In 1933, six months after his first wife Pauline died in childbirth, he married Eva Overstake. The girls continued to perform and record their music and became acquainted with other regular WLS performers such as Gene Autry, George Gobel, The Hoosier Hot Shots, Red Foley, and others. Herschel Overstake moved his wife and children to Chicago and became their manager. Lucille was one year younger and Eva was just 14. īy the time of the audition, the oldest sister, Evelyn, then 17, was married and had a child. WLS station management renamed them the Three Little Maids and they were on their way to fame and fortune. The girls were an immediate hit with the WLS listeners and they were hired for regular Saturday night appearances on the show to begin in January 1932. The program director was so impressed with their performance in the audition he immediately scheduled them for a guest appearance the following Saturday on the WLS National Barn Dance. In the fall of 1931 Herschel Overstake took his three daughters to Chicago to audition for radio station WLS. Before long the Overstake sisters were performing on local radio stations WJBL, WDZ and WTAX.
When Eva was 12 years old her father arranged for her and her two older sisters, Evelyn and Lucille to sing three-part harmonies for The Salvation Army on street corners in Decatur.
Overstake was born in Decatur, Illinois, the third of six children of Herschel Jewel Overstake (1894-1936) and Helen Elizabeth Nalefski (1897-1988). ( January 2019) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources.
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