I was so happy to find that Maxine was able to record a solo album. I wish that LaVerne had, because I love contralto voices. Whether it was for consistency or because Patty couldn't sing harmony I feel really regretful that the sisters were not able to alternate the lead as all three were so talented. Here LaVerne and Maxine have such verve and wit as well as singing ability. What an incisive little skit!
I agree. When I worked with Maxene on her solo act, I realized how much she was the voice of the Andrews Sisters. Laverne was less animated, so it looked like she wasn't doing as much, but in fact her voice was equally important. Most people tended to focus on Patty because she sang lead.
@@aeichler whaaaat you got to work with them! I would give anything up to meet them, I envy you. Ya I don't understand why LaVerne's voice wasn't heard as much🤷♀️ I wish it wasn't just Patty who got the solos😗
@@mr_gamble_good Laverne was the partier and probably the best dancer of the three. She might have made some private recordings, but the only thing I know of is "Fugue For Tinhorns" from "Guys and Dolls," which has the three voices singing separately.
Maxine what a wonderful beautiful woman it's such a wonderful beautiful voice I was too young during World War II I wasn't even around but today in 2021 I listen to your beautiful singing voice thank you
In a trio girl-group there always has to be a "visual" center as well as all the voices. Imho, Patty definitely had that extra something, that "It" factor that's required to be the kind of "draw" that the Andrews Sisters were when together.
Yeah, I can agree with that. Patty definitely had that star quality and was the most animated which really worked for them. At the same time the other sisters built up so beautifully around her. It's all team work. I think they all were equally talented their own way and contributed the same to the overall product. I'm not sure Patty ever looked so good alone, as she did with the other two though?
@@puttyputty123 I think you're right. I don't enjoy Patty or Laverne & Maxene as separate acts nearly as much as I enjoy the three of them singing together. One of those instances of "the whole is greater than the sum of the parts" in my humble opinion. Don't know if you care for them or not, but the Beatles are another good example. Each of their solo careers have/had good music and performance, but never as good as the four of them together. I think that's why Paul McCartney tried so hard to keep the band together, he understood the principle very well.
@@johngerson7335 Well, I'm not the biggest Beatles fan (but still a fan!), but it would be pretty impossible to replicate that into solo form anyhow! I never really thought much of John's solo career (although, unfortunately cut very short), but I thought Paul had a stellar career afterwards with Wings and solo. I also think George Harrison, perhaps the underestimated Beatles, also had a very good career afterwards. But the Beatles they still weren't! Anyway, keeping these hugely successful bands together, be it Beatles or the Andrews sisters or whatnot, is very hard I think. Live together, eat together, practice day in and day out together from childhood is probably unnatural in the long run without a good support system and regular time apart. I think we were fortunate to have them that long and shouldn't judge them too hard if they have fall outs, it is pretty natural. And, I agree, Paul was pretty smart and had a sensible mind. Not sure if I can say the same about John, seemed like he liked to be the snotty Englishman a tad too often for my liking. Unfortunately he didn't get that many years, and I am pretty sure there was a pretty good lad behind it all. Older I get, more I prefer Paul out of the two of them though. Ok, I probably strayed way off topic! I think to sum it up; the Andrews sisters were great when they were all together!
Was this during the period Maxene and Laverne tried to make a go of it as a duo? Audiences discovered to their surprise that they were also lead singers! Patty became the lead because everyone felt it was necessary the group have a consistent sound on record and because Maxene and Laverne were naturals at harmony while Patty was not adept at it. Also, Maxene and Laverne had similar voices while Patty's was more distinctive, higher and had more color to it. Maxene said no one ever brought up the topic of her and Laverne doing leads; they only had leads on one record on Decca "Fugue for Tinhorns."
According to Maxene, Patty booked herself into Las Vegas as a solo act without telling either of the sisters. They read it in a paper. Yes, this is their attempt at working as a duo. The song sounds like it might have been written for them by Frank Loesser. It's very similar to "Why Do They Call a Private a Private," which he had previously written for Merman to sing during World War II. Maxene also said that Patty sang lead because she couldn't sing harmony. I think Maxene's voice has more body to it, and provides more of the Andrews Sisters "sound".
