Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar-The Andrews Sisters

[GiuliaMiniPoney]

THIS is music !

[01974ish]

back in those day's singer's like them put the effort in to it close harmony's tight etc cant get much of that class now adays am afraid

[scotchrks]

This is faster, and much better than their original that was originally recorded in the 40's! Wonderful!

[SuperHartline]

The sisters parents never ran the Orpheum or any other theatre. The father had a restaurant. He was Greek and the mother was Norweigian. Superhartline

[rison22990]

Who's doing that amazing piano behind the sisters?

[Georgewos]

This is not the original which was recorded in 1940. The Andrew sister rerecorded many of their hit songs much later.

[tazareal]

Andrews Sisters re-recorded a lot of their songs to tape after tape became available. Very unlikely that this was copied off a 78.

[GeorgeVreelandHill]

This is real music.

George Vreeland Hill

[Vercingetorix2006]

These ladies had absolutely amazing voices,,,not merely voices, but they used them as actual instruments! Yeah, I wonder if these songs back then were recorded on magnetic tape or directly on to blank recording discs and remastered using modern electronics? The songs I've heard that I know were recorded onto disc didn't sound as good, and I don't think they could have been cleaned up all that much?

[juslookin3]

Man, I'm amazed that the original tapes were in such good condition to make this high quality transfer to CD!

[Individuell83]

@juslookin3 as I know this was released in 40 on decca

decca got their tape recorder in mid 1949

so this must be recorded on a glass master

however I have a compilation album of billie holiday, and it sounds amazingly clear :)

but the tape recordings are in fact clearer

[apostleds]

Thanks for sharing.

Brother Don

[vashonjeff]

Great audio!

[paultom123456]

what a beautiful sound

[MrRaibyn]

This is music! Just love it...

[pigeonsgowoot]

This isn't the Andrews Sisters....

[Fabuladico]

The Andrew Sisters learned to harmanize when their parents ran the Orpheum Theater in Minneapolis. There was live music in the theater, and the girls would hang out back stage listening to the music. The harmonization came from imitating the horn section.

[AungusMacgyver]

Six people need to do some explaining.

[Georgewos]

The Andrews Sisters rerecorded many of their songs many years later, thats why they sound so different from the original.

[1capebreton]

simply awesome, we've lost of good music over the years but theres nothing like this ..........

[lavoisierP]

look at funny and superb czech version, interpreted by Ondrej Havelka in 1995... DVdojmdQK1U

[OnlyQueeg]

Oh, my God 1940 musics when this was already oh, my God. Beautiful music.

[olhole]

later day andrews sisters. cool.

[pigeonsgowoot]

Are you sure this is the Andrews Sisters? This sounds like this trio of sisters from New Orleans that do a lot of Andrews Sisters covers (they're great though)

[defundthewar]

@pigeonsgowoot Strangely, it sounds too much like the Andrews Sisters to be the Andrews Sisters. It sounds like an excellent impersonation of them. Of course, I could be wrong. I recall Bette Midler, years back, sued somebody for imitating her voice for a widely shown TV commercial- I foget the product- without permission. Bette claimed, "she sounds more like me than I do."

[mkrobinson95]

@defundthewar - you are referring to Midler vs. Ford Motor Co. (1988). Midler sued Ford Motor Company for using a an impersonator in a Ford tv commercial without her consent. Ford won the case, but she ended up winning on appeal and was awarded $400k ... go Bette!

[juanitoelchico]

So Bette!!! woooww!!

[hburg32]

Awesome

[TheAnn2shoes]

Brilliant!

