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The oft-touted critical notion that pop music revivals are usually spawned by reactionary nostalgia founders miserably when trying to explain swing music's resurgence, a renaissance seen over by latter-day hipsters born three decades after the music's supposed demise. A better explanation can be found on this 12-track Andrews Sisters sampler: vibrant, sassy music that's influenced artists from Bette Midler to the Manhattan Transfer and beyond. Starting as purveyors of typically serene ballads in the late '30s, the Andrews' tight harmonies virtually became the nation's soundtrack during the war years when wed to swing (the era-defining "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy") and even influences as seemingly far afield as blues ("Shoo-Shoo Baby") and calypso ("Rum and Coca-Cola"). Culled mostly from their stellar '40s prime, this collection serves as a great introduction to a stellar career--and a fine rationale for swing's unexpected modern blossoming. --Jerry McCulley
Tracks
Bei Mir Bist du Schön - The Andrews Sisters, Secunda, Sholom
Hold Tight (Want Some Sea Food, Mama) - The Andrews Sisters, Brandow, Jerry
Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar - The Andrews Sisters, Raye, Don
I'll Be With You in Apple Blossom Time - The Andrews Sisters, VonTilzer, Albert
Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy - The Andrews Sisters, Raye, Don
Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree (With Anyone Else But Me) - The Andrews Sisters, Brown, Lew
Shoo Shoo Baby - The Andrews Sisters, Moore, Phil
Rum and Coca-Cola - The Andrews Sisters, Amsterdam, Morey
Near You - The Andrews Sisters, Craig, Francis
I Wanna Be Loved - The Andrews Sisters, Green, Johnny
Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive - The Andrews Sisters, Arlen, Harold
I Can Dream, Can't I? - The Andrews Sisters, Kahal, Irving