Editing The Andrews Sisters (section)

== Career ==
===History===
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They started their career as imitators of an earlier successful singing group, the [[Boswell Sisters]], who had been popular until their breakup in 1936.<ref name="Berkvist 2013">{{cite news|last=Berkvist|first=Robert|date=January 30, 2013|title=Patty Andrews, Singer With Her Sisters, Is Dead at 94|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/31/arts/music/patty-andrews-singer-with-the-andrews-sisters-dies-at-94.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|page=A21|edition=National|location=New York|access-date=March 14, 2020}}</ref> After singing with various dance bands and touring in [[vaudeville]] with [[Leon Belasco]] (and his orchestra)<ref>{{Cite journal|title = Book Reviews: Popular, Rock & Country Music – "The Andrews Sisters: A Biography and Career Record," by H. Arlo Nimmo|last = Shambarger|first = Peter|date =Fall 2004|journal = ARSC Journal}}</ref> and comic bandleader Larry Rich, they first came to national attention with their recordings and radio broadcasts in 1937, most notably via their major Decca record hit, "[[Bei Mir Bistu Shein|Bei Mir Bist Du Schön]]" (translation: "To Me, You Are Beautiful"),<ref name="s">{{cite web|url=http://www.dvrbs.com/swing/SholomSecunda-BeiMirBistDuSchoen.htm|title=Sholom Secunda – The Story of Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen|website=www.dvrbs.com|access-date=May 2, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171020035939/http://www.dvrbs.com/swing/SholomSecunda-BeiMirBistDuSchoen.htm|archive-date=October 20, 2017}}</ref> originally a [[Yiddish]] tune, the lyrics of which [[Sammy Cahn]] had translated to English and "which the girls harmonized to perfection."<ref>{{cite book|last=Nimmo|first=H. Arlo|title=The Andrews Sisters: A Biography and Career Record|page=328|year=2004|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786432608|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9mE2-RxDyZsC&pg=PA328|access-date=December 12, 2013}}</ref> They followed this success with a string of best-selling records over the next two years and, by the 1940s, had become a household name.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pattyandrews-idUSBRE90T1HW20130130|title=Last of 1940s hitmakers Andrews Sisters dies in California|first=Jill|last=Serjeant|work=Reuters|date=January 30, 2013|access-date=February 3, 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130202045658/http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/30/us-pattyandrews-idUSBRE90T1HW20130130|archive-date=February 2, 2013}}</ref>

Instrumental to the sisters' success over the years were their parents, Olga and Peter, their orchestra leader and musical arranger, [[Vic Schoen]] (1916–2000), and [[Kapp Records|Jack and David Kapp]], who founded Decca Records.

==== World War II ====
[[File:Apple Tree Andrews Sisters.jpg|thumbnail|The Andrews Sisters singing 'Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree (With Anyone Else But Me)' in the 1942 film ''[[Private Buckaroo]]'']]
In the years just before and during [[World War II]], the Andrews Sisters were at the height of their popularity, and the group still tends to be associated in the public's mind with the war years. They had numerous hit records during these years, both on their own and in collaboration with fellow [[Decca Records]] artist [[Bing Crosby]]. Some of these hits had service or military related themes, including "[[Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy]]", "Three Little Sisters", "[[Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree (with Anyone Else but Me)]]", "[[Hot time in the town of Berlin: when the Yanks go marching in|A Hot Time In the Town of Berlin]]" and "[[Rum and Coca-Cola]]". The sisters performed their hits in service comedy films, such as ''[[Buck Privates]]''<ref>{{Cite web |title="The Andrews Sisters: Queen of the Jukebox" [online exhibit] |url=https://thesongbook.org/about/news-media/the-songbook-blog-items/the-andrews-sisters-queens-of-the-jukebox/ |website=[[Great American Songbook Foundation]]}}</ref> and ''[[Private Buckaroo]]''.
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During the war, they entertained the [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] forces extensively in Africa and Italy, as well as in the U.S., visiting [[United States Army|Army]], [[United States Navy|Navy]], [[United States Marines|Marine]], and [[United States Coast Guard|Coast Guard]] bases, war zones, hospitals, and munitions factories.<ref>Andrews, Maxene and Bill Gilbert. ''Over Here, Over There: The Andrews Sisters and the USO Stars in World War II''. New York: Kensington Publishing Corp, 1993.</ref> They encouraged U.S. citizens to purchase [[War bonds#Second World War|war bonds]] with their rendition of [[Irving Berlin]]'s song "[[Any Bonds Today?]]". They also helped actress [[Bette Davis]] and actor [[John Garfield]] found [[California]]'s famous [[Hollywood Canteen]], a welcome retreat for [[Soldier|servicemen]] where the trio often performed, volunteering their personal time to sing and dance for the soldiers, sailors, and Marines (they did the same at [[New York City]]'s [[Stage Door Canteen]] during the war).

