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<title>Neil Diamond</title>
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<category>Adult Contemporary</category>
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<description><![CDATA[OK, Neil Diamond is an easy target for parody -- voice straight outta Brooklyn, bespangled shirt straight outta Vegas. But this ex-Brill Building tunesmith crafted a batch of excellent songs during the 1960s (hits such as "Solitary Man" for himself and "I'm a Believer" for the Monkees) before emerging as a stadium superstar. His bombastic, ubermelodramatic work from the 1970s has earned him an enormous, if aging, female following who feel that Diamond tells them what their tight-lipped, big-bellied husbands never will. Today, a new generation of ironic hipster fans have swelled their ranks. Both these groups know that underneath the florid orchestrations and over-the-top emotion lies the truth. Who doesn't feel that love can go on the rocks? Who hasn't experienced a great September morning? Be it a longtime fan in too-snug polyester trousers or a smug 25-year-old in his dad's leisure suit -- both pump their fists in unison during "America." Neil Diamond, an undeserving nation thanks you for trying to put some feeling (however unsubtle) into our bored, numbed lives.
- Nick Dedina]]></description>
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<title>Carole King</title>
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<category>Singer-Songwriter</category>
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<description><![CDATA[No self-respecting 1970s co-ed dorm was without a copy of Carole King's <i>Tapestry</i>, a mondo hit that did for female singer-songwriters what Paul Simon did for the guys. One of the main consequences of this key album was that the public got clued into all the great songs King had written -- often with Jerry Goffin -- for other artists when the Brill Building ruled '60s pop. Such wonders as "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow" and "You've Got a Friend" are ultra-catchy, yet have a depth that is sorely missing in today's market of disposable singles. King's career was the inspiration behind the movie <i>Grace of My Heart</i>.
- Nick Dedina]]></description>
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<title>Bobby Darin</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Beginning as a '50s teen idol, Bobby Darin kept his musical life afloat through the '60s and '70s by swinging from pop, rock and folk, while hitting the Las Vegas lounge circuit along the way. Darin helped immortalize rock 'n' roll's earliest years with songs such as "Splish Splash" and "Dream Lover." By the end of the '50s, Darin marked his style change with an album of pop standards. Among the songs on this 1959 album was the most enduring version of Brecht-Weill's "Mack the Knife." The '60s saw Darin trapse through the Vegas circuit then morphing into a politically active, Dylan-influence folk singer with a number of Rolling Stones covers rounding out his set. As the '70s rolled around, Darring again donned his tuxeudo and returned to the world of the Vegas nightclubs and even briefly hosted a television show. In 1973, at the age of 37, Darrin died during open-heart surgery, leaving behind a wonderfully eclectic collection of music. In 1990 Darrin was inducted into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame.
- Jaan Uhelszki]]></description>
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<title>Harry Nilsson</title>
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<category>Singer-Songwriter</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:09:52 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[By the time his first LP, <I>Pandemonium Shadow Show,</I>appeared in 1967, Harry Nilsson was a music-industry veteran. He'd quit his bank job, the story went, after hearing the Monkees' version of his "Cuddly Toy" on the radio. Soon, his inventive medley of Beatle tunes, "You Can't Do That," had caught the group's ear, if not the world's. Despite his rich variety of self-penned classicist pop gems, it wasn't until Nilsson's cover of Fred Neil's "Everybody's Talkin'" was used in the film <I>Midnight Cowboy</I> that he scored a hit. He carried his gorgeous, vaguely precious style, rife with overdubbed voices (all his), through two more albums and the beloved kids' TV special <I>The Point!</I> before leaping in another direction. Hooking up with producer Richard Perry, he recorded <I>Nilsson Schmilsson,</I> a state-of-the-art pop-rock disc that still retained every bit of the artist's strange charm. Filled with oddball touches from a solo version of Louis Jordan's "Early in the Morning" to the mock-Caribbean "Coconut" and the thunderous rock 'n' roll of "Jump Into the Fire," it ultimately became best known for its most conventional track. Badfinger's "Without You" became a standard in Nilsson's version, which spent four weeks at No. 1. A bona fide superstar for the moment, Nilsson set off on the path of self-destruction. His excesses while recording 1974's <I>Pussy Cats</I> with John Lennon at the board led to his permanently damaging his voice. He continued to make occasionally striking music afterward -- most interestingly for the soundtrack to Robert Altman's <I>Popeye</I> -- but he never had another hit. Released around the time of his death in 1994, the two-CD anthology <I>Personal Best</I> did much for Nilsson's profile. His was suddenly a hip name to drop again in circles that revered the Beach Boys' and the Zombies' artier moments. He'd no doubt appreciate the irony of being at once an easy-listening oldies staple and a favorite of twentysomething indie rockers.
