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In America it arguably spelled the end of instrumental surf music, vocal girl groups and (for a time) the teen idols, that had dominated the American charts in the late 1950s and 1960s. [22] It dented the careers of established R&B acts like Fats Domino and Chubby Checker and even temporarily derailed the chart success of surviving rock and ...
In honor of the 60-year celebration of the Temptations’ first No. 1 hit, the Temptations have been out on the media circuit, plugging a song that really needs no plugging — clearly, from the ...
Garage rock was a form of amateurish rock music, particularly prevalent in North America in the mid-1960s and so called because of the perception that it was rehearsed in a suburban family garage. [ 21 ] [ 22 ] Garage rock songs revolved around the traumas of high school life, with songs about "lying girls" being particularly common. [ 23 ]
The special is a musical revue starring Motown's two most popular groups at the time, Diana Ross & the Supremes and The Temptations. Containing a combination of showtunes , specially prepared numbers, and popular Motown hits, the special was taped before a live studio audience in September 1968 and originally broadcast December 9, 1968 on NBC ...
Smokey Robinson and Ronald White wrote and produced the classic Motown melody "My Girl. It went on to become the first No.1 single for The Temptations. ... ‘America’s Image Is Being Destroyed ...
The Andantes were an American female session group for the Motown record label during the 1960s. Composed of Jackie Hicks, Marlene Barrow, and Louvain Demps, [1] the group sang background vocals on numerous Motown recordings, [2] including songs by Martha Reeves & the Vandellas, the Temptations, Stevie Wonder, the Four Tops, Jimmy Ruffin, Edwin Starr, the Supremes, the Marvelettes, Marvin Gaye ...
CLEVELAND — Decades after unleashing a broadside of Detroit rock energy — and following years of frustrating snubs — the MC5 got justice at last from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
After Betty McGlown left the Primettes due to her upcoming nuptials, Martin replaced her in the group in 1960. [1] She and her group mates, Diana Ross (then known as Diane), Mary Wilson and Florence Ballard, signed a recording contract with Motown founder Berry Gordy on January 15, 1961, as the Supremes, a name that Ballard had chosen (as she was the only group member in the studio at the time ...