Hi, Alan! Maxene said when she recorded all three parts in a hits medley for her solo album (a wonderful recording) she was surprised how much it sounded like all three sisters were singing. "I thought that maybe it was my voice that defined the group, when anyone would figure it was Patty's." Patty did not always have the best judgment and often clung to bad advice given to her by her second husband. That accounted for Patty and Maxene not touring in "Over Here," a terrible decision on many counts. Patty of course experienced an excellent solo career on Decca at the same time the Andrews Sisters were recording and also recorded with Bing Crosby, Bob Crosby, and other artists successfully. But Maxene wondered aloud why she and Laverne never had the same opportunities. It is a good question. I was such an Andrews fan by age 4 I demanded my mother write a fan letter on my behalf (I fashioned myself as Jim Andrews, the singing Andrews Brother, and when I was age 9 and on radio I used that name) and got a photo autographed by all three in return. My father for my birthday would put together albums of 78 rpm Andrews Sisters records. I listened to Andrews radio shows every week and have them all on C.D. and I have everything they recorded except one single that only was issued in Africa. When the Andrews appeared at the Chase Club at the Chase Park Plaza hotel around 1953 they appeared on the same radio show I did but I was not on it that day, darn it. They sold out every show at the Chase but, then, they sold out wherever they went. They literally knew everyone in show business. They lived with their parents always, even in Hollywood where they had a gorgeous home, until Maxene and Patty married. When Laverne married her husband moved in.
I agree on all counts. I have an unreleased "disco" version of "Rum and Coca Cola" that Maxene recorded all three parts on, and you would swear it's the sisters.
I have always adored The Andrews Sisters thank you for this Jewel for someone who made understand what's going on with the lyrics of this song Patty was the third one of The Andrews Sisters and she literally was the engine of that Corvette there were times that Patty even sounded like Ella Fitzgerald
Patty was the youngest. She was 14 when they hit the road. Patty at a younger age probably couldn't harmonize so she took the melodic line and Laverne a third down from the melodic line and Maxine the higher part above Patty.
well max and Laverne didn't take to kindly to patty treating them like dirt... Out of all, Patty cried most when the others died, because she knew she fucked up... in part to her manipulative spouse.
Patty did not attend Maxines funeral (either of them, she had 2 iirc, one on the east coast and one on the west) I saw an interview that really stuck with me of someone who knew Maxine and she said that Maxine really struggled with the fact that Patty cut her out after Lavernes death, and that she wasn’t really able to be happy until she finally let go of trying to figure out why her sister wouldn’t talk to her anymore. I’m paraphrasing but I think about it a lot.
All three were talented and essential to the act. Re some of the discussion here, I do think Maxene was the closest to conventionally pretty (though here, no longer a kid as she was in the movies, she almost looks like Patti's twin), but Patti was the personality. Look at the movies and Maxene, wonderful talent that she was, sinks into the background like she doesn't want to do anything except sing. Same for Laverne. Patti, on the other hand, had tremendous presence and always seemed very 'alive' and with a real sense of fun; this was why the studio basically teamed her with Costello (and found others to fill her slot -- Joan Davis, Mary Wickes, etc. -- once the Andrews Sisters were no longer co-starring with them). I love them all, and this is a great little piece. I am genuinely sorry to know of their intra-team difficulties.
Maxene was always frustrated being in the background and her voice was so instrumental to the harmony sound. She really blossomed after the Broadway show "Over Here!" and her solo cabaret act was a big hit. Videos are on RUclips.
This is rather remarkable to have been on national TV since at the time, these two really had broken up with their sister - and even though it's staged as a comedy, it's based on real-life animosity.
They never recorded together, although they did some nightclub appearances as a duo. Maxene said that Patty never told them she was leaving. They read it in the paper. Maxene of course later had a very successful solo career and made a wonderful album.
When Patty and Maxene were appearing on Broadway in the early 1970s in "Over Here" - Laverne had died by then, so she was no longer present - Patty one night literally just walked out in the middle of a performance, leaving her understudy and Maxene to finish that night's show. And for whatever reason, she never spoke to Maxene again in her life.
@@impassable According to Robert Sherman's son and Maxene's longtime partner, the show's demise was Patty's husband who demanded more credit than he deserved.
I always thought Patty was featured, and in the middle because Maxine always resented Laverne & the two of them fought frequently. Frankly I'm surprised to see this set given the actual underlying animosity.
@@aeichler Maxene became increasingly jealous of Patty's greater fame. What makes no sense doesn't become meaningful if spoken by an insider. If a singer is good enough to sing melody they're good enough to sing harmony. What was she implying, that Patty would get lost singing a harmony part and slip into singing melody like an unrehearsed amateur? It's completely implausible. The truth is that Patty was the only one of the three to have the voice, talent, showmanship, and I'm sorry to say - looks - to be the lead singer and soloist. Just compare the performance of Laverne and Maxene in this video to, say, Patty's performance on the classic Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy video. I can't even imagine Maxene or Laverne doing that.
