02977nam 2200589 450 991081748840332120200520144314.00-8131-8427-40-8131-9099-10-8131-4897-9(CKB)3710000000333963(EBL)1915095(SSID)ssj0001454196(PQKBManifestationID)11934745(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001454196(PQKBWorkID)11493866(PQKB)10680108(OCoLC)900344466(MdBmJHUP)muse43874(Au-PeEL)EBL1915095(CaPaEBR)ebr11011667(CaONFJC)MIL690852(MiAaPQ)EBC1915095(EXLCZ)99371000000033396320150227h20042000 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSwing it! the Andrews Sisters story /John SforzaLexington, Kentucky :The University Press of Kentucky,2004.©20001 online resource (334 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-322-59570-4 0-8131-2136-1 Includes bibliographical references, filmography, discography and indexes.Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 We'll Hit the Big Time; 2 ""That's Us! That's Us!""; 3 They Made the Company Jump; 4 Three of a Kind; 5 Voices of an Era; 6 We've Got a Job to Do; 7 Riding High; 8 Success Abroad; 9 A Love Song Is Born; 10 Disharmony; 11 The Last Mile Home; 12 The Love We Used to Know; Appendix A: Top-Thirty Hits (Compiled from Billboard); Appendix B: Top-Ten Hits (Compiled from Variety); Appendix C: Most Played Jukebox Records of World War II; Appendix D: Gold Records; Appendix E: On the Air; Appendix F: The Small Screen; Notes; FilmographyDiscographyBibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; Song IndexIn the years before and after World War II, there were no bigger voices than those of the Andrews Sisters. Maxene, LaVerne, and Patty charted more top ten Billboard hits than Elvis or the Beatles and went on to become the top-selling female vocal group of all time, selling approximately 100 million records. They recorded such instant hits as ""Beer Barrel Polka,"" ""Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy,"" ""Don't Fence Me In,"" and ""I Can Dream, Can't I?"" They dominated the music scene for fifteen years with some 600 recordings, appearances in seventeen films, cabaret performances, and countless radio anSingersUnited StatesBiographySingers782.42164/092/2Sforza John1965-1724878MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910817488403321Swing it4127297UNINA