While touring, they often treated three random servicemen to dinner when they were dining out. They recorded a series of Victory Discs ([[V-Discs]]) for distribution to [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] fighting forces only, again volunteering their time for studio sessions for the Music Branch, Special Service Division, of the Army Service Forces, and they were dubbed the "Sweethearts of the [[Armed Forces Radio Service]]" for their many appearances on shows such as "Command Performance", "[[Mail Call (radio program)|Mail Call]]", and "[[G.I. (military)|G.I.]] Journal."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-01-30/local/36647222_1_boswell-sisters-sister-act-andrews-sisters|title=Patty Andrews, the last surviving member of the Andrews Sisters, dies at 94|first=Adam|last=Bernstein|newspaper=Washington Post|date=January 30, 2013|access-date=February 3, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130203105229/http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-01-30/local/36647222_1_boswell-sisters-sister-act-andrews-sisters|archive-date=February 3, 2013}}</ref>
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The sisters' 1945 hit "[[Rum and Coca-Cola]]" became one of their most popular and best-known recordings, but also inspired some controversy. Some radio stations were reluctant to play the record because it mentioned a commercial product by name, and because the lyrics were subtly suggestive of local women prostituting themselves to U.S. servicemen serving at the naval base on [[Trinidad]]. The song was based on a Trinidadian [[calypso music|calypso]], and a dispute over its provenance led to a well-publicized court case.<ref name="cip.law.ucla.edu">{{Cite web |url=http://cip.law.ucla.edu/cases/case_baronfeist.html |title=Columbia Law School & UCLA LAW Copyright Infringement Project |access-date=October 19, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100704224037/http://cip.law.ucla.edu/cases/case_baronfeist.html |archive-date=July 4, 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref>  The sisters later told biographers that they were asked to record the tune on short notice and were unaware either of the copyright issue or of the implications of the lyrics.<ref name="Sforza2015">{{cite book|last=Sforza|first=John|title=Swing It!: The Andrews Sisters Story|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HqkeBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA76|year=2000|publisher=University Press of Kentucky|isbn=978-0-8131-4897-7|page=76}}</ref>