- Jaan Uhelszki]]></description>
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<title>Dionne Warwick</title>
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<category>Vocal-Pop</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:27:46 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The Burt Bacharach resurgence proves that what the world needs now is Dionne Warwick. She was one of the links between classic pop, rock and R&B in the '60s, with hits like "Walk on By," "I Say a Little Prayer," and "Do You Know the Way to San Jose." Warwick was the singer who could handle Bacharach's deceptively complex material and make it seem simple. The rock, disco, and rap generations knew her as the host to <i>Solid Gold</i>, as Whitney Houston's aunt, and then as the mouthpiece for the Psychic Friends Network. Now these people are rediscovering her roots as a great vocalist.
- Nick Dedina]]></description>
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<title>The Righteous Brothers</title>
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<category>Blue-Eyed Soul</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:09:56 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[They may not be brothers and only the lord above can say if they are truly righteous, but there is no denying that the Righteous Brothers have recorded some of the finest melodramatic, soul-drenched ballads in history. Two of the many songs they recorded with Phil Spector remain on heavy radio rotation: "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" and the operatic, intense "Unchained Melody." Their blonde good looks and dusky R&B voices are believed to have led an intrepid <i>sociologue</i> to coin the term "Blue-Eyed Soul."
- Nick Dedina]]></description>
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<title>Tommy James and the Shondells</title>
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<category>'60s Oldies</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:00:40 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Burt Bacharach</title>
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<category>Easy Pop</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:28:09 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Even a quick glance at Rhino Records' three-CD box set <I>The Look of Love: The Burt Bacharach Collection</I> gives an overview of how wide-reaching the composer/arranger's work has been. Besides his best-known material, on Dionne Warwick's long run of supper-club soul hits ("Walk on By," "I Say a Little Prayer"), there are important, career-defining records made with the likes of Dusty Springfield, Herb Alpert, Jackie DeShannon and B.J. Thomas. Deeply influenced by Ravel and Dizzy Gillespie, Bacharach made his earliest splash as musical director for Marlene Dietrich; he kept the gig going on and off even as his star rose with Warwick and others. By 1957, he'd met lyricist Hal David, with whom he partnered for the next 15 years; in fact, most of his great songs carry the Bacharach-David tag. While pushing his muse further with film work (he wrote <I>What's New Pussycat?</I> for Woody Allen's first movie, which also featured "My Little Red Book" in a nightclub scene), Bacharach recorded a series of mood music albums under his own name. These were mostly instrumental, or graced with "girl" session vocalists, but occasionally the <I>auteur</I> would open his own pipes. Though the results were shaky, they were friendly and likable. After a troubled break with David, Bacharach scored fewer hits. His name appeared on "Arthur's Theme" by Christopher Cross, "On My Own" by Patti LaBelle and Michael McDonald, and the star-studded Warwick single "That's What Friends Are For." It wasn't until the 1990s revival of interest in lounge music and similar styles, however, that his artistic profile was reassessed. Omnivorous music hound Elvis Costello teamed up with Bacharach on <I>Painted From Memory</I>, a dazzling 1998 album in the old style. Since then, Bacharach has continued to work, showing up on TV and in another inspired partnership, with Ron Isley on 2003's <I>Here I Am.</I>
- Jaan Uhelszki]]></description>
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<title>Ben E. King</title>
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<category>Soul</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:28:25 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Even deaf desert dwellers have heard "Stand by Me" thousands of times, but don't let that keep you from listening to the rest of Ben E. King's classic work. King was a soulful crooner who had much of the uptown class of Sam Cooke. He first came to prominence as the (second) lead singer of the Drifters, but he quickly broke out on his own. His hit "Spanish Harlem" shows the sophisticated feel and dreamy production of his '60s recordings. King recorded through out 1970s and '80s and even returned to the top of the charts in 1975 with "Supernatural Thing." The film <i>Stand by Me</i> exposed a new generation to King's music. King still records, often with great jazz and blues musicians.
- Nick Dedina]]></description>
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<title>Paul Anka</title>
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<category>Brill Building Pop</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Pop idol, teenage heart throb and a businessman of superhuman success, Paul Anka sometimes appears to be the embodiment of the Eisenhower years' American dream. In the 1950s, "Puppy Love," "Diana," and "Put Your Head On My Shoulder" provided a safe alternative to that crotch-grabbing satanist Elvis Presley, but what's interesting is that Anka wrote most of the material he performed himself. After his pop career ground to a halt in the '60s, Anka bought the rights to his own music and lived off the money made in re-issues. He also wrote the Tom Jones hit "She's a Lady" and the Sinatra favorite "My Way." In the 1970s Anka enjoyed a brief comeback singing duets with Odia Coates, an Oakland, Calif., singer he discovered. Anka is responsible for some of pop music's smarmiest moments, but the joke's on us because he's got more money than God.