@@sheilamacdougal4874 Maxene and Laverne were literally with her in Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy video. Without them with her, it wouldn't have been as good and you know it.
"took out her solo and gave it to bing" I laughed more then I'm willing to admit at that bit XD
So cleverly written I laughed especially about the three cameras.
I think Frank Loesser wrote it for them.
I was so happy to find that Maxine was able to record a solo album. I wish that LaVerne had, because I love contralto voices. Whether it was for consistency or because Patty couldn't sing harmony I feel really regretful that the sisters were not able to alternate the lead as all three were so talented. Here LaVerne and Maxine have such verve and wit as well as singing ability. What an incisive little skit!
She isn’t a contralto.
LaVerne and Maxene, wow, they were great! They were the best for me, but in each performance I see, I can' t take my eyes off LaVerne. Love them!
WOW! Maxine & Laverne! We LOVE THEM.....
Maxene's voice was the most heard during Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy though. Since she sang the highest octave she was heard the most in a lot of songs
I agree. When I worked with Maxene on her solo act, I realized how much she was the voice of the Andrews Sisters. Laverne was less animated, so it looked like she wasn't doing as much, but in fact her voice was equally important. Most people tended to focus on Patty because she sang lead.
@@aeichler whaaaat you got to work with them! I would give anything up to meet them, I envy you. Ya I don't understand why LaVerne's voice wasn't heard as much🤷♀️ I wish it wasn't just Patty who got the solos😗
@@aeichler Do you have any recordings of LaVerne singing solo? Silly question but was Maxene a good dancer?
@@mr_gamble_good Laverne was the partier and probably the best dancer of the three. She might have made some private recordings, but the only thing I know of is "Fugue For Tinhorns" from "Guys and Dolls," which has the three voices singing separately.
@@aeichler thanks
Three cameras. One for her. One for me. And one for it. Party was an amazing person and so we're these two but I still was laughing
Adorable.. so rare.. thank you
Because Patty was such a ham and her voice was amazing. As were Laverne and Maxine's harmonies and blending.
Maxine what a wonderful beautiful woman it's such a wonderful beautiful voice I was too young during World War II I wasn't even around but today in 2021 I listen to your beautiful singing voice thank you
Her voice was so important to the harmonies.
Love this by my Maternal Great Aunties 👍 👌 ❤️
In a trio girl-group there always has to be a "visual" center as well as all the voices. Imho, Patty definitely had that extra something, that "It" factor that's required to be the kind of "draw" that the Andrews Sisters were when together.
The same with The Supremes. Flo had a better voice, but Diana had that "It" factor, the personality.
Yeah, I can agree with that. Patty definitely had that star quality and was the most animated which really worked for them. At the same time the other sisters built up so beautifully around her. It's all team work. I think they all were equally talented their own way and contributed the same to the overall product. I'm not sure Patty ever looked so good alone, as she did with the other two though?
@@puttyputty123 I think you're right. I don't enjoy Patty or Laverne & Maxene as separate acts nearly as much as I enjoy the three of them singing together. One of those instances of "the whole is greater than the sum of the parts" in my humble opinion. Don't know if you care for them or not, but the Beatles are another good example. Each of their solo careers have/had good music and performance, but never as good as the four of them together. I think that's why Paul McCartney tried so hard to keep the band together, he understood the principle very well.
@@johngerson7335 Well, I'm not the biggest Beatles fan (but still a fan!), but it would be pretty impossible to replicate that into solo form anyhow! I never really thought much of John's solo career (although, unfortunately cut very short), but I thought Paul had a stellar career afterwards with Wings and solo. I also think George Harrison, perhaps the underestimated Beatles, also had a very good career afterwards. But the Beatles they still weren't! Anyway, keeping these hugely successful bands together, be it Beatles or the Andrews sisters or whatnot, is very hard I think. Live together, eat together, practice day in and day out together from childhood is probably unnatural in the long run without a good support system and regular time apart. I think we were fortunate to have them that long and shouldn't judge them too hard if they have fall outs, it is pretty natural. And, I agree, Paul was pretty smart and had a sensible mind. Not sure if I can say the same about John, seemed like he liked to be the snotty Englishman a tad too often for my liking. Unfortunately he didn't get that many years, and I am pretty sure there was a pretty good lad behind it all. Older I get, more I prefer Paul out of the two of them though. Ok, I probably strayed way off topic! I think to sum it up; the Andrews sisters were great when they were all together!
lol i love laverne
Was this during the period Maxene and Laverne tried to make a go of it as a duo? Audiences discovered to their surprise that they were also lead singers! Patty became the lead because everyone felt it was necessary the group have a consistent sound on record and because Maxene and Laverne were naturals at harmony while Patty was not adept at it. Also, Maxene and Laverne had similar voices while Patty's was more distinctive, higher and had more color to it. Maxene said no one ever brought up the topic of her and Laverne doing leads; they only had leads on one record on Decca "Fugue for Tinhorns."