[spanker48]

these girls got lot spanking when they where young

[Infidelerious]

@spanker48 That's the way to do it :)

[JubalCalif]

Boogie woogie at it's best! THANKS for posting this delightful "blast from the past"! If the Andrews Sisters & the boys in the bad were any cooler, they'd have been frozen!!! :)

[supermj789]

I'm 15, all my friends like Ke$ha, Lady Gaga, and Miley Cyrus, but I like The Andrews Sister, Little Richard, and all this type of 40s era music, in fact i love it

[JubalCalif]

@supermj789

Wonderful to see young people like you enjoy the great swing classics of yesteryear! You've got good taste! Happy Holidays! :-)

[gollywog4ever]

@supermj789 You are a very clever fellow. Keep up that way. This music is just wonderful. The world has become such crap.....

[katharynking]

@supermj789 I'm 22, and I am with you. <3

[TOOOOOxFADED]

@supermj789

should probably stop hanging out with shitheads,mate.

[guitarslinger48]

@supermj789 , GOOD FOR YOU!!!! I'm glad to hear that some teens DO have taste;-) Hey i'm an old 70's punk rocker but I still love the 40's and 50's music.

[MegaFilthyMcnasty]

simply the best...you cannot beat this. This music is so good it give me memories of times I never experienced!

[kdzimnicki]

Thank you!

[kdzimnicki]

Can anyone tell me the meaning of 8 to the bar?

[steele66]

it refers to the tempo of the music....8 beats to the bar..versus let' say 4 beats to the bar..a bar of music....someone asked the exact question in yahoo answers...put this into google and you will see the thread "What does 8 to the bar mean"..you will find an article on yahoo answers.

[steele66]

@kdzimnicki it refers to the tempo of the music....8 beats to the bar..versus let' say 4 beats to the bar..a bar of music....someone asked the exact question in yahoo answers...put this into google and you will see the thread "What does 8 to the bar mean"..you will find an article on yahoo answers.

[bensonsn]

I love this kind of music!!! I really wish that there were such things as a time machine ... to be put smack dab in the middle of this music and culture!!!

[MrRJDB1969]

Excellent picture !!!

[digitspal1]

Amazing quality! Thank you very much for the upload!

[Georgewos]

This is not the original version. They made an album of their hit songs many years later.

[jacklayne]

I've adored the Andrews Sisters since I was a little boy! I think a lot of their appeal, to me, at least, is that they wore matching outfits and stepped in sync with each other, for the most part. There's just something about the dances they'd do!

[fiftiesflashback1953]

@jacklayne The conservative tailored cut of the clothes and skirts showing just below the knee in the late 30s through the WWII era (rationing excessive use of fabric and material for the war effort) help to give "that step in sync look" you speak of to the choreography. They are really just swing, jitterbug, Lindy dance steps of the era. And remember, The Andrew Sisters were BIG in an era when you really had to be great to be good! When The Andrew Sisters did it, people noticed.

[Jellogel]

when you I would hear this music as a kid, I remember thinkine it was old fashioned, but when I listen now... wow, I can hear it, I get it now, this music was hot, people must have loved this when it was new

[beowulven]

Voices like angels, faces like buckets of mud.

[Murphy4709]

@beowulven bit harsh

[beowulven]

@Murphy4709

Yeah, and compared to Lagy Gaga they are beauty queens.

[themanwiththepan]

@beowulven

Atleast you can say queen withought questioning their gender.

[mellcook]

you are mean.



[beowulven]

@mellcook

My Mom says I'm nice. And handsome. But she, you know, has to say that.

[joeypolanski]

POW! Rockin'?  Yay or nay?

[bootscootincrooner]

We're having a big band night at karaoke.

I am SO looking forward to singing this!

My grandparents loved the fact that I connected more to their music than my siblings stuff!

[salemsgate]

I love these ladies...

[mushroomagical]

Great song! After hearing this, I was walking down the street singing the only words of the song I could remember -- beat me daddy. So there I am, in a quiet suburb singing "beat me daddy, beat me daddy, beat me daddy" over and over again. You should have seen the looks I got from the passersby.

[nueveymierda]

@ mushroomagical jajaja te entiendo perfectamente " " Papá, papá me golpearon ... jajaja tiririririri

[teehonky]

a woman would never say that today..they would think she was into kinky stuff

[realcountrylvr]

I love the Andews sisters. I remember them from a past life.

