In our quest for current talent with respect to singing groups, we ran across three wonderful girls from England. They call themselved THE THREE BELLES. They are ike the reincarnation of the great Andrews Sisters. They make no bones about it. They are the new Andrews Sisters. I spoke to Anneka Wass, the group leader on the phone while they were traveling by car to a singing gig and learned of their sincere singing tributes to the Andrews girls. The Three Belles even sing the very tunes that made the Andrews girls world-famous and still the biggest record selling singers of all time. Some of their tunes were "Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar," "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree," " The Boogie, Woogie, Bugle Boy of Company 'B'." and many other great Andrews Sisters songs.
The Three Belles are very young, Anneka (Betty) is 22, Gail (Sally) who is 21 and Dorothy ( Isabelle), "Who is also 21 and sings aout love and scolds the others when we get carried away," she says.
The girls got started in college as part of their project for their Creative and Performing Arts Course.
They are booked into 2012 and will attend and perform at the commemoration of "D" Day Landings in Normandy this Summer.
The girls are a feature alongside the Andrews Sisters story in my new book "Perfect Harmony," due out by April 2012 and celebrates the singing groups from the 1920' to the present. If you like singing groups you'll love this book.
Patty Andrews has written the foreword for this book and is excited about the entry of The Three Belles, who will coninue the Andrews Sisters legacy. Patty Andrews and I have been friends since 1982 when I wrote press releases for her when she was performing solo in California with the Tex Beneke Orchestra and other musical venues.
Patty will be 94 in February. Hope she likes the bouquet if flowers me and my wife Madeline will send her.
Welcome to America Three Belles. We'll be listening!!!
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Welcome to Richard Grudens' Big Band Blog
As a Big Band author, I have written 14 books about the subject that covers the vocalists, musicians, band leaders, arrangers, and associates, including my new best seller Star Dust - The Bible of the Big Bands, a book with over 700 pages and 650 terrific photographs. We will be putting together weekly articles about those folks who made up the Big Band era - many of whom I have personally interviewed.
You'll find never before seen photographs and articles that have not appeared in any of my books as yet. You will find many of them here for your personal enjoyment - mostly current stories and some about the past that include the greats like Benny Goodman, Harry James, Glenn Miller, and all of the other great band leaders.
Try to follow me each week to learn about these people and perhaps you may want to contribute comments and facts of your own.
For instance, did you know that Kitty Kallen who lives in NJ has taken up permanent residence in her long time villa in Mexico where she used to Summer only.
Did you know that Doris Day continues to nurture her four-leggers at her Carmel, CA ranch and has pretty much put her career behind her? Why she won't even answer the phone anymore.
Stay tuned, as they used to say on the radio -- but don't turn that dial, keep it focused on my blog and I'll be seeing you.
You'll find never before seen photographs and articles that have not appeared in any of my books as yet. You will find many of them here for your personal enjoyment - mostly current stories and some about the past that include the greats like Benny Goodman, Harry James, Glenn Miller, and all of the other great band leaders.
Try to follow me each week to learn about these people and perhaps you may want to contribute comments and facts of your own.
For instance, did you know that Kitty Kallen who lives in NJ has taken up permanent residence in her long time villa in Mexico where she used to Summer only.
Did you know that Doris Day continues to nurture her four-leggers at her Carmel, CA ranch and has pretty much put her career behind her? Why she won't even answer the phone anymore.
Stay tuned, as they used to say on the radio -- but don't turn that dial, keep it focused on my blog and I'll be seeing you.
Bio
- of Richard Grudens
- Richard Grudens worked his way up from a studio page at NBC’s studio in New York to writing for the news shows of H.V. Kaltenborn, John Cameron Swayze, News of the World, and the “Today” show. Feature writing for Long Island P.M. Magazine led him to his first book “The Best Damn Trumpet Player - Memories of the Big Band Era. He has written countless magazine articles on such diverse subjects as industrialist Henry Ford, VE Day, Motorcycle Helmet Safety, DNA history and many other interesting subjects. Some of his credits include: - Wild West Magazine: Interview with legendary cowboy star Gene Autry (1995); - California Highway Patrol Magazine, a treatise on The Beach Boys; - World War II Magazine: Cover Story about Bob Hope’s famous USO tours; - Many articles on Bing Crosby and Bob Hope and much more. Richard and wife Madeline enjoy life on Long Island and look forward to bringing you many more books on the Big Band era and beyond.
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