60s Music and Girl Groups.

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I had posted in Shopper's Square a Hairdryer in case the Bee Hive ever came back.

Then twintubdexter (Joe) posted a pic of the Ronetts. So, it got the Jukebox going in my head and went to YouTube.

I just love the music from back then. I think we all know the monsters that Phil Spector and the Motown Men were... but What a Sound.

Imagine... Music with melodies, harmonizing and lyrics with no vulgarity.

Found this Clip...



Anyone else care to add ???

Love the Hair and the Choreography

I posted this here so everyone could pitch in if they wish. Enjoy
 


There's a poster on YT who creates extended versions of 60s songs. I like his version of the above song.

 
"Motown"

sound. Mr. Postaman by the Marvelette's of Inkster Michigan. They also did "When the hunter gets captured by the game"
I think one group member is still living.
Inkster was settled in part by blacks who worked for Ford Motor Company in Dearborn, but were not allowed to live there.
Martha Reeves and the Van Della's; Martha grew up on Townsend street near Van Dyke in Detroit's lower east side, and a relative or friend was named Della.
Diana Ross and the Supremes of course. Diana was born not far from mid town Detroit. Her parents were from "black bottom", which was Hastings street closer to down town. It had black owned businesses, and dance and night clubs. It was leveled to make way for I-75, the Chrysler freeway.
Her family soon moved to the Brewster-Douglas public housing project, built to replace black bottom houses. It too is gone now, finally.
Some of todays music is good, but takes an open mind to listen to some of it.
 
I know this is in the first clip. This is the recorded version compared to the one above which is a live performance.

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I'm Splitting Hairs Here

Those are bouffants rather than bee hives, but who cares -- you can't beat the music.  And they were all tastefully dressed, not the T&A look of today.  Say what you will about social issues of the day -- the Kennedy-inspired '60s were a period of jet-setter style and sophistication before the summer of love turned all of that on its head.

 

I was going to state that The Shirelles were the only ones who weren't lip-synching in the OP video.  Thanks Ken for posting the recorded version. 

 

I have most of what has been posted above in my jukebox.  It's a little heavy on girl groups, but that's the stuff that keeps a party going.  One prize I'm still looking for is in fact "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?" by The Shirelles.  I'll come across it eventually.

 

After listening to Terry Gross interview Bobby Vee (it was done in 1998, I believe, and rebroadcast week before last) I've come to the conclusion that Carole King is probably my favorite songwriter ever.  She also had a hand in arrangements, inserting her sort of trademark strings section in various hits by an assortment of artists.

 

As for the girl group genre and Motown in general, when I threw a Halloween party back on 10/29, I had the jukebox going in the den in the back of the house, and the Dish Network "Party Playlist" channel up front in the living room.  All of the food was up front, and that's where most people were, but one guest who was by the bar in the den stated, "The party's back here -- this music is great!"
 
When I first saw this thread...

My mind immediately went to the Crystals' song "And then he kissed me", which I discovered in college when viewing the movie "Adventures in Baby Sitting"

We used to have a wonderful late 50s/60s/early 70s station here in town, but the station owners decided that HipHop was the way to go so they abandoned the format probably 8 years ago and no local station here has tried it since.

When I started rebuilding washers to sell in 1990/1991, I started a habit that I always had that oldies station on my little portable radio. I have done that ever since, but today I have to play CDs as its hard to work on machines without oldies playing. When I hear certain songs today, my mind goes immediately to either a pesky problem washer that was teaching me a thing or ten that I didn't know, or a particularly fun machine that I was working on.

Thanks for the great memories!

Gordon
 
Imagine that!

Actually dressing up for a performance.  Including HEELS!!!!  I love it.  I have to admit that I do not enjoy "dressing up" and avoid it as much as I can (including mostly casual even for church), but we've come a long way since these girls were the rage, and I am not sure it's for the better.

 

I agree with a comment above about the sixties, especially the early sixties; we had a classy First Family in the White House and I think that had a trickle-down effect on the rest of us.

 

lawrence
 
I remember a "20/20" report about the girl groups .

 

 

 

They teased the report "They filled the gap between Elvis and The Beatles".  Elvis usually shared the Top Five of the pop charts with girl groups until The Beatles and the ensuing British invasion came along.

 
 
Just a Girl, Not a Group

Even though she has the right hair and some serious back-up.

 

The first indicators of the pending British invasion were mainly inspired by American rock 'n' roll.  This is another pop genre represented in my jukebox, including this number by Dusty Springfield.

 



 

Edit:  Thanks Ken!

 

 

 

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Ralph

Easy to put video in the body of your reply. Open two browser tabs. One for this site and the other for the site with the video. Copy the address of the video shown up in the address bar by right clicking on it and then left clicking on "copy" from the drop down box that will open after right clicking. Left click on tab for this site. In the box where you type your message right click and then left click "paste" from the drop down box. That will put the video in the body of your message.
 
great thread....thanks

dang you guys, listen to a few of these hits, and then find myself humming them all day.....

I was a little tyke in the 60's, but my oldest sister was in her teens, and whenever she was watching us, her Motown 45's were being played....probably what got me started in it all.....fantastic music, tunes and sounds....especially out of a console stereo, sound like no other!

 

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