According to Maxene, Patty booked herself into Las Vegas as a solo act without telling either of the sisters. They read it in a paper. Yes, this is their attempt at working as a duo. The song sounds like it might have been written for them by Frank Loesser. It's very similar to "Why Do They Call a Private a Private," which he had previously written for Merman to sing during World War II. Maxene also said that Patty sang lead because she couldn't sing harmony. I think Maxene's voice has more body to it, and provides more of the Andrews Sisters "sound".
Hi, Alan! Maxene said when she recorded all three parts in a hits medley for her solo album (a wonderful recording) she was surprised how much it sounded like all three sisters were singing. "I thought that maybe it was my voice that defined the group, when anyone would figure it was Patty's." Patty did not always have the best judgment and often clung to bad advice given to her by her second husband. That accounted for Patty and Maxene not touring in "Over Here," a terrible decision on many counts. Patty of course experienced an excellent solo career on Decca at the same time the Andrews Sisters were recording and also recorded with Bing Crosby, Bob Crosby, and other artists successfully. But Maxene wondered aloud why she and Laverne never had the same opportunities. It is a good question. I was such an Andrews fan by age 4 I demanded my mother write a fan letter on my behalf (I fashioned myself as Jim Andrews, the singing Andrews Brother, and when I was age 9 and on radio I used that name) and got a photo autographed by all three in return. My father for my birthday would put together albums of 78 rpm Andrews Sisters records. I listened to Andrews radio shows every week and have them all on C.D. and I have everything they recorded except one single that only was issued in Africa. When the Andrews appeared at the Chase Club at the Chase Park Plaza hotel around 1953 they appeared on the same radio show I did but I was not on it that day, darn it. They sold out every show at the Chase but, then, they sold out wherever they went. They literally knew everyone in show business. They lived with their parents always, even in Hollywood where they had a gorgeous home, until Maxene and Patty married. When Laverne married her husband moved in.
I agree on all counts. I have an unreleased "disco" version of "Rum and Coca Cola" that Maxene recorded all three parts on, and you would swear it's the sisters.
Wayne Brasler After all these years, do you mind uploading the CDs?
@@aeichler upload please the version of Rum and Coca cola by Maxene, please!!
I have always adored The Andrews Sisters thank you for this Jewel for someone who made understand what's going on with the lyrics of this song Patty was the third one of The Andrews Sisters and she literally was the engine of that Corvette there were times that Patty even sounded like Ella Fitzgerald
Old school roasting🤣🤣🤣 LaVerne is just gorgeous in this😍❤️
Patty was the youngest. She was 14 when they hit the road. Patty at a younger age probably couldn't harmonize so she took the melodic line and Laverne a third down from the melodic line and Maxine the higher part above Patty.
I don’t think Patty took too kindly to this, but at least they reunited before Laverne’s death.
well max and Laverne didn't take to kindly to patty treating them like dirt...
Out of all, Patty cried most when the others died, because she knew she fucked up... in part to her manipulative spouse.
Patty had the stronger voice and to be fair, most thought Patty was the prettiest too. That's why. Just like how Beyonce got the solos and whatnot lol
As for being the prettiest, Patty couldn’t hold a candle to Maxene OR LaVerne.
Roni Joseph Uhh..
Patty did not attend Maxines funeral (either of them, she had 2 iirc, one on the east coast and one on the west)
I saw an interview that really stuck with me of someone who knew Maxine and she said that Maxine really struggled with the fact that Patty cut her out after Lavernes death, and that she wasn’t really able to be happy until she finally let go of trying to figure out why her sister wouldn’t talk to her anymore.
I’m paraphrasing but I think about it a lot.
