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Barbara was later replaced by their cousin, Ginger Blake. After 1962, the Rovell Sisters were rechristened "the Honeys" by the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson, who envisioned the group as a female counterpart to his band. [3] Wilson served as the Honeys' record producer and chief songwriter, and later married Marilyn in late 1964.
Marilyn Rovell was born on February 6, 1948, in Chicago, [1] the second daughter of Mae Gausmann and Irving Rovell (originally Rovelski). [2] Her father was the owner and operator of a hand laundry. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] She has two sisters: Diane (born 1945) and Barbara (born 1949).
After Ginger Blake, cousin of Marilyn Wilson and Diane Rovell, left the Honeys to pursue a solo singing career in Las Vegas in 1970, the Honeys effectively dissolved as a group. In 1971, while in her sister's kitchen, Diane Rovell pushed the idea of continuing to create music with her sister Marilyn as a pop duo named "Spring". [ 2 ]
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The song was heavily influenced by Phil Spector productions such as "Be My Baby" (1963) [3] and features the same verse chord progression as "Da Doo Ron Ron" (1963). [4] Diane Rovell remembered, "We had a ball doing 'He's a Doll' [...] That was our attempt at the Angels/Shangri-Las sound." [5]
Pet Projects: The Brian Wilson Productions is a CD compilation album of the recorded work of record producer, songwriter, and musician Brian Wilson as he attempted to branch away from his band the Beach Boys during the early-to-mid-1960s and early 1970s. [1]
"Had to Phone Ya" is a song by the American rock band the Beach Boys from their 1976 album 15 Big Ones. It was written by Brian Wilson , his sister-in-law Diane Rovell, and Mike Love . The song was issued as the B-side to their single " It's O.K. ".
Live Aid was a two-venue benefit concert and music-based fundraising initiative held on Saturday, 13 July 1985. The event was organised by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise further funds for relief of the 1983–1985 famine in Ethiopia, a movement that started with the release of the successful charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas?" in December 1984.