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Click for copy.In 2005, Ken Emerson wrote a book about the Brill Building scene – A number of books have also covered Motown’s history, including Berry Gordy’s 1994 autobiography, Broadhurst Theatre playbill for 2011 play, “Baby It’s You.” Click for playbill.2013 playbill from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre for the Broadway show, “Motown The Musical.” Click for song originals.So, the upbeat and joyful music of the 1960s’ girl-groups lives on – in various forms and venues – staying alive for the future. But “Uptown” was upbeat in sound, featuring Barbara Alston on lead, and it became a top hit. Sales figures of records in the US were not tracked accurately until May 1991, when Since 2013 certifications have included legal on-demand digital streams – separate figures for the pure sales component of singles released after 2013 are not available so they cannot be compared to sales-only certifications before this date. Click for film DVD.Martha & the Vandellas’ song “Heat Wave” was sung by Whoopi Goldberg in the 1992 film Girl group members themselves have taken up the pen to tell their own stories of their years in the music business, some of them turbulent tales. More on those groups in a moment. There are few institutions with a prouder legacy within pop music than the girl group. Rosetta Hightower sang lead for the group, joined by Shirley Brickley, Marlena Davis and Stephen Caldwell. From 1989 onwards the levels were revised so that a million-seller received a platinum certification instead, with multi-platinum awards for multiple million sales.The following singles have been certified by RIAA as selling one million copies or more in the US. Faced with the restrictions of early-’60s AM pop radio both in content and song length, King and Goffin squeeze an impressive amount of substance and significance from an economical, 14-syllable couplet. Since Darlene Love and the Blossoms were based in L.A., Spector used them to recorded “He’s A Rebel” as The Crystals.

2 hit with “Sally Go Round the Roses” in September/October. What do I know about conflict of interest and making a recording deal?”According to a conversation with Nona Hendryx of The Bluebells, as relayed in Gillian Gaar’s book, When the Shirelles discovered in 1964 that their trust fund had evaporated, they went on strike.In 1963, The Shirelles learned that a trust holding their royalties – money they were supposed to receive from their Scepter Record label on their 21st birthday – did not exist. That’s solid gold coming out of that speaker.”The follow-up Crystals’ single, “Then He Kissed Me,” also cracked the Top 10. The appearance of "Girl groups in earlier generations like the 1950s were perhaps more exploited (at least overtly) than more recent girl groups.As evidence of the popularity of The Supremes, during and after The British Invasion, on the 21 May 1977 edition of "Swing It!

“Leader of the Pack” later recharted in the U.K in 1972 at No.3 and again in 1976 at No. In fact, it became a place where the complete music making process – from song idea to finished record demo –could be completed in a manner of days. It also hit No. The tables below reflect these changes in certification levels. Click for CD.Phil Spector, for one, would be sued by at least three of the girl groups he worked with. Adolescence was also reinforced by girl groups in cultivation of a youthful image, since "an unprecedented instance of teenage girls occupying center stage of mainstream commercial culture".Adolescence was also important (especially starting in the 1950s) from the other end: the consumers were "teenagers [with] disposable income, ready access to automobiles, and consolidated high schools that exposed them to large numbers of other teens. 24  in the spring of 1963, was “Forever,” with Wanda Young Rogers singing lead (sampled later, at bottom of story). 8 in December 1962, and “Why Do Lovers Break Each Other’s Heart?,” No. 3 hit in August; and “Quicksand,” a No. The girls were still 15-to-17 years of age when their parents signed their contract with George “Shadow” Morton of the Red Bird record label in April 1964.