All three were talented and essential to the act. Re some of the discussion here, I do think Maxene was the closest to conventionally pretty (though here, no longer a kid as she was in the movies, she almost looks like Patti's twin), but Patti was the personality. Look at the movies and Maxene, wonderful talent that she was, sinks into the background like she doesn't want to do anything except sing. Same for Laverne. Patti, on the other hand, had tremendous presence and always seemed very 'alive' and with a real sense of fun; this was why the studio basically teamed her with Costello (and found others to fill her slot -- Joan Davis, Mary Wickes, etc. -- once the Andrews Sisters were no longer co-starring with them).
I love them all, and this is a great little piece. I am genuinely sorry to know of their intra-team difficulties.
Maxene was always frustrated being in the background and her voice was so instrumental to the harmony sound. She really blossomed after the Broadway show "Over Here!" and her solo cabaret act was a big hit. Videos are on RUclips.
Check out their rare single "Fugue For Tinhorns" from "Guys and Dolls," which features all three solo voices.
patty just got roasted omg
I LOVE IT!
I love thepart when they said they took out her solo and gave it to Bing
Soooooo cute!
Love thee Andrew sisters💗💗💗💗🤗🤗
This is rather remarkable to have been on national TV since at the time, these two really had broken up with their sister - and even though it's staged as a comedy, it's based on real-life animosity.
I just love how animated patty gets
this is amazing 😂😂
LOL,, Love them! Legends...
LOVE IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
At least their remains are together with their parents .Take that Olivia and Joan and Gypsy Lee and Dainty June and other battling siblings .
Took out her solo and gave it to Bing. Oh, hilarious.
Does anyone know of any tracks that Laverne and Maxene recorded during their time as a duo? I would love to hear some more of their work.
They never recorded together, although they did some nightclub appearances as a duo. Maxene said that Patty never told them she was leaving. They read it in the paper. Maxene of course later had a very successful solo career and made a wonderful album.
@@aeichler oh ok thanks.
@@aeichler Hi Alan, is the album called "Maxene: An Andrews Sister"? Anyway, thanks for the uploads!
where can i find the lycris? i'm just learning english and i can't understand some sentences
When Patty and Maxene were appearing on Broadway in the early 1970s in "Over Here" - Laverne had died by then, so she was no longer present - Patty one night literally just walked out in the middle of a performance, leaving her understudy and Maxene to finish that night's show. And for whatever reason, she never spoke to Maxene again in her life.
Patty was a superstar but she shouldn't have treated Maxine like that
@@impassable According to Robert Sherman's son and Maxene's longtime partner, the show's demise was Patty's husband who demanded more credit than he deserved.
Thanks for that@@cmcb09
I like Maxine more than anyting
From what show did they appear on here in the video ?
Red Skelton. It was right after Patty had quit to go solo.
This is too funny 😂
Patty’s two followers are just jealous of her solos.
Love it! Patty was great, but really did hog the spotlight
And maybe being the blond (maybe not natural)she was the lead. But she was loud wasn't she.
I always thought Patty was featured, and in the middle because Maxine always resented Laverne & the two of them fought frequently. Frankly I'm surprised to see this set given the actual underlying animosity.
So is there actually a song called "Hohocus?"
Yes, "Ho-Ho-Kus NJ," named after the northern NJ town.
@@richarddixon7855 thank you!
i'm just here because of bioshock
Listening to these two fully answers the question they're asking.
The truthful answer is that Patty couldn't sing harmony, so she had to sing the melody.
@@aeichler Utter nonsense. Literally, because it doesn't even make sense that someone can sing only melody. You really know nothing about music.
@@sheilamacdougal4874 That's what Maxene told me herself.
@@aeichler Maxene became increasingly jealous of Patty's greater fame. What makes no sense doesn't become meaningful if spoken by an insider. If a singer is good enough to sing melody they're good enough to sing harmony. What was she implying, that Patty would get lost singing a harmony part and slip into singing melody like an unrehearsed amateur? It's completely implausible. The truth is that Patty was the only one of the three to have the voice, talent, showmanship, and I'm sorry to say - looks - to be the lead singer and soloist. Just compare the performance of Laverne and Maxene in this video to, say, Patty's performance on the classic Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy video. I can't even imagine Maxene or Laverne doing that.
@@sheilamacdougal4874 Maxene and Laverne were literally with her in Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy video. Without them with her, it wouldn't have been as good and you know it.
The fall of the empire.
No, Patty finally returned and they made a series of albums for Capitol and Dot, until Laverne passed away in the early 1960's.
@@aeichler but they wasn't the same again, they rarely see each other
Those 50s haircuts make them look like men in dresses.
Honestly Patty had the better voice.