Girl Groups

Songs and styles:
Girl Groups of the 1960s

Updated February 5, 2010

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See Your Faves Again!
Cher, Supremes, Ronettes & more!

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Girl groups on CD!
Sha-lang books!
GGs on TV!

Groovy! The Groups
750+ Groups!
Where to Find
Girl-Group CDs!

Swell! The Songs
Cry-Cra-Cryin' Songs!
Weirdo Songs!
Remakes!

Fab! Fans & Fun
No. 1 Hits!
Big Hair!
Bad Girls!

A Blast! Beach Party!
Girl-Groups 1960s movies!
Annette!
Where to Buy Them!

Keen! History & Bios
Today's history lesson!
The Wall of Sound!
Sweet Songbirds!

Man! More Pix!
Early Cher, Lesley Gore
and many many
many more!

Mod! Girl Groupville
Fan pix of the
girl groups!
Q & A Page, Pen-Pal Us!

Luv! The Links
The Stars' Sites!
Candy and Records!

Wow! Where to Buy It!
Vats of Vinyl!
Memorabilia!

Feature Articles...

Brief Blazing Stars!
Ad-Libs!
Ruby & the Romantics!

Karen and Olivia in '66
Karen's solo sound!
Olivia Newton-John!

Exclusively on Girl-Groups.com
Bev, Efficient 1960s
Secretary!

Free Internet Radio Channels:

.....60's Chick Channel
.....The Motown Show
.....Ye-Ye Girls!
.....British Sixties Show

Visitors since our launch on Dec. 24, 2000:

For the returning fan...

C'mon everybody, do the twist...and the pony...and the watusi...and the...

By popular request, we've added a "Dances" page to show you how to do all the cool dances of the 1960s. These are videos that will show you the steps while you enjoy the hip music--though in the case of the "Lawrence Welk Show" video, we can't guarantee that!

There were many crazy, fun, hit dances of the 1960s. To name a few, the: Twist, Peppermint Twist, Slow Twist, Watusi, Fly, Pony, Alligator, Mashed Potato, Monkey, Swim, Jerk, Locomotion, Duck, Freddie, Muscle Bustle, Camel Walk, Hully Gully, and many more. Even "the Madison," popularized in the 1950s, remained a 60s hit, as it was perhaps the original "line dance."

The popular dances of the 1960s were a big departure from the "touch" and close dances of the 1950s. They were usually separate, fast, and acrobatic dances. Some estimates say that more than 500 new dances were launched in the early 1960s.

So, c'mon, let's dance!

You requested it, you got it...

Many fans have emailed us, asking about NBC's "Saturday Night Live" 1960s skit from their 2009 Christmas special. It features Amy Poehler, Kristen Wiig, and Maya Rudolph in a hilarious (and, as it turns out, well-sung) performance of a girl-groups style Christmas song: Santa's My Boyfriend: Girl-Groups Spoof

In honor of Black History Month:
Girl Groups and 1960's Prejudice

New Feature! Many readers have wondered how the girl groups of the 1960s interfaced with those racially-charged times. Of course, many, if not most, of the girl groups were black. Some of the white groups and singers, like the Shangri-las and Lesley Gore, had their photos plastered everywhere. Fewer of the black groups and singers enjoyed the same privilege. By the time the Supremes hit it big, progress had been made--but even the Supremes had their share of slights.

Read our exciting new feature here:
The Girl Groups in Black and White--Literally

New Videos

Let's go low-def and see some of our favorite girl-groups stars of the past. We've added new videos to the video page.

Enjoy Darlene Love singing "You'll Never Get to Heaven."

Helen Shapiro is cool through her song, "I Don't Care."

And you can romp with Annette and Frankie as they play some saucy "Beach Blanket Bingo."

Today's Recommended Music

Improvements

We've added the left sidebar (like on the homepage) on each page, rather than the links at the top and bottom which didn't lead to all the links we have. There are more improvements, too! We are finally going to all the full text of Alan Betrock's Girl Groups: The Story of a Sound and have frequent updates. Thank you for your patience during this transition.

A Novel with a Girl-Group Theme: Doo-Lang Love!

The novel with a girl-groups theme, Doo-Lang Love, has received rave reviews in the press and on Amazon.com.

The novel is set in the present day and is about a new girl group modeled after the 1960s style of group--only this group is made up of three drag queens!

Now Girl-Groups.com presents a full review of this funny, engaging novel that's sure to please girl-group fans everywhere: Doo-Lang Love

Now you can re-live the Sixties!

This hilarious list will give you all the components you need to go back to the Sixties. Especially nice is the first item on the list, a Frankie and Annette CD!
Sixties, come back to me!

Girl Group Gems: Red Bird Entertainment

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For the first time visitor...

Back to the old days

Remember the early 1960s...when Coke was just a soft drink...when the only nudity you saw was a Barbie doll, between outfits...when the biggest worry was who Johnny would invite to the prom?

Girl-groups.com takes you back to those days, to the fab era of early 1960s girl groups. Most people can remember the Supremes,the Ronettes, and the Shangri-las. But there were actually hundreds of artists, both groups and solo singers, who were part of the girl-group era from 1960-1966.

Who were these singers? Who made the sound? Why was it so famous, and suddenly gone? Here you'll find an interesting history of the girl groups.

Do you remember a kooky song title? Check out our songs list.

Wanna know cool trivia or when your favorite song hit number one? You'll find it: Fun Page.

The girl-group sound is still popular, especially with the advent of CDs. You can find famous artists and one-hit wonders on girl-group CDs and in books about the era.

What's happening these days with some of these stars? The gals still look great!

Remember those beach-party movies? Not only did Annette Funicello appear, but so did the Supremes, Toys, & Lesley Gore!

New Review Pages!

New reviews have been added and all reviews appear in alphabetical order by artist. Groups and singers include all your favorites and hundreds more you didn't know about!

As requested, we have now categorized the Reviews pages according to groups, soloists, compilations and "other" (in this case, books and CDs).

You Want It, You Got It!

By popular request, we have added a Q & A page. Read new info and see new pix here!
Q and A about the girl groups.

In this installment, we answer your questions about what defines "the girl-group era," who is the most enduring group and songwriter, with details about characters like Phil Spector and groups like Ruby & the Romantics ("Our Day Will Come"), the Ad-Libs ("Boy From New York City"), the Orlons ("Don't Hang Up"), and the Essex ("Easier Said Than Done").

New 'Bev' Page

Bev, the Efficient 1960s Secretary, now has her own page on this site. It includes the latest strip: Bev looks into the future, the first one to be set in an era other than the 1960s. Another is nearly finished and will be posted next week.

You can also get your own 'Bev' coffee mug for yourself, or as a gift: Exclusive to Girl-Groups.com: the Bev mug. Order one, order more! It will help support this site.

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