=== Interruption ===
[[Image:The Andrews Sisters 1952.JPG|thumb|right|The Andrews Sisters in April 1952, one year before their formal break-up. ''From top:'' LaVerne, Patty, Maxene.]]
An ad in the 1951 'Radio Annual' showed photos of the Andrews as children, as contemporary singers, and as old women in the then-future year of 1975, although the act would not make it that long.<ref>1951 Radio Annual, p.12 (Radio Daily Corp., New York, 1950)</ref> In the 1950s, Patty Andrews decided to break away from the act to be a soloist.<ref name="NPR">{{cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2013/01/31/133568889/patty-andrews-leader-of-the-andrews-sisters-dies|title=Patty Andrews, Leader Of The Andrews Sisters, Dies|last=Blaszyk|first=Amy|date=January 30, 2013|publisher=National Public Radio|access-date=February 17, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160216101543/http://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2013/01/31/133568889/patty-andrews-leader-of-the-andrews-sisters-dies|archive-date=February 16, 2016}}</ref> She had married the trio's pianist, Walter Weschler, who became the group's manager and demanded more money for Patty.<ref name=foxnews/> When Maxene and LaVerne learned of Patty's decision from newspaper [[gossip column]]s rather than from their own sister, it caused a bitter two-year separation, especially when Patty sued LaVerne for a larger share of their parents' estate.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.historytheatre.com/files/play-guide_christmas-of-swing_2012.pdf|title=Christmas of Swing|first1=Bob|last1=Beverage|first2=Ron|last2=Peluso|work=HistoryTheater.com|page=4|access-date=February 3, 2013}}{{dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=SheriffIsInTown |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Patty attributed the breakup to the deaths of their parents: "We had been together nearly all our lives," Patty explained in 1971. "Then in one year our dream world ended. Our mother died (in 1948) and then our father (in 1949). All three of us were upset, and we were at each other's throats all the time."<ref name=foxnews/> In 1951, they recorded "[[The Windmill Song]]" which is an adaptation of the French song "Maître Pierre" written in 1948 by [[Henri Betti]] (music) and Jacques Plante<!--- not the ice hockey player ---> (lyrics).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://secondhandsongs.com/work/231770
|title=Secondhand Songs "The Windmill Song"|website=Secondhandsongs.com|access-date=February 25, 2022}}</ref> The English lyrics were written by [[Mitchell Parish]].<ref>{{Google books|oFghAQAAIAAJ|Library of Congress Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series|page=PA573}}</ref> The Andrews Sisters formally broke up in 1953.<ref name="NPR"/>

Maxene and LaVerne tried to continue the act as a duo and met with good press during a 10-day tour of [[Australia]], but a reported [[suicide attempt]] by Maxene in December 1954<ref>[https://www.proquest.com/docview/166728962 Los Angeles Times article] ([[Portable Document Format|PDF]]) December 22, 1954.</ref> put a halt to any further tours (Maxene spent a short time in the hospital after swallowing 18 sleeping pills, an occurrence that LaVerne told reporters was an accident). Maxene and LaVerne did appear together on ''[[The Red Skelton Show]]'' on October 26, 1954, singing the humorous "Why Do They Give the Solos to Patty" as well as lip-synching "Beer Barrel Polka" with Skelton in drag filling in for Patty. This however did not sit well with Patty, and a cease-and-desist order was sent to Skelton. The sisters' private relationship was often troubled, and Patty blamed it on Maxene: "Ever since I was born, Maxene has been a problem, and that problem hasn't stopped," she said.<ref name="Eonline">{{cite web|url=http://www.eonline.com/news/383541/patty-andrews-dies-singer-was-last-surviving-member-of-the-andrews-sisters|title=Patty Andrews Dies, Singer Was Last Surviving Member of the Andrews Sisters|first=Natalie|last=Finn|work=E Online.com|date=January 30, 2013|access-date=February 3, 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130203070622/http://www.eonline.com/news/383541/patty-andrews-dies-singer-was-last-surviving-member-of-the-andrews-sisters|archive-date=February 3, 2013}}</ref>

The trio reunited in 1956 and signed a new recording deal with [[Capitol Records]], for whom Patty was already a featured soloist. By this point, however, rock-and-roll and [[doo-wop]] were dominating the charts, and older artists were left by the wayside. The sisters recorded a dozen singles through 1959, some of which attempted to keep up with the times by incorporating rock sounds. None of these achieved any major success. In addition, they produced three [[hi-fi]] albums, including a vibrant [[LP album|LP]] of songs from the dancing 1920s with [[Billy May]]'s orchestra. In 1962, they signed with [[Dot Records]] and recorded a series of [[stereo]] albums until 1967, both re-recordings of earlier hits which incorporated up-to-date production techniques as well as new material, including "[[I Left My Heart in San Francisco]]", "[[Still (Bill Anderson song)|Still]]", "[[The End of the World (Skeeter Davis song)|The End of the World]]", "[[Puff the Magic Dragon]]", "[[Sailor (song)|Sailor]]", "[[Satin Doll]]", "[[Mr. Bass Man]]", the theme from ''[[Come September]]'', and the theme from ''[[A Man and a Woman]]''. They toured extensively during the 1960s, favoring top nightclubs in [[Las Vegas]], [[California]], and [[London|London, England]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9mE2-RxDyZsC&q=the+andrews+sisters+in+london&pg=PA328|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>

