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Sister Acts

Kathy Lennon of the Lennon Sisters says this on Facebook about the passing of Patty Andrews, of the Andrews Sisters.

Kathy Lennon — (1/30/13)
Just heard from a friend that Patty Andrews died…94 years old. The Andrew Sisters were the 1st singing sister act that we tried to copy. We loved their rendition of songs, their high spirit, their fabulous harmony. We were honored to meet them on THE MIKE DOUGLAS SHOW… we could not believe they knew who we were, and we sang a bit of BOOGIE WOOGIE BUGLE BOY with them. We tribute them at every Lennon Sisters Concert, with our version of BOOGIE WOOGIE…The Lennon Sisters send their families love, prayers and admiration for these beautifully talented women…

As posted here last month, the Lennon Sisters performed with Bing Crosby, so here are the Andrews Sisters backing up Bing.

Lennons without John celebrate Christmas

Christmas, 1968, with the Lennon Sisters, Glen Campbell, and Bing Crosby. Now this is special! But how the heck did John Byner get in there?

Here’s more with the lovely Lennons from 1968. Months later, the Lennon Sisters’ father, William, would tragically become the first Lennon to be murdered by a deranged fan.

And the Lennons sing, “How’d you like to spend Christmas on Christmas Island?” Isn’t that what President Obama is doing?

[audio:https://s3.amazonaws.com/dogratcom/Audio/2012/12/ChristmasIsland.mp3|titles=The Lennon Sisters: Christmas Island]

P.S. Here’s Byner doing his Bing impression.

“I Love” the Lennon Sisters singing Margo Guryan

When the Beatles appeared in America, I was puzzled. My big sister had a book with the Lennon Sisters in an imaginary adventure, like Nancy Drew would have. Was John Lennon related to the Lennon Sisters, who were regulars on the Lawrence Welk Show?

Well, other than the fact that the Lennon Sisters were singers, they had no connection at all to John Lennon, of course. By the mid-sixties their lovely, ultra-sanitized harmonies were considered out of date, but as the decade moved swiftly to the psychedelic era, they did what they could to keep up with the times. In 1967 the Lennon Sisters released “On the Groovy Side,” produced by Snuff Garrett, who had helped Gary Lewis have a string of hits. They look like they’re wearing matching paisley maternity dresses!

D.F. Rogers spotted a copy of this LP in a record bin, and he noticed that one of the songs is “I Love,” written by Lia Pamina’s favorite singer-songwriter, Margo Guryan. Good catch, Denro!

[audio:http://www.dograt.com/Audio/2010/JAN/ILove.mp3]