- Chris Von Rumohr]]></description>
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<title>Connie Francis</title>
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<category>Brill Building Pop</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:09:55 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Born Constance Franconero, Connie Francis is a key figure in the era that saw the transition of pop music sung by vocalists to pop music sung by rock 'n' rollers. MGM had Francis try everything under the sun, and this New Jersey native's vocal style always leaned towards crossover country. Her Nashville work is fairly decent, but she also recorded nightclub standards, jazzy swingers and somewhat bleached Italian folk tunes. Francis has had her share of personal tragedies (which adds poignancy to her old teen tragedy tunes), but her career has nevertheless lasted for decades. She also co-starred in the ever-popular <i>Where the Boys Are</i>, and her most enduring hit -- a lightly R&B-ish reading of "Who's Sorry Now" -- still gets considerable airplay on oldies stations.
- Nick Dedina]]></description>
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<title>Neil Sedaka</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:00:43 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Neil Sedaka was the first songwriter from the famous Brill Building bunch to strike out on his own and have a series of hits in the late 1950s. His career has weathered the decades, with No. 1's in the early '60s with "Breaking Up is Hard to Do," and the mid-'70s with "Laughter in the Rain." Sedaka's real strength has always been as a songwriter (usually with Howard Greenfield), so it is a little odd to hear him attempt to croon standards such as "Moonlight in Vermont." A message for today's teen sensations -- if you ever feel the need to sing an actual song, give Mr. Sedaka a call. He'd be glad to write one for you.
- Nick Dedina]]></description>
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<title>Jay and The Americans</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 10:22:04 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Lesley Gore</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:38:40 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Produced by a young Quincy Jones, Lesley Gore's rendition of "It's My Party" became one of the most commercially successful songs of the Girl Group era. Gore's bratty image sharply contrasted with the stylish, sassy and rebellious personas portrayed by other girl groups. Doubled vocals and lush orchestral arrangements put a pure Pop stamp on Gore's sound. While her other songs weren't as commercially successful, they do show that, when she stepped out of the whiny, weeping teenager role, Gore had bold command over her striking voice.
- Mark Murrmann]]></description>
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<title>Phil Spector</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:00:43 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Long before he was known for brandishing firearms, Phil Spector invented the panoramic Wall Of Sound production. By cramming intricate, orchestral arrangements into three-minute pop songs, Spector revolutionized recording and became a studio pioneer who influenced artists like Brian Wilson, the Beatles and countless others. He got his start in the late 1950s with a one-hit-wonder band from Los Angeles called the Teddy Bears. When their proverbial 15 minutes were up, he relocated to New York City and started recording and producing girl groups like the Crystals and the Ronettes. He married that band's lead singer, Ronnie Bennett after his popularity began to wane and his work with Ike and Tina Turner failed to sell as many records as was anticipated. Infamously reclusive, Spector retired and became a hermit in his own mansion, only intermittently resurfacing to produce records by members of the Beatles, Leonard Cohen and the Ramones.
- Eric Shea]]></description>
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<title>The Tokens</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:00:45 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Tony Orlando</title>
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<category>Pop</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 11:01:07 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>The Shangri-Las</title>
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<category>Girl Groups</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:00:40 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Girl Groups of the 1960s can be divided into two styles -- those who were prissy and upheld the traditional image of the female, and those who were seen as bad girls. The gum-smacking, motorcycle-riding, leather jacket-wearing Shangri-Las epitomized the latter. They were thrust into the national spotlight in 1964 with the melodramatic ballad "Remember (Walking in the Sand)," and soon after, "Leader of the Pack" -- with its spine-tingling motorcycle samples and an oddly morbid theme -- ensured their place in rock 'n' roll history. George "Shadow" Morton, whose compositions rivaled Phil Spector's own brilliant "little symphonies for the kids," was the genius producer and songwriter behind the Shangri-Las. His songs for them tended to be campy and overly dramatic, whether they were spoken monologues, moody, sobbing songs, lush string orchestrations, dire death numbers or self-confident songs about boys. As with many Girl Groups, the Shangri-Las rose to the top fast but were quickly knocked down by the tidal wave of British bands storming the charts, and they faded into obscurity by the late '60s.
