I am going to skew really old here by noting the death this week of singer Patty Andrews at the age of 94. Before the great "girls groups" of the 1950's and 1960's like the Shirelles, Marvellettes, and the Supremes, there was the Andrews Sisters, and in the middle part of the 20th century, especially during the WW II years, there was no bigger musical act than the Andrews Sisters, Patty, Maxine, and LaVerne. It is estimated that they sold over 75 million records during their career.
Modern day artists like Bette Midler revered the Andrews Sisters, and if you search YouTube you can find a clip of the Andrews Sisters and The Supremes performing each others hits together on some long forgotten TV show..
Here is one of their most famous ones which had a revival in the 1970's thanks to Bette Midler.
RIP Patty Andrews.
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