. ACEOREVIVED (talk) 20:37, 31 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Need to Add classic Christmas Song with Bing Crosby, "Mele Kalikimaka" released in 1950 (see separate entry)

Need to Add classic Christmas Song with Bing Crosby, "Mele Kalikimaka" released in 1950 (see separate entry). It may not have charted, but it is one of their most famous. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.244.174.112 (talk) 14:57, 1 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Saying that this is "one of their most famous", would be highly debatable and a non-NPOV statement and definitely not something we can say in the article (in addition to the perception that "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town" and "Jingle Bells" are better known collaborations with Bing). However, if you want to put it in the list along with the long list of their other songs, feel free. Ckruschke (talk) 18:25, 1 February 2013 (UTC)Ckruschke[reply]

I am inclined to agree with the point that to say this was their most famous song would be highly debatable - personally, I would have thought that more well-known to many people was their version of "Don't Go Walking Under the Apple Tree with Any One Else But Me". ACEOREVIVED (talk) 13:41, 22 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Chattanooga choo choo?

Hi! I'm a sort of railways historian in Italy, writing an article about the famous train/song. strolling here I can't find any quote about this song, certainly sang by the trio. And a brief search doesn't show me also "Beguin the beguine" etc. Sure there is a reason for such a stange thing. Bye! --Silvio Gallio (talk) 10:30, 6 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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