- Mark Murrmann]]></description>
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<title>Gene Pitney</title>
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<category>Brill Building Pop</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:00:45 -0800</pubDate>
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- Chad Driscoll]]></description>
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<title>The Shirelles</title>
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<category>Girl Groups</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:00:57 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Making music for teenagers in the '60s to fall in love to, the Shirelles laced doo-wop/R&B pop gems with sugary harmonies, lovesick lyrics, and huge orchestral arrangements. Leaders in the Girl Group field, they influenced a bevy of acts with cutesy names like the Dixie Cups, as well as bands with less cutesy names like the Ramones.]]></description>
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<title>The Vogues</title>
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<category>Brill Building Pop</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:51:37 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The Vogues were a swell band from Pittsburgh who meshed bleached Doo-Wop with Garage Pop in the pre-hippie '60s. Their folkified "Five O'clock World" remains one of the joys of AM radio but soon after it hit the charts they transformed themselves into a more traditional vocal quartet. At their best the Vogues sounded like the Byrds turning the Lettermen onto a whole new scene.
- Nick Dedina]]></description>
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<title>Bobby Vee</title>
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<category>Brill Building Pop</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:51:36 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Jackie DeShannon</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:55:57 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Jackie DeShannon is best remembered for two 1960s anthems: "Put a Little Love in Your Heart" and the Bacharach-David "What the World Needs Now Is Love." Her diverse talents and tastes not always easily marketable, the former Sharon Lee Myers of Hazel, Kentucky, has sometimes slipped through the cracks of public perception. Relatively few, for instance, are aware of her role in co-writing "Bette Davis Eyes," the huge early-'80s rocker that lifted Kim Carnes from journeyman status. Even less attention is paid to DeShannon's status as an early leader in what wasn't yet called folk-rock. Her "When You Walk in the Room" is a girl-group classic dense with 12-string guitar -- a sound that made the tune a natural for British beat group the Searchers, who had their own hit with the track. Around the time of her Bacharach triumphs (which also included the smaller hit "A Lifetime of Loneliness"), DeShannon also worked with then-session man Jimmy Page on some stellar hard pop records. She contributed "DonÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂt Doubt Yourself, Babe" to the Byrds' debut LP, and still later made a series of L.A. studio rock albums that are revered by many. In the '70s, DeShannon's output included a couple of image-remaking discs for Atlantic. She entered a brief but impressive creative pairing with Van Morrison that resulted not only in tracks issued under her name, but also in key contributions to his <I>Hard Nose the Highway</I> (1973). Since then, she's remained active, regularly issuing new material and even collaborating with the young garage-rock band the Detroit Cobras. An amazingly spirited creative force, Jackie DeShannon is in some ways still a discovery waiting to happen.
- Jaan Uhelszki]]></description>
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<title>Little Eva</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 12:08:47 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>The Dixie Cups</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:39:13 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The musical roots of this New Orleans family trio began in the same place as so many other girl groups popular in the 1960s: in church. Within a year of being being discovered at a high school talent show, the Dixie Cups had a No. 1 hit with Ellie and Greenwich's "Chapel of Love" -- the first single released on Lieber and Stoller's Red Bird Records. Their tight harmonizing and upbeat pulse, building up to a powerful crescendo, help put the Dixie Cups at the top of the charts. However, like many other girl groups, further success eluded them, for once British groups began invading American charts, the clean and fun Girl Group sound was largely trampled underfoot.
- Mark Murrmann]]></description>
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<title>Shelley Fabares</title>
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<category>Brill Building Pop</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:23:58 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Andy Kim</title>
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<category>Lite Rock</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 9 Sep 2009 10:12:22 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>James Darren</title>
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<category>Brill Building Pop</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:39:16 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[James Darren was a small screen teen heart throb during the <i>Gidget</i> era who subsequently spun off into a recording career. His music was originally aimed at impressionable nymphets, but it holds up as fun semi-rock 'n' roll. The talented Darren's done it all, from being a star during his early-1960s Brill Building phase, to supporting roles on bad taste classics such as <i>T.J. Hooker</i>. His career is on track once again, and when not starring in <i>Star Trek: Deep Space Nine</i>, he sings standards in a voice that sounds like an older Jack Jones with phrasing a la Tony Bennett. Oddly enough, while Darren and Jones both had hit singles with "Lollipops and Roses" all those years ago, much of his repertoire, such as "Here's to the Losers" and "Come Fly With Me," is associated solely with Sinatra.
