girl group

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(thing) by pingouin (4.3 y) (print) ? (I like it!) 1 C! Sat Nov 13 1999 at 9:18:43

A pop group, with (mainly) a set of female singers. Formulaic from the git-go (early 60s) - 3 or 4 pretty faces (sometimes only one could really sing), two gems from the Brill Building, and an ironfisted producer (e.g. Phil Spector; Sonny Bono and Cher apprenticed under him). Mucho classix resulted, but the genre lost steam when Bob Dylan and the British Invasion changed the rules. The Supremes, et al, survived it. The formula was revived decades later, following En Vogue's success.

(thing) by GollyGee (?) (print) ? (I like it!) Sat Nov 13 1999 at 9:18:43

Early 60s female vocal groups that sang romance and advice songs in a style borrowed partly from doo-wop. Many successes came from the new Motown label.

Some groups: Crystals, Shirelles, Shangri-Las, Marvelettes, Supremes, Chiffons.

When the Beatles were starting out, they covered many girl group songs.

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Phil Spector	Brill Building	The popularity of boy bands	Give Me Powerpuff Girls Hentai or Give Me DEATH
the Mo-dettes	Boom Shakalaka	Past, Present and Future	Is she really going out with him?
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Josie Cotton	LaBelle	Intelligence Quotient	EIPT
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My female offspring shall remain chaste until menopause	Chronic fatigue syndrome	em	naked

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