High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Andrews Sisters were a close harmony singing group, consisting of sisters LaVerne Sophia Andrews (contralto; July 6, 1911 ? May 8, 1967), Maxene Angelyn Andrews (soprano; January 3, 1916 ? October 21, 1995), and Patricia Marie (a.k.a. Patty) Andrews (mezzo-soprano; lead; born February 16, 1918). All were born in Minnesota to a Greek immigrant father and a Norwegian American mother. Patty, the youngest and the lead singer of the group, was only seven when the group was formed, and just twelve years old when they won first prize at a talent contest at the local Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis, where LaVerne played piano accompaniment for the silent film showings in exchange for free dancing lessons for herself and her sisters.