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[John Sforza] ☆ Swing It! ✓ Read Online eBook or Kindle ePUB. Swing It! "Worth getting" according to A Customer. Several books have been written on the Andrews Sisters but this is the first of them to make publication. It is more a published dissertation than a book as it is based entirely on already published sources. So it's really a parade of events in the Andrews' life than a real biography with the inside story, first-person interviews and the like. So much is missing, including the real reason for Patty and Maxene feuding; the person Maxene introduced late in
| Title | : | Swing It! |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.75 (842 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0813121361 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 368 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
"Worth getting" according to A Customer. Several books have been written on the Andrews Sisters but this is the first of them to make publication. It is more a published dissertation than a book as it is based entirely on already published sources. So it's really a parade of events in the Andrews' life than a real biography with the inside story, first-person interviews and the like. So much is missing, including the real reason for Patty and Maxene feuding; the person Maxene introduced late in life as her daughter; the real reason Patty could not undertake an outstanding solo career when Maxene ended up doing just that; Maxene and LaV. AhJay said Second rate at best. Being a huge fan of the Andrews Sisters, I was excited to see a "biography" had finally been written about them. But as I read the book, I was very disappointed. If you're looking for their life story, all you're going to get is second and third hand quotes from aquaintances, and nothing more. Not one family member was directly interviewed. It does serve as a good reference for their discography, but that's about it. I suggest you borrow it from the library instead of buying.. "Yawn!" according to A. M. Smith. A real plod. This book reads more like somebody's college thesis: factual and flat. Most personal insights are provided by quotes from Maxene which the author must have dug up someplace. It really sheds no new light on any of the three sisters. Viewed as a reference book, it's certainly worth having, since it does document the group's career concisely. It's not an entertaining read, however.
Recommended for large collections.AKate McCaffrey, Onondaga Cty. Sforza is admirably thorough in detailing the group's recording career but is less successful as a biographer; although he tells us that they fought and split up for two years, he doesn't providing any insight into what must have been very complex relationships. Their brash, optimistic sound, tight harmonies, and sophisticated rhythms were part of the soundtrack of the World War II years. . Surprisingly, this is the first biogaphy of the trio. P.L., Syracuse, NY Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. (The most vivid chapter covers their wartime tours.) But Sforza's lengthy discography and filmography are of documentary v
But they are perhaps best remembered for their tireless devotion to entertaining troops overseas during World War II. But theirs have always been known as the voices that defined an era.. They went on to introduce a vocal form of boogie-woogie, originally a piano style, and were responsible for bringing various forms of ethnic music into the mainstream of American popular culture. With their first hit "Bei Mir Bist Du Schon", the sisters essentially vocalized the big band sound of the era. In 1937, as America pulled itself out of the Great Depression only to face the ominous clouds of war looming over Europe and East Asia, a young and vivacious trio of sisters from Minneapolis burst upon the music scene with tight harmonies framing perfectly syncopated rhythms. They would revolutionize and forever change popular music. The Andrews Sisters - Maxene, Patty, and LaVerne remain the best selling female vocal group of all time, charting more t
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