They were the oldest of six girls and two boys. Their brother called them bosom pals because they spent most of their time together. They lived with their family in a two-room log cabin home with ten. Because the girls were the oldest, their parents, Robert McLean and Christie (Mercredi) McLean, tasked them with much of the chorus.

She woke up and started her morning like every other morning by turning on the radio and making a pot of coffee. Julia Auger sat down at her kitchen table and, without realizing it, started to hum Rubby Dollie, an old tune she used to play on her guitar. For some reason, she began to reminisce about days gone by.