Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Last Andrews Sister, Patty, dies at 94

Los Angeles (CNN) -- "Patty Andrews, the last surviving member of the Andrews Sisters, died at her Northridge, California, home Wednesday, her publicist Alan Eichler said.
She was 94.
The Andrews Sisters began singing on Minnesota radio stations in the 1920s, but after several years on the Vaudeville circuit they began a recording career that made them one of the most successful female groups ever.

One of their biggest hits was "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy," which became a World War II anthem. The Recording Industry of America Association and the National Endowment for the Arts placed it as the sixth on its "Songs of the Century" list in 2001..."



<a href='http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/30/showbiz/patty-andrews-obit/index.html'>Patty Andrews</a>, center, the last surviving member of the Andrews Sisters, died at her Northridge, California, home Wednesday, her publicist Alan Eichler said. She was 94. Patty is seen in this 1948 photograph with her sisters Maxene, left, and Laverne.THE DIVINE MISS "M"--BETTE MIDLER DOES A GREAT TRIBUTE TO THEM IN HER ALBUM OF THE SAME NAME:

Bette Midler

Bette Midler
Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy

The Divine Miss M
Atlantic 1972
(SHHH,  BUT I LIKE IT BETTER THAN THE ORIGINAL)

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