Songwriters and record producers took notice that something new was in play. A female voice was emerging despite all the talented male groups and singers. The era of the male Doo Wop was not fading, however, the "girls" were definitely moving the spotlight with more girl group vinyl memories...
The Story of Girl Groups in 45 Songs Starring the Supremes, TLC, the Ronettes, Destiny's Child, and more By PitchforkJuly 2, 2018 Graphic by Martine Ehrhart As the old joke goes, Fred Astaire was a great dancer, but Ginger Rogers did everything he did—backwards and in high heels. Si...
Over that six-decade span of iconic mainstream success, girl groups have often been dismissed, jeered at or all but written out of rock history. But as the years march on, the groups have endured — through their fashion, their cool, and most importantly, their songs. Related To honor tha...
Sounds of the Time: The Chi-Lites tell the story of “Oh Girl” In the 60s, Smokey Robinson virtually reinvented the sweet soul ballad and paved the way for a number of groups that would make the early 70s a ballad lovers dream era. And no act epitomized that genre more than this har...
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Just as its most recent musical, “Let It Shine,” stepped into the previously untouched world of rap and gospel, “Teen Beach Movie” creates a musical world of girl groups, rockabilly and surf rock for a pre-teen audience – a first for the Disney Channel. ...
For a while, it was all about the boys—One Direction, The Wanted, Mindless Behavior—but these eight girls-only groups prove that now, it's ladies first! 1 Little Mix Perrie, Leigh-Anne, Jesy, and Jade have captured everyone’s attention, from The X-Factor U.K. judges, to One ...
This is why I think it’s important to include more female characters (and more characters from other marginalised groups, too). It’s not just because the imbalance enters our consciousness and reinforces the idea that the white male is the “default” human, but also because it limits the...
The 50-mile challenge inspired other events around the country, by groups like the boy scouts and high school teams, just like Buzz and his athletes. Our friends, Jon and Terese, would be our support crew for the race; and it was cool to learn from Jon that his father had also complet...
The next thing he knew, Orbison was in one of the more surprising supergroups of the decade. "George came to town from England and he and Jeff and I went to dinner," Orbison continued. "George said, 'I need a third side for a European single, so why don't we get together and wr...