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Perhaps you would have expected our coverage of the girl groups to sort of fizzle away at the end. After all, the Beatles had completely changed the face ...read more
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For our eighth show dedicated to the girl group era, we find ourselves at the very peak of the genre – and at exactly the point when the writing was on the ...read more
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In this show we return to a chronological format as we enter 1963, the peak year for the girl group sound.
Groups like the Ronettes and the Crystals ...read more
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Our coverage of Girl Groups is one of the few topics we have discussed in the ‘How Music Changed’ series where we did not opt for a strict chronological ...read more
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The Ronettes never had a number one hit - only one of their songs ever made the top 20 – and yet they may be the most important and influential girl groups ...read more
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Some would call it irony, others would call it sexism, but there’s little doubt that Phil Spector was the single most important progenitor of the girl ...read more
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To some, the Girl Group phenomenon was simply a trend that came and went, but to judge whether or not a fad is truly influential, all you need to do is ...read more
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Some historians would lead you to believe that the girl group sound popped up almost out of nowhere in the year 1960.
While it is true that virtually ...read more
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In the beginning, rock and roll looked like some sort of males only club. Elvis, Little Richard, Chuck, Jerry Lee…I could go on and on. With very few ...read more
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In the ‘How Music Changed” series, we attempt to find the music that had the most profound impact on popular culture and the way that music styles ...read more
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