Swing It!: The Andrews Sisters Story

334 Pages·2004·37.39 MB·English

by  John Sforza

Swing It!
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THE
Andrews Sisters
STORY
John Sforza
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Publication of this volume was made possible in part by
a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Copyright © 2000 by The University Press of Kentucky
Paperback edition 2004
The University Press of Kentucky
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Kentucky Historical Society, Kentucky State University,
Morehead State University, Murray State University,
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To my parents,
Marie and Mickey,
for their love and support.
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"We were such a part of everybody's life
in the Second W orId War.
We represented something overseas
and at home-a sort of security."
-Patty Andrews
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Contents
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction 1
1 We'll Hit the Big Time 16
2 "That's Us! That's Us!" 23
3 They Made the Company Jump 50
4 Three of a Kind 65
5 Voices of an Era 71
6 We've Got aJob to Do 82
7 Riding High 94
8 Success Abroad 112
9 A Love Song Is Born 122
10 Disharmony 136
11 The Last Mile Home 146
12 The Love We Used to Know 156
Appendix A: Top-Thirty Hits (Compiled from Billboard) 175
Appendix B: Top-Ten Hits (Compiled from Variety) 181
Appendix C: Most Played Jukebox Records of World War II 183
Appendix D: Gold Records 185
Appendix E: On the Air 189
Appendix F: The Small Screen 195
Notes 197
Filmography 207
Discography 217
Bibliography 267
Index 269
Song Index 279
Photos follow pages 100 and 164