*The 1950s and ’60s girl groups – epitomized by acts like The Ronettes, The Crystals, The Shirelles (featuring Beverly Lee), The Supremes, and The Vandellas – revolutionized American pop music and ...
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Known as one of best girl groups of the late ...
The Shirelles were four high school friends from Passaic, New Jersey, who recorded a number of memorable songs in the early 1960s. "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" became the first No. 1 hit by a Black ...
It was 25 years ago Sunday that Passaic's favorite daughters, The Shirelles, were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. The induction in 1996 was a milestone for a group that not only sold ...
In a lot of the songs that went to #1 in the late '50s or early '60s, sex was a factor. It was there. Restrictive radio standards kept the singers from ever mentioning it, but these were teenagers ...
Soul legend James Brown once famously wailed, “This is a man’s world/But it wouldn’t be nothing, nothing without a woman or a girl.” For many female musical icons whose harmonies have been ...
Original member Beverly Lee presents "50 Years and Still Fabulous" While few performers can sustain a high visibility presence in the pop culture for 50 years, The Shirelles, members of the Rock and ...
THE FOOTE FILES (CBSDFW.COM) — For the next "twin spin" blog, we feature a successful girl group of the 60s: The Shirelles. The group from Passaic, New Jersey, consisted of Shirley Owens Alston, ...
Three recordings with musical roots planted in the Garden State are on this year’s list of audio treasures and deemed worthy of preservation by the Library of Congress. The album “Tonight’s the Night” ...