I have been listening to my best of Motown hits again, and the quality of 60s girls groups is amazing, The Supremes, The Vandellas, the Marvellettes and of course lesser known ones like the Velvettes. I love th harmonies and the sound. Of course I realise they came out side of Motown too, the Fountains, The Ronettes, The Dixie cups, The Chiffons, The Bobettes, The Cookies and of course various permutations of the Raylettes and Ikettes.

That whole period and the groups named after dudes with an ettes on the end, and songs that had the dulang dulang chorus in them, a time of innocence. What are some of your favourite songs and groups of this 1956 -1966 period. Mine are (Just a few)

Tell him - The Exciters or the Founatins?

Hes so fine (Dulang Dulang) - The Chiffons

Be my baby (Ronettes)

He's a Rebel - The Crystals

Jimmy Mack (The Vandellas)

Heat Wave (The Vandellas)

Needle in a Haystack (The Velvettes)

Please Mr Postman (Marvelettes)

Come see about me (The Supremes)

A less known one - Don't say nothin bad about my baby - The Cookies

Chains - The Cookies

Chapel of Love - Dixie Cups

Plenty More Fish in the sea - Marvelettes

Come and Get these Memories - The Vandellas

You can't hurry love - The Supremes

Mr Lee (I forget these girls name, but the song was really early like 1957ish)

Will you still love me tomorrow - The Shirelles

Nowhere to run to - The Vandellas (They had a lot of great songs)

Adorecream said:

Mr Lee (I forget these girls name, but the song was really early like 1957ish)

From a past post on the subject.

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Here's a group that rarely gets mentioned but recorded a classic track called Sally Go 'Round the Roses...

[img:$uid]http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b59/jbodine/Music%20II/Female/jaynetts2.jpg[/img:$uid]

...The Jaynetts

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The Jaynetts were a female R&B group from the Bronx. Formed by producer/composer J & S Records label owner Zelma "Zell" Sanders, the Jaynetts were really more a studio concoction than a group. In fact, the three women in the usual Jaynetts publicity photo may not even be the Jaynetts that recorded the song. There were at least five female vocalists on the date the song was recorded-- Johnnie Louise Richardson, Ethel Davis, Mary SueWells, Yvonne Bushnell, and Ada Ray.

The Supremes...

[img:$uid]http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b59/jbodine/Music%20II/Female/14235__supremes_l.jpg[/img:$uid]

...rule this topic.




...Stop! In The Name of Love & Reflections



...You Keep Me Hangin' On & Love Is Like An Itchin' In My Heart



...Stoned Love & Up The Ladder To The Roof



A couple of cuts are out of the exact time frame but the vibe is the same.



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theAudience said:

From a past post on the subject.

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Here's a group that rarely gets mentioned but recorded a classic track called Sally Go 'Round the Roses...

[img:$uid]http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b59/jbodine/Music%20II/Female/jaynetts2.jpg[/img:$uid]

...The Jaynetts

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The Jaynetts were a female R&B group from the Bronx. Formed by producer/composer J & S Records label owner Zelma "Zell" Sanders, the Jaynetts were really more a studio concoction than a group. In fact, the three women in the usual Jaynetts publicity photo may not even be the Jaynetts that recorded the song. There were at least five female vocalists on the date the song was recorded-- Johnnie Louise Richardson, Ethel Davis, Mary SueWells, Yvonne Bushnell, and Ada Ray.

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Johnnie Richardson recalled to one rock historian, "What happened was that Abner Spector was an electronics nut. He took the girls in the studio on a Friday, and they didn't get out of there until everybody was on the track. Anybody that came in the studio that week, he would put them on. Originally, I think he had about 20 voices on 'Sally.'" The cost of the project alone, Richardson figured was over $60,000 - an unheard of amount of money to spend on recording a pop single in 1961.

http://www.history-of-roc...ynetts.htm
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Interesting song, was Abner a relation of Phil's because the song does have a wall of sound type feel to it. Love the cover too, until about 1963, a lot of record labels would put cartoons or photographs of white people on the covers if the song was by a black artist or group, as the record label was worried the song would sell less copies if consumers knew it was a black artist. This type of racism persisted well into the 60s, although a lot of music aimed squarely and black audiences and jazz fans did not have the same hang ups. By 1964 thanks to Motown and others, most record labels freely showed black performers on the covers.

