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
Dandridge Sisters trio became highly recognized as a musical trio at the Cotton Club and were often compared to another famous group, the Andrews Sisters. Although the Dandridge Sisters studied as dancers, their music career led them to study music more technically so as to be more stable artists. After working in New York, they began to be chaperoned by their aunt, Geneva Williams, rather than their mother. They moved to the islands of Hawaii for five months performing a show, and then moved back to Hollywood to work on musical shorts. In Hollywood, they worked for MGM and appeared in "Going