- Nick Dedina]]></description>
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<title>Timi Yuro</title>
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<category>Brill Building Pop</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:38:45 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>The Exciters</title>
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<category>Brill Building Pop</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:39:30 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Rosie &amp; the Originals</title>
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<category>Vocal-Pop</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2009 13:01:10 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Dreamy pop in the style of early 1960s chart-toppers who tamed rock 'n' roll's wild side. Soothing A.M. radio oldies/Lite Rock songs are built around strong, bright female vocals. Ardent Led Zeppelin fans will recognize Rosie & the Originals' name from their mention on <i>Houses of the Holy</i>'s lyric sheet.
- Mark Murrmann]]></description>
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<title>Paul Williams </title>
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<category>Lite Rock</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 1 Aug 2009 10:41:51 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>The Ronettes</title>
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<category>Girl Groups</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 09:06:30 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Premier girl group the Ronettes got their start in 1959 when they won a competition at New York's Apollo Theatre. They were later mistaken for a working band and pushed into a regular slot at the midtown Manhattan hot spot Peppermint Lounge. Sisters Veronica and Estelle Bennett, along with cousin Nedra Talley, released unsuccessful singles and worked as backup dancers for Del Shannon and Bobby Rydell before producer Phil Spector took over their career in 1963. The Ronettes promptly scored a No. 2 hit with the Spector-written and produced "Be My Baby." That was followed by "Baby, I Love You" and a showstopping appearance on Spector's <i>A Christmas Gift for You</i>. In spite of a 1964 tour of England with the Rolling Stones and the release of their debut album, <i>Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes Featuring Veronica</i>, the Ronettes fell out of favor almost as quickly as they topped the charts once the girl-group sound became unfashionable in the mid-'60s. The group officially called it quits in 1966, after touring the U.S. with the Beatles on their final tour. Ronnie eventually married Spector, who kept her from the spotlight until their divorce in the '70s.
- Mike McGuirk]]></description>
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<title>Darlene Love</title>
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<category>Girl Groups</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 09:38:32 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Darlene Love's powerful, ringing vocals helped bring Phil Spector's glassy production to life. ThatÂs her singing on the CrystalsÂ classic "He's a Rebel" and she was the first to put "Chapel of Love" on tape. Often recording with Spector as Bob B. Soxx & The Blue Jeans, Love's crystalline, powerhouse style is one of the shining lights in the girl group genre.
- Jon Pruett]]></description>
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<title>Dick &amp; Dee Dee</title>
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<category>Brill Building Pop</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:39:08 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>The Cookies</title>
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<category>Girl Groups</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 12:58:26 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Paul Petersen</title>
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<category>Brill Building Pop</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 11:39:34 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Jimmy Justice</title>
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<category>Brill Building Pop</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:25:12 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Fabian</title>
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<category>Teen Idols</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:09:58 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Annette Funicello</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 12:08:46 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Barry Mann</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 11:43:30 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Margo Guryan</title>
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<category>Easy Pop</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 09:06:41 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Margo Guryan was a N.Y.C. beatnik who was started out her music career in jazz,
writing songs and crafting lyrics for major artists. Then she heard the Beach Boys' "God Only Knows" and discovered that pop music could hold the same beauty as bop. In the mid-1960s, Guryan's idiosyncratic, lovingly crafted pop tunes were covered by such topflight singers as Mama Cass, Bobbie Gentry, Harry Nilson, Julie London and Jackie DeShannon, with Spanky & Our Gang having a major hit with "Sunday Morning." In 1968, Guryan recorded her debut LP <I>Take A Picture</I>, which proved to be the perfect showcase for her elegant songs and fragile vocal style (which falsely carries a hint of a foreign accent akin to Astrud Gilberto or a less guttural Claudine Longet - both of whom covered Guryan numbers). Even though <I>Take A Picture</I> melded the three B's - bossa nova, baroque pop and the Beatles - to stellar effect, the label it was on folded and the album disappeared without a trace. Margo Guryan transitioned away from pop gamine to LA music teacher but <I>Take A Picture</I> became a much sought after collector's item and her legend continued to grow over the years. In 2000, <I>Take A Picture</I> was re-released to much praise, and its success prompted a second CD of previously unreleased demos to finally see the light of day.
- Nick Dedina]]></description>
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<title>The Teddy Bears</title>
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<category>Brill Building Pop</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:34:18 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>The Raindrops</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 09:47:32 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Mark Wynter</title>
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<category>Brill Building Pop</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:32:08 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Linda Scott</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2009 13:01:04 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Ellie Greenwich</title>
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<category>Brill Building Pop</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 10:44:21 -0700</pubDate>
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