By the time the trio broke up in 1951, they had charted 113 singles, recorded more than 1800 songs, and sold 75 million records
The sisters were inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 1998
Signed with Decca Records in 1937 after the company's president, Dave Kapp, heard their performance on Billy Swanson's radio show and released their first single, "Why Talk About Love," the same year
Were discovered by bandleader Larry Rich at a kiddie revue in Minneapolis in 1933
During their early years they played with the bands of Joey Howard, Ted Mack, and Murray Sherman
Quote: "(Maxene Andrews on the group): "The wonderful thing was that we were together for so many years․ We dressed together, we slept together, we roomed together, we went shopping together, and of course we rehearsed together․ We never separated․""
Best known as a harmony singing group in the swing and boogie-woogie eras whose hit songs included "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" and "Rum and Coca-Cola․"
Worked with bandleader and orchestral arranger Vic Schoen for several decades beginning in 1936
Their first big hit, "Bei Mir Bist Du Schon," which was a number one bestseller in 1938, was from the 1933 Yiddish musical "I Would If I Could․"