The Andrews Sisters were one of the most prolifically successful vocal groups in the entire annals of popular music, beginning their chart success in the late '30s and then acquiring a central role in the way that music responded to the challenges of World War II, before racking up many more hits in the immediate post-war era before the complexion of the business changed as the '50s got under way. Their close harmony style was well-matched to the arrangements favoured by the swing era orchestras who were their contemporaries, and their cheery, upbeat records, often using novelty-flavoured material, were something of an antidote to the sentimental songs which characterised the war years, and their adoption of military uniform-styled stage clothes identified them closely with the war effort. This great-value 125-track 5-CD set comprises all their recordings which made an appearance in any of the charts which existed through the period, plus a few other A sides, and includes their hits with other artists - Bing Crosby, Dick Haymes, Jimmy Dorsey, Burl Ives, Ernest Tubb, Guy Lombardo, Carmen Miranda and Russ Morgan, as well as the later Patty Andrews solo hits. It naturally features all their best-known hits, including the No. 1s "Bei Mir Bist Du Schön", "Shoo-Shoo Baby", "Rum And Coca Cola", "I Can Dream, Can't I" and "I Wanna Be Loved" and their wartime classics "Beat Me Daddy, Eight To The Bar" and "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy". It's a comprehensive overview of their chart career, and a substantial and nostalgic visit to an evocative musical era.
1 Jammin' (Leon Belasco and His Orch.. Vocal Chorus the Andrews Sisters);
2 Bei Mir Bist Du SCHÖN (Andrews Sisters);
3 Nice Work If You Can Get It (Andrews Sisters);
4 Joseph! Joseph! (Andrews Sisters);
5 Ti - Pi
6 Shortenin' Bread (Andrews Sisters);
7 Says My Heart (Andrews Sisters);
8 Tu - LI
9 Sha - Sha (Andrews Sisters with Jimmy Dorsey & His Orch.);
10 Lullaby to a Little Jitterbug (Andrews Sisters);
11 Pross - Tchai (Andrews Sisters);
12 Hold Tight, Hold Tight (Andrews Sisters with Jimmy Dorsey & His Orch.);
13 You Don't Know How Much You Can Suffer (Andrews Sisters with Jimmy Dorsey & His Orch.);
14 Beer Barrel Polka (Andrews Sisters);
15 Well All Right (Tonight's the Night) (Andrews Sisters);
16 Chico's Love Song (Andrews Sisters);
17 The Jumpin' Jive (Andrews Sisters);
18 Ciribiribin (Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters);
19 Yodelin' Jive (Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters);
20 Oh Johnny Oh! (Andrews Sisters);
21 Say Si Si (Andrews Sisters);
- Disc 2 -
1 Ferryboat Serenade (Andrews Sisters);
2 Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar (Andrews Sisters);
3 Scrub Me, Mama, with a Boogie Beat (Andrews Sisters);
4 Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy (Andrews Sisters);
5 I Yi, Yi, Yi, Yi, I Like You Very Much (Andrews Sisters);
6 I'll Be with You in Apple Blossom Time (Andrews Sisters);
7 Aurora (Andrews Sisters);
8 Sleepy Serenade (Andrews Sisters);
9 Sonny Boy (Andrews Sisters);
10 The Nickel Serenade (Andrews Sisters);
11 I Wish I Had a Dime for Every Time I Missed You (Andrews Sisters);
12 Jealous (Andrews Sisters);
13 Any Bonds Today (Andrews Sisters);
14 The Shrine of St. Cecilia (Andrews Sisters);
15 I'll Pray for You (Andrews Sisters);
16 Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree with Anyone Else But Me (Andrews Sisters);
17 Three Little Sisters (Andrews Sisters);
18 Pennsylvania Polka (Andrews Sisters);
19 That's the Moon, My Son (Andrews Sisters);
20 Mister Five By Five (Andrews Sisters);
21 Strip Polka (Andrews Sisters);
- Disc 3 -
1 Jingle Bells (Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters);
2 Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters);
3 Shoo - Shoo Baby (Andrews Sisters);
4 Down in the Valley (Andrews Sisters);
5 Sing a Tropical Song (Andrews Sisters);
6 Straighten Up and Fly Right (Andrews Sisters);
7 Tico Tico (Andrews Sisters);
8 Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby (Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters);
9 There'll Be a Hot Time in the Town of Berlin (Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters);
10 Don't Fence Me in (Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters);
11 The Three Caballeros (Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters);
12 Corns for My Country (Andrews Sisters);
13 Accentuate the Positive (Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters);
14 Rum and Coca Cola (Andrews Sisters);
15 One Meat Ball (Andrews Sisters);
16 Along the Navajo Trail (Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters);
17 The Blond Sailor (Andrews Sisters);
18 Money Is the Root of All Evil (Andrews Sisters and Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians);
19 Patience and Fortitude (Andrews Sisters);
20 Coax Me a Little Bit (Andrews Sisters);
