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    • Feb 11, 1966
    Sgt. Barry Sadler sings "The Ballad Of The Green Berets" on ABC's "The Jimmy Dean Show." Billy Grammer does "Gotta Travel On," and Dean joins The Andrews Sisters on "Pistol Packin' Mama." The Andrews trio also does a portion of "Don't Fence Me In"
    May 8, 1967
    LaVerne Andrews dies of cancer in Los Angeles. With younger siblings Maxene and Patty, she was a part of The Andrews Sisters, a World War II-era pop trio that dented the country charts during the 1940s in pairings with Bing Crosby and Ernest Tubb
    Nov 30, 1967
    Dean Martin and The Andrews Sisters slide a former country hit, "Pistol Packin' Mama," into a medley during NBC's "The Dean Martin Show"
    Aug 9, 1968
    Maxene Andrews announces she will become dean of women at Tahoe Paradise College, effectively dissolving The Andrews Sisters. The group had country hits in the 1940s by collaborating with Bing Crosby and Ernest Tubb
    Jan 30, 1987
    The Woody Allen movie "Radio Days" appears in movie theaters. Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters' version of "Pistol Packin' Mama" is used in the film, alongside music by Glenn Miller, Cole Porter, Tommy Dorsey and Frank Sinatra
    Oct 1, 1987
    The Andrews Sisters receive a star at 6834 Hollywood Boulevard on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. They sang with Bing Crosby on "Pistol Packin' Mama"
    Oct 21, 1995
    Maxene Andrews, of The Andrews Sisters, dies at Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis, Massachusetts. The sisters were a significant pop harmony trio in the 1930s and '40s, but also teamed with Ernest Tubb and Bing Crosby on country hits during the 1940s, including the Crosby effort "Pistol Packin' Mama"
    Feb 24, 1998
    Otis Redding's "(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay," The King Cole Trio's "Straighten Up And Fly Right" and Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters' "Don't Fence Me In" join the Grammy Hall of Fame with records by Aretha Franklin, Al Green, Frank Sinatra and Tommy Dorsey
    Oct 30, 1998
    "Crying In The Chapel" originators The Orioles join the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in Sharon, Pennsylvania, along with The Andrews Sisters, The Beach Boys, The Supremes, The Drifters, The Ames Brothers, The Platters and Crosby Stills & Nash
    Mar 14, 2003
    The Country Music Foundation publishes "Heartaches By The Number," celebrating country's "500 greatest singles." Pop icon Bing Crosby appears on the list with The Andrews Sisters on "Pistol Packin' Mama" and "Don't Fence Me In"
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