[YouSirAreAnImposter]

Oh my gosh this is fantastic quality. Where'd you get it from?

[ColoradoPinupBaby]

@YouSirAreAnImposter it's just from one of their CDs

[YouSirAreAnImposter]

@ColoradoPinupBaby Ohoho of course. Well most recordings of them on Youtube aren't from the CD versions haha that's why I asked.

[SiouxCitian]

@ColoradoPinupBaby

I also have this song on cd, but it's not this version. LOL. This one is really up beat. must be the speed they're singing.

[Kelsie154]

@SiouxCitian Is the one you have the one where they were older?

I have that one, as well as the one when they were younger.

The one where they're younger is MUCH faster than the the one where they're older.

[SiouxCitian]

@Kelsie154

Hey there;

Yeah, I'll have to check. I know I have this song on a couple of CDs.

[retrosexual2]

@YouSirAreAnImposter It is also a later re-recording, probably from their years with Dot Records. Their original hits were done for Decca, but they rerecorded their big hits again during stints with Capital and Dot, and those later recordings are hi-fi and/or stereo.

[yodadizzy]

@YouSirAreAnImposter It's from their Capitol Collectors edition CD. Look on iTunes (It has a pink cover and a coloured picture of the sisters)

[rison22990]

@YouSirAreAnImposter You might also like Ella Mae Morse if you like this. Try House of Blue Lights.

[leatherneck7786]

sometimes, i think i was born in the wrong age of music

[LovedbyKenubus]

@leatherneck7786

I fell that way too.When I listen to this I feel like Im at home if that makes

any sense.Its better than alot of the stuff that's out there today.

[joeypolanski]

Th Gold Standard!

[hajune]

There are only two left from this era now that The great Kathryn Grayson has just passed. .Patsy is 91. Deanne Durbin is 88.Not aware of any other mega female singers from this era still around.

[OTRNut]

Lena Horne is still alive...she's 92

[hajune]

Oh my, it is even worst then that. Britain's Vera Lynne,Country legend Kitty Wells, How could I forget Doris Day, Then there is Kitty Kallen, Kay Starr, Norma Zimmer,and Margaret Whiting. All are 85+ I got 2 of 10. I flunked the quiz big time. Next time I will not forget to take my prune juice and Geritol.

[lupielady]

swing dancing has been all the rage for the last 5 or so years. Gotta LOVE it!

[annamay29]

@lupielady oh is swing dancing really the rage. I used to dance but alas, my dancing shoes are in The Smithsonian right next to Fred Astaire's. Love to dance though always did.I have not been on Neptune under a rock---

[jazzmanzoot]

@annamay29 Your shoes must be next to Frankie Mannings then ?

[maxineandrews123]

ok the one on the left died of cancer, her name is LaVerne. the one on the right Maxine, she died from a heart-atack. Patyy the middle one is still alive but she like 91.

[emsqua]

@maxineandrews123 patty is 92 on the 16 on febuary :) happy 92nd birthday!

[breezy501]

My Dad's orchestra sang for her! In the 1980's tho...

[fanwuren]

If only the Supremes had been marketed like the Andrews Sisters were. Singing in beautiful harmony with the lead singer D. Ross doing solos from time to time.

Oh what might have been

[chanse117]

I can't imagine The Supremes being any better than they were. Marketing had nothing to do with it. The Supremes lived up to their name.

[ncwoman]

My parents were of the WWII generation, and I was raised on Big Band, the crooners and Andrews Sisters music. I LOVE this music!

[chimera15]

This song shoulda made fallout. lol

[mickeyqbitsko]

Too old. Fallout has a '50s vibe. This is 30s and 40s.

[KateIsMySlaveName]

I'm not entirely sure, but I heard that one of them is still alive. I'm guessing it's the youngest.

[MagillJohnM]

Last I heard Patty is still living, She's 91 now I think. Good Luck project.

