60s Music and Girl Groups.

[rp2813]

Leslie Gore

And here's one from a current Toyota ad campaign.  I don't know why anybody trying to sell something would use the buzz term "you don't own me," but they did.

 

 

[vacerator]

Maybe because

vehicles are so expensive today, most lease them?
Many months/years to pay makes many owned toys out of us all.

 

[classictvman81x]

The only problem, even then, was that management usually (if not always) called all the shots. Phil Spector - who served as The Ronettes' manager - was the most notorious; his heavy-handed approach did not sit well with many of the people he worked with (including The Beatles' Paul McCartney, who was upset over Spector's treatment of his "The Long and Winding Road"), and his poor reputation with women reached a peak after he shot dead actress Lana Clarkson February 3, 2003.

These girl groups almost always just sang -- didn't play their own instruments, until The Go-Go's changed that in 1981.

~Ben

 

[vacbear58]

Northern Soul

As a fan of what is known here as Northern Soul (see link), some of my choices may be a bit obscure, but good none the less IMHO.

The Velvettes

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[vacbear58]

And again

These Things Will Keep Me Loving You

 

[vacbear58]

An anthem for us all

The Poppies - Do It With Soul

 

[vacbear58]

Still Rememebr The Feeling

Barbara Lewis

 

[vacbear58]

Hello Stranger

This much recorded song (I can think of 10 different versions) was written by Barbara Lewis of the previous posting, but I think this is my favourite version - Paula And The Latinaires

 

[vacbear58]

The 81

Candy And The Kisses

 

[vacbear58]

Mixed up, shook up girl

Patty and The Emblems

 

[vacbear58]

The British version

seems very weak in comparison

 

[vacbear58]

Just One Look

Co-written and performed by Doris Troy. It was covered and was a hit here for The Hollies (male)

 

[vacbear58]

I'll Do Anything

I am going to round off for now with another Doris Troy - and this is one of my absolute favourites.

I am surprised at the wonderful arrangements and orchestrations on many of these discs, even if they were not major hits.

Take it away Doris:

 

[toploader55]

Thanks to everyone that contributed.

Now we'll have to do a Doo Wop Thread, Guy Band Thread, and a Chronological Thread starting from the mid fifties through the late 60s just before the "Music Died" of this era.

Doris Troy "Just One Look"...

Just Fabulous. Hey Vacbear. All your contributions to this thread are Great.

Thanks Very Much. Just so nice to listen to In my opinion Real Music.

Arrangements, Harmonies, and Lyrics you can understand.

Refreshing.

 

[vacerator]

Music

seems to bring us all together!
In the first Velvettes video, third frame, shows the old 20 Grand theatre in Detroit. I remember it, on Grand River avenue near Telegraph. Before it closed in the late 1980's, it hosted Cabaret's where people paid for a ticket to go dance with an open bar to contemporary music spun by DJ's. not live groups.
A few of the last groups to perform there were Climax, the Mary Jane Girls, and Emtume (Sugar Free)song.
Just up the road a bit was Topeka's supper club for the middle aged set.