Thanks for sharing.

Adorecream said:

Interesting song, was Abner a relation of Phil's because the song does have a wall of sound type feel to it. Love the cover too, until about 1963, a lot of record labels would put cartoons or photographs of white people on the covers if the song was by a black artist or group, as the record label was worried the song would sell less copies if consumers knew it was a black artist. This type of racism persisted well into the 60s, although a lot of music aimed squarely and black audiences and jazz fans did not have the same hang ups. By 1964 thanks to Motown and others, most record labels freely showed black performers on the covers.

Thanks for sharing.

Actually, there is one very famous instance (i'm sure there were more) of this occurring in the Jazz world.

[img:$uid]http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b59/jbodine/Covers%20II/MilesAhead_original.jpg[/img:$uid][img:$uid]http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drc900/c978/c978712vqx9.jpg[/img:$uid]

Miles Ahead was initially released with the cover art on the left.
The story goes that Miles Davis said to Columbia records exec George Avakian, "Why'd you put that white bitch on there?"
Subsequent releases used the second cover.

No relation between Abner and Phil.

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I believe the Shirelles get overshadowed by the girl groups from Motown. They were the first female group to have a #1 song 'Will You Love Me Tomorrow"

theAudience said:

Adorecream said:

Interesting song, was Abner a relation of Phil's because the song does have a wall of sound type feel to it. Love the cover too, until about 1963, a lot of record labels would put cartoons or photographs of white people on the covers if the song was by a black artist or group, as the record label was worried the song would sell less copies if consumers knew it was a black artist. This type of racism persisted well into the 60s, although a lot of music aimed squarely and black audiences and jazz fans did not have the same hang ups. By 1964 thanks to Motown and others, most record labels freely showed black performers on the covers.

Thanks for sharing.

Actually, there is one very famous instance (i'm sure there were more) of this occurring in the Jazz world.

[img:$uid]http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b59/jbodine/Covers%20II/MilesAhead_original.jpg[/img:$uid][img:$uid]http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drc900/c978/c978712vqx9.jpg[/img:$uid]

Miles Ahead was initially released with the cover art on the left.
The story goes that Miles Davis said to Columbia records exec George Avakian, "Why'd you put that white bitch on there?"
Subsequent releases used the second cover.

No relation between Abner and Phil.

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Its sad that they did that type of crap in the old days. But I was suggesting it must have been less common in the Jazz World of the 50s. But Miles Davis, that was the wrong person to do that shit too. My partner (Whose 70) was telling me, him and all his friends were into Jazz in the 1955 -60 (This is white New Zealand here - conservative as) and no one really cared most of the artists were African American, they just wanted to enjoy the music and they did

theAudience said:

From a past post on the subject.

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Here's a group that rarely gets mentioned but recorded a classic track called Sally Go 'Round the Roses...

[img:$uid]http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b59/jbodine/Music%20II/Female/jaynetts2.jpg[/img:$uid]

...The Jaynetts

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
The Jaynetts were a female R&B group from the Bronx. Formed by producer/composer J & S Records label owner Zelma "Zell" Sanders, the Jaynetts were really more a studio concoction than a group. In fact, the three women in the usual Jaynetts publicity photo may not even be the Jaynetts that recorded the song. There were at least five female vocalists on the date the song was recorded-- Johnnie Louise Richardson, Ethel Davis, Mary SueWells, Yvonne Bushnell, and Ada Ray.

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Johnnie Richardson recalled to one rock historian, "What happened was that Abner Spector was an electronics nut. He took the girls in the studio on a Friday, and they didn't get out of there until everybody was on the track. Anybody that came in the studio that week, he would put them on. Originally, I think he had about 20 voices on 'Sally.'" The cost of the project alone, Richardson figured was over $60,000 - an unheard of amount of money to spend on recording a pop single in 1961.

http://www.history-of-roc...ynetts.htm
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nice

I like this one

and this one

ThiS! Sunday mornings with Bud and Lou:D):

The Chiffons had some killer tunes. 'One Fine Day' is my favorite.