Patty Andrews- Happy 92nd birthday!

[dhermann1]

Today is the 92nd birthday of Patty Andrews of the Andrews Sisters. :eusa_clap

 

[Shangas]

There was a famous trumpet man from out chicago way,
He had a boogie style that no-one else could play,
He was the top man at his craft,
But then his number came up,
And he was gone with the draft,
He's in the army now,
A'playin' Revellie, he's the Boogie-Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B...

I'm sorry, I had to. I just love that song.

Happy 92nd birthday, Patty, and 92 more. You and your sisters brought wonderful music to the world.

 

[dhermann1]

I only knew this because Rich Conaty mentioned it on his wonderful show, The Big Broadcast (www.wfuv.org, Sunday nights at 8 Eastern Time) last Sunday. He played her very first recording, a solo rendition of "There's a Lull in My Life", from 1937 when she was just 19. Exquisite.