Editing The Andrews Sisters (section)

== Stage and radio shows ==
The Andrews Sisters were the most sought-after singers in theater shows worldwide during the 1940s and early 1950s, always topping previous house averages.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CgwEAAAAMBAJ&q=the+andrews+sisters+topping+house+averages&pg=PT17|title=Billboard|date=September 12, 1942|access-date=May 2, 2018|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GwwEAAAAMBAJ&q=the+andrews+sisters+topping+house+averages&pg=PT57|title=Billboard|date=January 17, 1942|access-date=May 2, 2018|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xAwEAAAAMBAJ&q=the+andrews+sisters+topping+house+averages&pg=PT18|title=Billboard|date=July 17, 1943|access-date=May 2, 2018|via=Google Books}}</ref> The trio headlined at the [[London Palladium]] in 1948<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9mE2-RxDyZsC&q=the+andrews+sisters+london+palladium&pg=PA472|title=The Andrews Sisters: A Biography and Career Record|first=H. Arlo|last=Nimmo|date=January 22, 2004|publisher=McFarland|access-date=May 2, 2018|via=Google Books|isbn=9780786432608}}</ref> and 1951.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9mE2-RxDyZsC&q=the+andrews+sisters+london+palladium+1951&pg=PA473|title=The Andrews Sisters: A Biography and Career Record|first=H. Arlo|last=Nimmo|date=January 22, 2004|publisher=McFarland|access-date=May 2, 2018|via=Google Books|isbn=9780786432608}}</ref> They hosted their own radio shows for [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] and [[Columbia Broadcasting System|CBS]] from 1944 to 1951,<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9mE2-RxDyZsC&q=the+andrews+sisters+radio+show&pg=PA441|title=The Andrews Sisters: A Biography and Career Record|first=H. Arlo|last=Nimmo|date=January 22, 2004|publisher=McFarland|access-date=May 2, 2018|via=Google Books|isbn=9780786432608}}</ref> singing specially written commercial jingles for such products as [[Wrigley's]] [[chewing gum]],<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HqkeBgAAQBAJ&q=the+andrews+sisters+wrigley's+chewing+gum&pg=PA32|title=Swing It!: The Andrews Sisters Story|first=John|last=Sforza|date=January 13, 2015|publisher=University Press of Kentucky|access-date=May 2, 2018|via=Google Books|isbn=9780813148977}}</ref> [[Dole Food Company|Dole]] pineapples,<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HqkeBgAAQBAJ&q=the+andrews+sisters+dole+pineapples&pg=PA37|title=Swing It!: The Andrews Sisters Story|first=John|last=Sforza|date=January 13, 2015|publisher=University Press of Kentucky|access-date=May 2, 2018|via=Google Books|isbn=9780813148977}}</ref> [[Nash Motors|Nash]] motor cars, [[Kelvinator]] home appliances,<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RwVkMMLqMdkC&q=the+andrews+sisters+kelvinator+home+appliances&pg=PA263|title=Sold on Radio: Advertisers in the Golden Age of Broadcasting|first=Jim|last=Cox|date=January 25, 2013|publisher=McFarland|access-date=May 2, 2018|via=Google Books|isbn=9780786451760}}</ref> [[Campbell's]] soups, and [[Franco-American (Campbell's)|Franco-American]] food products.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HqkeBgAAQBAJ&q=the+andrews+sisters+singing+commercial+jingles&pg=PA261|title=Swing It!: The Andrews Sisters Story|first=John|last=Sforza|date=January 13, 2015|publisher=University Press of Kentucky|access-date=May 2, 2018|via=Google Books|isbn=9780813148977}}</ref> The western-themed "The Andrews Sisters' Show" (subtitled "Eight-to-the-Bar Ranch"), co-hosted by Gabby Hayes, began in 1944 and featured a special guest every week.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9mE2-RxDyZsC&q=the+andrews+sisters+show+eight+to+the+bar+ranch&pg=PA203|title=The Andrews Sisters: A Biography and Career Record|first=H. Arlo|last=Nimmo|date=January 22, 2004|publisher=McFarland|access-date=May 2, 2018|via=Google Books|isbn=9780786432608}}</ref>