Editing The Andrews Sisters (section)

===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>