THE ANDREW SISTERS
LaVerne, Maxene and Patricia Andews were born in Minnisota.
Their active years were 1925-1967.
The Andrews Sisters became the best-selling female vocal group in the history of popular music, setting records that remain unsurpassed to this day:
~between 75-100 million records sold from a little over 600 recorded tunes
~113 charted Billboard hits, 46 reaching Top 10 status (more than Elvis Presley or the Beatles)
~17 Hollywood films (more than any other singing group in motion picture history)
~record-breaking theater and cabaret runs all across America and Europe;
~countless appearances on radio shows from 1935 to 1960 (including their own)
~guest spots on every major television show of the 1950s and 1960s, including those hosted by Ed Sullivan, Milton Berle, Perry Como, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr., Johnny Carson, Joey Bishop, Art Linkletter, and Jimmy Dean.
They recorded 47 songs with crooner Bing Crosby, 23 of which charted on Billboard, thus making the team one of the most successful pairings of acts in a recording studio in show business history
During World War II, they entertained the Allied forces extensively in America, Africa and Italy, visiting Army, Navy, Marine and Coast Guard bases, war zones, hospitals, and munitions factories. They encouraged U.S. citizens to purchase war bonds with their rendition of Irving Berlin's song Any Bonds Today?. They also helped actors Bette Davis and John Garfield found California's famous Hollywood Canteen, a welcome retreat for servicemen where the trio often performed, volunteering their personal time to sing for and dance with soldiers, sailors and Marines.