Eldest sister LaVerne died in 1967 at the age of 55 after a year-long bout with [[cancer]],<ref name="05091967 Los Angeles Times">[https://www.proquest.com/docview/155624739 Los Angeles Times article] ([[Portable Document Format|PDF]]) May 9, 1967.{{subscription required}}</ref> during which she was replaced by singer Joyce DeYoung (May 24, 1926 – March 7, 2014). DeYoung fulfilled concert appearances, including an appearance on ''[[The Dean Martin Show]]'' on November 30, 1967, but she did not record with Patty and Maxene. LaVerne had founded the original group and often acted as the peacemaker among the three during the sisters' lives, more often siding with her parents, to whom the girls were extremely devoted, than with either of her sisters. Their last appearance together as a trio was on ''[[The Dean Martin Show]]'' on September 29, 1966.

After LaVerne died, Maxene and Patty continued to perform periodically until 1968, when Maxene became the Dean of Women at Tahoe Paradise College,<ref name="10081968 St Petersburg Times">{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cqJQAAAAIBAJ&pg=5642,6029172&dq=andrews+sisters&hl=en|title=St. Petersburg Times – Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com|access-date=May 2, 2018}}</ref> teaching acting, drama, and speech, and working with troubled teens; and Patty was once again eager to be a [[Solo (music)|soloist]].<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hR0MAAAAIBAJ&sjid=u1wDAAAAIBAJ&dq=andrews%20sisters&pg=5682%2C6029193 St. Petersburg Times] August 10, 1968.</ref>

In 1969, Patty appeared in [[Lucille Ball]]'s third series ''[[Here's Lucy]]'', in the sixth episode of the second season, titled "Lucy and the Andrews Sisters". The episode has Patty enlisting the help of Lucy, her daughter Kim (played by [[Lucie Arnaz]]), and her son Craig ([[Desi Arnaz Jr.]]) to perform a medley of Andrews Sisters hits for the Andrews Sisters Fan Club reunion. Lucy played LaVerne, Kim (Lucie Arnaz) played Maxene, and Craig (Desi Arnaz Jr.) played [[Bing Crosby]]. She also had a cameo as herself along with many other stars in the 1970 film ''[[The Phynx]]''.

==== Comeback ====
Patty and Maxene's careers experienced a resurgence when [[Bette Midler]] covered "[[Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy]]" in 1973. The next year, the pair debuted on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] in the [[Sherman Brothers]]' nostalgic [[World War II]] [[musical theatre|musical]]: ''[[Over Here!]]'', which premiered at the [[Shubert Theatre (Broadway)|Shubert Theatre]] to rave reviews. This was a follow-up to Patty's success in ''[[Victory Canteen]]'', a 1971 California revue. ''Over Here!'' starred Maxene and Patty (with [[Janie Sell]] filling in for LaVerne and winning a [[Tony Award]] for her performance) and was written with both sisters in mind for the leads. It launched the careers of many now notable theater, film, and television stars, including [[John Travolta]], [[Marilu Henner]], [[Treat Williams]], and [[Ann Reinking]]. It was the last major tour for the sisters and was cut short owing to a conflict with the show's producers over pay for the sisters, resulting in the cancellation of an extensively scheduled road tour.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cD9SAAAAIBAJ&pg=4875,1202172&dq=andrews+sisters&hl=en|title=Andrews Sisters in pay dispute|work=St. Petersburg Times|date=December 27, 1974|page=6–D}}</ref> ''Over'' ''Here!'' lasted only a year, and its end marked the last time the sisters would ever sing together.<ref>{{Cite news|title = Maxene Andrews, 79, of the Andrews Sisters|url = https://www.nytimes.com/1995/10/23/obituaries/maxene-andrews-79-of-the-andrews-sisters.html|newspaper = The New York Times|date = October 23, 1995|access-date = February 14, 2016|issn = 0362-4331|first = John S.|last = Wilson|url-status=live|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160205071549/http://www.nytimes.com/1995/10/23/obituaries/maxene-andrews-79-of-the-andrews-sisters.html|archive-date = February 5, 2016}}</ref>

