The Andrews Sisters, one of the most popular singing groups from the 1930s to the 1950s, were all born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. La Verne on July 6, 1915; Maxine on January 3, 1916; and Patti on February 16, 1920.

As early as 1932 they were traveling with Larry Rich's band, and by 1937 they made their debut in New York City with Leon Belasco's orchestra on both stage and radio. It was during their tenure with Belasco that Decca Records signed them to a recording contract. This would be the start of their voluminous output of popular songs on the Decca label. They also appeared in several motion pictures, the first released in 1940.

The Andrews Sisters radio work continued in 1938 with Jack Fulton on shows sponsored by Wrigley gum titled Double Everything and Just Entertainment; in 1939 they were heard with Phil Baker on his show, Honolulu Bound, and the same year they sang on Glenn Miller's show for Chesterfield.

On September 29, 1947 they became a regular feature of the Club Fifteen perogram. In addition to innumerable guest appearances on other programs, they also starred on their own shows.

The sister act broke up in 1953, with Patti striking out on her own as a single; however, they were still seen together occasionally on television.

La Verne succumbed to cancer on May 8, 1967 at the age of fifty-one. After that, the surviving sisters sang together a few time using a substitute singer for LaVerne.

In 1974 Patti and Maxine performed as a duo in the Broadway musical Over There.

Maxine died of a heart attack on October 21, 1995. She was seventy-nine years old.