[Ms12369]

ik huh everyone i want to meet really bad is like dead and im 12

[JudgeJulieLit]

So many great people gone, yet cheer up! Your generation can become the best yet! You never know. Keep the faith. You can get two girl pals and have fun playing the Andrews Sisters . . . and any other greats you admire.

[MadsNoble]

Same here! I am 13...okay fine. 2 are still alive. WHo do you like??

[likesspice73]

sorry but only Patty (in the middle) is still alive...shes 91

[MadsNoble]

I mean people I like, and I Just found out Frankie Valli is still alive, and so is Roy Clark. That is the two, and Patty Andrews.

[redbutterflynine]

Mads i felt that way when i was a kid and i still feel that way since i lost my mom in 2007.

[MadsNoble]

You want to know what is said, everyone I want to meet is dead or over 60. Even worse(or better), I am 13 years old.

[MadsNoble]

What do you think? Should I go as Patty Andrews for Halloween? I so want to!!

[MadsNoble]

I didn't. I went as a 50's girl. Close...10 years?

[JudgeJulieLit]

Yes, do it! and be whoever you want to in life (your best inner idea/s) . . . on Halloween and every day. Have fun and inspire others.

[rxmurphy]

I always liked Commander Cody's cover of this song.

[jeffper2]

winggecko...didn't need a time machine... i heard em live

[MadsNoble]

When? You are so lucky to hear three geniuses at work. What year??

[MasterOutdoors]

you heard em live! I love the andrew sisters! I would love too hear them live.

[tinngrinn]

This one is alot similar to Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy....

Awesome! <3

[Teknobard357]

Actually, Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B was based off of this song, but became far more popular because of it's time of release and it's war-time related content.

[windgecko]

If I had a time machine I would definitely go see them live.

[sugarlaura22]

omg same , they are incredible, so unique

[fiftiesflashback1953]

@windgecko I saw Patty and Maxine in "OVER HERE" on B'way in the mid 70s, Of course, LaVerne had already passed away. Bette Midler's Divine Ms M (Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy) album was already out and when Patty and Maxine appeared on the stage of the Shubert Theatre dressed as Buck Private WACS, the audience, young and old, just went wild. The girls had to do a medley of their hit for the audience right then and there just so they could get on with the show. FANTASTIC! I remember it well!

[Jazzela21]

GREAT!

[SG77com]

Great

[jekorb]

What a wonderful trip back to the time when Americans stood together for a cause. Thank you for posting this!

[bbcisrubbish]

And the Bitish.

[the1musiclad]

bbcisrubbish - rightly said (both your username and comment).

the andrews sisters are awesome btw.

[xMG39x]

wow does all of the andrew sis songs have to do wit alcohol

[capella1234]

Eight to The bar-In music, eight beats to a bar/measure, often having a boogie-woogie feel.

From wikipedia.

[MadsNoble]

they were not!

[MadsNoble]

I mean they were not all about beer, drinking, and all that!

[capella1234]

I like this one it's much more fast and alive then the shit Itunes version.

[wmddn]

one of the best

[GumatzPotrzebie]

jkoff76 - you should fill in the missing "er" to comply with truth in advertising claims. Why do people like you even bother?

One of the all time great female harmony groups - thanks for posting!

[Bumblebee38]

YES YES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!GREAT

[jkoff76]

Love the song, but this white bred version sucks. Commander Cody's version wastes this.

[OGPuffDaddy]

It does rock!

[whitefalcon64]

With a few differents words, and another instrumentation, it could be one of the greatest rock'n'roll songs of the history. Thanks for post it. Greetings from Spain.

[bellgardens53]

Real good.

[ravenskiss444]

I adore this song

[JackAwful]

I'll give you eight seconds to beat me to the bar.

[JFWO]

We used to play this in our Big band.... with me at the piano, a great piece for some good old boogie-woogie Stuff!!

Thank you soooo much!