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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. No notes or highlighting. Gift message in front from author. See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> An early critic said they sounded like “Chinese puzzles set to off-key music.” They reminded another of “a group of banshees wailing in the clos- est possible harmony.”3 An alliterative record reviewer called them “the Throaty Threesome” and “the terrifying trio.” When Groucho Marx learned they were on the same train with him he quipped “I thought they made all their trips by broom.” “The most frightening act in motion pictures” was the Harvard Lam- poon’s assessment of their first movie appearance.5 Not so said their loyal fans who far outnumbered their detractors. “They’re artists from the word go” proclaimed one “both vocally and in show- manship.” “The greatest fem vocal trio in show business” assessed another.7 Said still another “They offer a stylized brand of throaty harmonizing and phrasing that’s as easy and natural as breathing and as smooth as velvet.” A charmed Brit saw them on stage and concluded “They are so wholehearted and unspoilt and determined to please that it is impossible not to like them.” “Let’s face it” demanded a fan “these dolls ARE show business.”10 They were of course the Andrews Sisters-Patty Maxene and LaVerne- who topped the music charts for fourteen years during the late 1930s 1940s and early 1950s and entertained America collectively and individually for sixty- five years. The three singing sisters from Minneapolis won the hearts of their nation and became an enduring part of Americana.