Barry Manilow was joined by pop girl trio Exposé and together they recreated, note for note, a 1943 million-selling recording of "Jingle Bells" by Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters. Manilow has credited Patty, Maxene, and LaVerne Andrews as inspiring him, perhaps most evident in his recording of "Jump, Shout Boogie." Consequent "event" albums followed, including: "Showstoppers", a collection of Broadway songs (1991), "Singin' with the Big Bands" (1994) and a late 1970s collection "Summer of '78" (1996), which included the hit "I Go Crazy", formerly a hit for Paul Davis in 1978. The decade ended with Manilow recording a tribute to
Christmas with The Puppini Sisters and added "The Puppini Sisters remain as much a tribute act [to The Andrews Sisters] as a revitalization of several eras of pop." A reporter for "The Boston Globe" gave the album a positive review, saying "It's fitting that a trio so indebted to the Andrews Sisters would include a cover of 'Mele Kalikimaka', the Hawaiian-themed Christmas song made famous by the Andrewses and Bing Crosby, on their new holiday release. It's just one of the many highlights on this terrific Christmas album that lets the Puppinis have a ball, from the jazzy waltz treatment of Wham's 'Last Christmas' to