Patty continually distanced herself from Maxene, until her death, and would not explain her motives regarding the separation. Maxene appealed to Patty for a reunion, personally if not professionally, both in public and in private, but to no avail. Maxene suffered a serious [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]] while performing in [[Illinois]] in 1982 and underwent [[quadruple bypass surgery]], from which she successfully recovered. Patty visited her sister while she was hospitalized. Now sometimes appearing as "Patti" (but still signing autographs as "Patty"), she re-emerged in the late 1970s as a regular panelist on ''[[The Gong Show]]''. Maxene had a successful comeback as a cabaret soloist in 1979 and toured worldwide for the next 15 years, recording a solo album in 1985 entitled "Maxene: An Andrews Sister" for Bainbridge Records. Patty started her own solo act in 1980 but did not receive the critical acclaim her sister had for her performances, even though Patty was considered to be the "star" of the group for years. The critics' major complaint was that Patty's show concentrated too much on Andrews Sisters material, which did not allow Patty's own talents as an expressive and bluesy vocalist to shine through.<ref name="Sforza">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HqkeBgAAQBAJ&q=laverne+andrews+cremated&pg=PA154|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 two sisters did reunite, albeit briefly, on October 1, 1987, when they received a star on Hollywood's [[Hollywood Walk of Fame|Walk of Fame]], even singing a few bars of "[[Beer Barrel Polka]]" for the ''[[Entertainment Tonight]]'' cameras. The [[1987 Whittier Narrows earthquake]] had shaken the area that morning and the ceremony was nearly cancelled, which caused Patty to joke, "Some people said that earthquake this morning was LaVerne because she couldn't be here, but really it was just Maxene and me on the telephone." Besides this, and a few brief private encounters, they remained somewhat estranged for their remaining years, with Maxene dying in 1995.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cgtrCF00D8AC&q=patty+and+maxene+andrews+estranged&pg=PA321|title=Blind Journey: A Journalist's Memoirs|first=Jack|last=Hawn|date=October 1, 2010|publisher=Strategic Book Publishing|access-date=May 2, 2018|via=Google Books|isbn=9781609760113}}</ref>

Shortly after her [[Off-Broadway]] debut in [[New York City]] in a show called ''Swingtime Canteen'', Maxene suffered another heart attack and died at [[Cape Cod Hospital]] on October 21, 1995, making Patty the last surviving Andrews Sister. Not long before she died, Maxene told music historian William Ruhlmann:<blockquote>I have nothing to regret. We got on the carousel and we each got the ring and I was satisfied with that. There's nothing I would do to change things if I could...Yes, I would. I wish I had the ability and the power to bridge the gap between my relationship with my sister, Patty.<ref name="Swing It"/></blockquote>Upon hearing the news of her sister's death, Patty became distraught. Several days later, Patty's husband, Wally, fell down a flight of stairs and broke both of his wrists. As a result, Patty did not attend either the California or New York memorial services for Maxene.<ref name="NYT-MaxeneObit">{{cite news |last=Mydans |first=Sheryl |title=Maxene Andrews, 79, of the Singing Sisters, Dies |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240408001517/https://www.nytimes.com/1995/10/23/obituaries/maxene-andrews-79-of-the-singing-sisters-dies.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=October 23, 1995 |access-date=April 8, 2025}}</ref> [[Bob Hope]] said of Maxene's death, "She was more than part of The Andrews Sisters, much more than a singer. She was a warm and wonderful lady who shared her talent and wisdom with others."<ref name="Swing It">{{cite book |last=Sforza |first=John |title=Swing It!: The Andrews Sisters Story |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IPoMEFUgOwUC&pg=PA171 |year=2004 |publisher=University Press of Kentucky |location=United States of America |isbn=9780813190990 |pages=171, 289}}</ref>

