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song made famous by Glenn Miller and by the Andrews Sisters

"Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree (with Anyone Else but Me)" is a popular song that was made famous by Glenn Miller and by the Andrews Sisters during World War II. Its lyrics are the words of two young lovers who pledge their fidelity while one of them is away serving in the war.^[1]

The Glenn Miller recording on RCABluebird Records reached no.

2 on the Billboard pop singles chart in

Also sung by sailors and nurses in a beach scene in the John Wayne/ Otto Preminger movie In Harm's Way.

Background

Originally titled "Anywhere the Bluebird Goes",^[2] the melody was written by Sam H. Stept as an updated version of the nineteenth-century English folk song "Long, Long Ago".^[3]Lew Brown and Charles Tobias wrote the lyrics and the song debuted in the Broadway musical Yokel Boy.

The andrew sisters: Hal Leonard Corporation. MinnPost explains that the sisters' unique song stylings contrasted sharply with the prevailing winds of popular singers at the time, particularly women. This experience awakened the girls love for music and they began spending all of their free time singing and mimicking the successful singers of the time. Retrieved February 3,

After the United States entered the war in December , Brown and Tobias modified the lyrics to their current form, with the chorus ending with "till I come marching home".^[2]

"Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree" remained in Your Hit Parade's first place from October through January It was the longest period for a war song to hold first place.^[4]

On February 18, , Glenn Miller and his Orchestra recorded the song with vocals by Tex Beneke, Marion Hutton, and The Modernaires.

The 78 single was released on RCABluebird Records on March 6, peaking at no. 2 on Billboard. This record, the B side to "The Lamplighter's Serenade", spent thirteen weeks on the Billboard charts and was ranked as the nation's twelfth best-selling recording of the year.^[5]

In May the song was featured in the film Private Buckaroo as a performance by the Andrews Sisters with the Harry James orchestra and featuring a tap dancing routine by The Jivin' Jacks and Jills.

The andrew sisters biography wikipedia and wife Weschler, her husband of nearly 60 years, had died on August 28, , at the age of Patty Andrews died January 30, at the age of Blind Journey: A Journalist's Memoirs. Along with Bing Crosby , separately and jointly, The Andrews Sisters were among the performers who incorporated ethnic music styles into America's Hit Parade , popularizing or enhancing the popularity of songs with melodies originating in Brazil , Czechoslovakia , France , Ireland , Israel , Italy , Mexico , Russia , Spain , Sweden and Trinidad , many of which their manager chose for them.

This scene is often considered one of the most memorable of the film.^[6]

The Andrews Sisters then released the song on Decca Records as a 78 single that month, peaking at no. 16 on Billboard. (In a interview, Patty Andrews reported that this was their most requested song.)^[1]

Many other artists released records of the song that year, including Kay Kyser.

With the Miller, Andrews, and Kyser records all being popular on the radio, "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree" became one of the few songs in history to have three different versions on the radio hit parade at the same time.^[2] The Andrews version was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in ^[7]

Other versions

Parodies

Popular culture

More recently, "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree" was featured in the films:

• Twelve O'Clock High (),
• With a Song in My Heart (),
• Kiss Them for Me (),
• Robert Mitchum sings it in Heaven Knows, Mr.

  Allison ()

• A Carol for Another Christmas (),
• In Dreams ()
• The Master ().^[9] It also featured in the mini-series The Pacific
• An instrumental muzak version was featured in the film Devil ().
• A couple of vocal portions of the song were sampled for use in the track "Down to This," ^[10] by the 90s alternative rock band Soul Coughing.
• The title of the song was the inspiration for columnist Lewis Grizzard's book, Don't Sit Under the Grits Tree with Anyone Else but Me.
• The title of the song was the inspiration behind Steven J.

  Andrews' debut novel, 'Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree'.

• The song is prominently featured in Charles Fuller's A Soldier's Play, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, at the beginning and end of each act.

The song is also featured on the soundtrack at Disney's Hollywood Studios.

Patty andrews biography Marriages, family, and deaths [ edit ]. Today, The Andrews Sisters are still recognized for their engaging harmony and witty sense of humor. However, she never matched the success she had with The Andrews Sisters. The two sisters did reunite, albeit briefly, on October 1, , when they received a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame , even singing a few bars of " Beer Barrel Polka " for the Entertainment Tonight cameras.

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