21 South America, Take It Away (Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters);
22 Get Your Kicks on Route 66 (Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters);
23 I Don't Know Why, I Just Do (Andrews Sisters);
24 House of Blue Lights (Andrews Sisters);
25 Rumors Are Flying (Andrews Sisters with Les Paul);
- Disc 4 -
1 Winter Wonderland (Andrews Sisters and Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians);
2 Christmas Island (Andrews Sisters and Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians);
3 Tallahassee (Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters);
4 There's No Business Like Show Business (Bing Crosby, Dick Haymes and the Andrews Sisters);
5 On the Avenue (Andrews Sisters);
6 How Lucky You Are (Andrews Sisters);
7 Near You (Andrews Sisters);
8 The Lady from 29 Palms (Andrews Sisters);
9 The Freedom Train (Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters);
10 Civilization, Bongo, Bongo, Bongo (Danny Kaye and the Andrews Sisters);
11 Your Red Wagon (Andrews Sisters);
12 You Don't Have to Know the Language (Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters);
13 Teresa (Dick Haymes and the Andrews Sisters);
14 Toolie Oolie Doolie, the Yodel Polka (Andrews Sisters);
15 I Hate to Lose You (Andrews Sisters);
16 Alexander's Ragtime Band (Andrews Sisters);
17 Heartbreaker (Andrews Sisters);
18 Every Time They Play the Sabre Dance (Andrews Sisters);
19 Woody Woodpecker (Danny Kaye and the Andrews Sisters);
20 Blue Tail Fly (Andrews Sisters and Burl Ives);
21 Underneath the Arches (Andrews Sisters);
22 You Call Everybody Darling (Andrews Sisters);
23 Cuanto la Gusta (Carmen Miranda & the Andrews Sisters);
24 The Matador (Carmen Miranda & the Andrews Sisters);
25 A Hundred and Sixty Acres Acres (Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters);
- Disc 5 -
1 At the Flying w (Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters);
2 Bella Bella Marie (Andrews Sisters);
3 The Pussy Cat Song, Nyow! Nyow! Nyow! (Patty Andrews and Bob Crosby);
4 More Beer! (Andrews Sisters);
5 Now! Now! Now! Is the Time (Andrews Sisters);
6 I'm Bitin' My Fingernails and Thinking of You (Ernest Tubb and Andrews Sisters);
7 Don't Rob Another Man's Castle (Ernest Tubb and Andrews Sisters);
8 Weddin' Day (Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters);
9 I Can Dream, Can't I? (Andrews Sisters);
10 The Wedding of Lili Marlene (Andrews Sisters);
11 She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (Andrews Sisters, Russ Morgan and His Orchestra);
12 Charley, My Boy (Andrews Sisters, Russ Morgan and His Orchestra);
13 Merry Christmas Polka (Andrews Sisters and Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians);
14 Have I Told You Lately That I Love You (Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters);
15 Quicksilver (Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters);
16 The Wedding Samba (Carmen Miranda & the Andrews Sisters);
17 I Wanna Be Loved (Andrews Sisters);
18 Can't We Talk It Over (Andrews Sisters);
19 A Bushel and a Peck (Andrews Sisters);
20 Mele Kalikimaka (Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters);
21 A Penny a Kiss, a Penny a Hug (Andrews Sisters);
22 Sparrow in the Tree Top (Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters);
23 Too Young (Patty Andrews);
24 I'm in Love Again (Andrews Sisters);
25 Suddenly There's a Valley (Patty Andrews)
The Andrews Sisters were one of the most prolifically successful vocal groups in the entire annals of popular music, beginning their chart success in the late '30s and then acquiring a central role in the way that music responded to the challenges of World War II, before racking up many more hits in the immediate post-war era before the complexion of the business changed as the '50s got under way. Their close harmony style was well-matched to the arrangements favoured by the swing era orchestras who were their contemporaries, and their cheery, upbeat records, often using novelty-flavoured material, were something of an antidote to the sentimental songs which characterised the war years, and their adoption of military uniform-styled stage clothes identified them closely with the war effort. This great-value 125-track 5-CD set comprises all their recordings which made an appearance in any of the charts which existed through the period, plus a few other A sides, and includes their hits with other artists - Bing Crosby, Dick Haymes, Jimmy Dorsey, Burl Ives, Ernest Tubb, Guy Lombardo, Carmen Miranda and Russ Morgan, as well as the later Patty Andrews solo hits. It naturally features all their best-known hits, including the No. 1s "Bei Mir Bist Du Schön", "Shoo-Shoo Baby", "Rum And Coca Cola", "I Can Dream, Can't I" and "I Wanna Be Loved" and their wartime classics "Beat Me Daddy, Eight To The Bar" and "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy". It's a comprehensive overview of their chart career, and a substantial and nostalgic visit to an evocative musical era.