=== As musical innovators ===
They found instant appeal with teenagers and young adults who were engrossed in the [[Swing music|swing]] and [[jazz]] idioms, especially when they performed with nearly all of the major [[big band]]s, including those led by [[Glenn Miller]], [[Benny Goodman]], [[Buddy Rich]], [[Tommy Dorsey]], [[Jimmy Dorsey]], [[Gene Krupa]], [[Joe Venuti]], [[Freddie Slack]], [[Eddie Heywood]], [[Bob Crosby]] (Bing's brother), [[Desi Arnaz]], [[Guy Lombardo]], [[Les Brown (bandleader)|Les Brown]], [[Bunny Berigan]], [[Xavier Cugat]], [[Paul Whiteman]], [[Ted Lewis (musician)|Ted Lewis]], [[Nelson Riddle]], and [[Gordon Jenkins]].{{citation needed|date = February 2013}}

=== Many styles ===
While the sisters specialized in [[traditional pop]],<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xR7MdpuSlAEC&q=Andrews+Sisters+traditional+pop&pg=PT979|title=All Music Guide: The Definitive Guide to Popular Music|first1=Vladimir|last1=Bogdanov|first2=Chris|last2=Woodstra|first3=Stephen Thomas|last3=Erlewine|date=November 9, 2001|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|via=Google Books|isbn=9780879306274}}</ref> [[Swing music|swing]], [[boogie-woogie]], and novelty hits with their trademark lightning-quick vocal syncopations, they also produced major hits in [[jazz]], [[ballads]], [[Traditional folk music|folk]], [[country music|country]], seasonal, and [[religious music|religious]] titles, being the first Decca artists to record an album of [[gospel music|gospel]] standards in 1950.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8X5VVWbN_E|title=Bing Crosby, Nat King Cole, The Andrews Sisters – May the Good Lord Bless and Keep You – Gospel|last=gospel|date=March 24, 2012|access-date=May 2, 2018|via=YouTube|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314003357/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8X5VVWbN_E|archive-date=March 14, 2016}}</ref> Their versatility allowed them to pair with many different artists in the recording studios, producing [[Top 40|Top 10]] hits with the likes of [[Bing Crosby]]<ref name=pc1b>{{Pop Chronicles 40s|1|B}}</ref> (the only recording artist of the 1940s to sell more records than The Andrews Sisters), [[Danny Kaye]], [[Dick Haymes]], [[Carmen Miranda]], [[Al Jolson]], [[Ray McKinley]], [[Burl Ives]], [[Ernest Tubb]], [[Red Foley]], [[Dan Dailey]], [[Alfred Apaka]], and [[Les Paul]].<ref name=recordings>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YJxeFWmNc_EC&q=the+andrews+sisters+ballads+folk+jazz+country+western&pg=PA2|title=The Andrews Sisters: A Biography and Career Record|first=Harry|last=Nimmo|date=May 2, 2018|publisher=McFarland|access-date=May 2, 2018|via=Google Books|isbn=9780786417315}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9mE2-RxDyZsC&q=alfred+apaka+the+andrews+sisters&pg=PA428|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> In personal appearances, on radio and on television, they sang with everyone from [[Rudy Vallee]], [[Judy Garland]], and [[Nat "King" Cole]], to [[Jimmie Rodgers (pop singer)|Jimmie Rodgers]], [[Andy Williams]], and [[The Supremes]].<ref name=recordings/><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HqkeBgAAQBAJ&q=the+andrews+sisters+jimmie+rodgers+andy+williams&pg=PA149|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> Some of the trio's late-1930s recordings have noticeable [[Boswell Sisters]] vocal influences.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YJxeFWmNc_EC&q=the+andrews+sisters+boswell+sisters+influence&pg=PA85|title=The Andrews Sisters: A Biography and Career Record|first=Harry|last=Nimmo|date=May 2, 2018|publisher=McFarland|access-date=May 2, 2018|via=Google Books|isbn=9780786417315}}</ref>