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The Andrews Sisters were an American close harmony singing group of the swing and boogie-woogie eras. The group consisted of three sisters: contralto LaVerne Sophia Andrews (1911–1967), soprano Maxene Anglyn Andrews (1916–1995), and mezzo-soprano Patricia Marie Andrews (1918–2013). [1]
"Bei Mir Bistu Shein" (Yiddish: בײַ מיר ביסטו שעהן [a] [baɪ ˈmɪr ˈbɪstʊ ˈʃɛɪn], "To Me You're Beautiful") is a popular Yiddish song written by lyricist Jacob Jacobs and composer Sholom Secunda for a 1932 Yiddish language comedy musical, I Would If I Could (in Yiddish Men Ken Lebn Nor Men Lost Nisht, "You could live, but ...
Kadison was known for her performance in serious classical Yiddish productions, and this was her first time in a musical performance. ... The Andrews Sisters, The ...
The Andrews Sisters, who specialized in three-part harmonies, were not only the most well-known and top selling female vocal group of the World War II years of 1941 to 1945 in the United States ...
They cut their first recordings with Victor Records in the late 1930s, [4] and made a name for themselves as Yiddish jazz singers. When the Andrews Sisters' version of the Yiddish song, "Bei Mir Bistu Shein" (as "Bei Mir Bist Du Schön"), became a hit, musician and composer Sam Medoff, known professionally as Dick Manning, started his Yiddish ...
The song has also been recorded by The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra with vocalist Ruth Brown, Ruth Etting, The Andrews Sisters, Leo Watson, Sonny Rollins, Petula Clark, Mandy Patinkin, John McCormack, Richard Tauber, Franz Völker and Rudolf Schock. Pesach Burstein recorded a Yiddish version (translation by L. Wolfe Gilbert).
The Andrews Sisters also seem to have given little thought to the meaning of the lyrics. [7] According to Patty Andrews, "We had a recording date, and the song was brought to us the night before the recording date. We hardly really knew it, and when we went in we had some extra time and we just threw it in, and that was the miracle of it.
When his Decca labelmates The Andrews Sisters began their engagement at the London Palladium on the heels of Kaye's successful 1948 appearance there, the trio was well received and David Lewin of the Daily Express declared: "The audience gave the Andrews Sisters the Danny Kaye roar!" [41] He hosted the 24th Academy Awards in 1952. The program ...