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Died On This Date (May 8, 1967) LaVerne Andrews / The Andrews Sisters

Posted by themusicsover on May 8, 2010

LaVerne Andrews
July 6, 1911 – May 8, 1967

LaVerne Andrews, along with her two younger sisters, Maxene and Patty  were better known as the Andrews Sisters, the best-selling female vocal group in pop music history. Over their career, the Andrews’ recorded over 600 sides that sold over 75 million copies in all. They had 113 charted hits, 46 of which landing in the top 10, a feat that surpassed even Elvis Presley and the Beatles. The original group’s run can to an end when LaVerne died of cancer on May 8, 1967 at the age of 56.

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This entry was posted on May 8, 2010 at 6:15 am and is filed under Easy Listening, Singer. Tagged: Beatles, Elvis Presley, LaVerne Andrews, Maxene Andrews, Patty Andrews, The Andrews Sisters. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

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