Music
Maxene Andrews, the middle sister in the trio that delighted generations of Americans with wartime swing songs such as “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy” and “Rum and Coca-Cola,” has died of a heart attack at the age of 79.
Oct. 23, 1995
The Forester Sisters don’t give two hoots about being hip.
Nov. 2, 1990
Obituaries
The lead singer of the group that entertained U.S. service personnel overseas during World War II dies at her home in Northridge. She announced the war’s end in 1945 to troops at a concert in Italy.
Jan. 30, 2013
Patty Andrews dies at 94; Andrews Sisters’ last surviving member
As the years passed, fewer and fewer people remembered the Dinning Sisters. Lou Dinning liked that.
June 4, 1987
Entertainment & Arts
Good things come to those who wait. But this is ridiculous.
Oct. 1, 1987
*** BING CROSBY AND THE ANDREWS SISTERS, “Their Complete Recordings Together” MCA
Feb. 14, 1997
Archie Comic Publications Inc., publisher of comics featuring teenagers Archie Andrews and Jughead Jones, sued Warner Music Group Corp. to force it to change the name of the Australian pop band the Veronicas.
Aug. 16, 2005
Jane Pickens, credited with being the most talented of radio’s three singing Pickens Sisters and who later toured the country in a series of operettas and musicals, has died at her home in Newport, R.
Feb. 25, 1992
Books
This collection of interviews adapted from Fred Hall’s syndicated radio show, “Swing Thing,” functions as an oral history of the golden age of swing.
Dec. 17, 1989