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Soon after "He Hit Me" flopped, Phil Spector began recording singer Darlene Love and her group the Blossoms.The Crystals were not able to travel from New York to Los Angeles fast enough to suit the LA-based Spector, [12] [13] who wanted to quickly record writer Gene Pitney's "He's a Rebel" before Vikki Carr could release her version on Liberty Records. [14]
"He Hit Me (And It Felt Like a Kiss)" is a song written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King for girl group the Crystals under the guidance of Phil Spector in 1962. Goffin and King wrote the song after discovering that their babysitter and singer "Little Eva" Boyd was being regularly beaten by her boyfriend. [ 1 ]
Songs released by the 1960s singing group The Crystals. Pages in category "The Crystals songs" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.
"Da Doo Ron Ron (When He Walked Me Home)" is a song written by Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich and Phil Spector. It first became a popular top five hit single for the American girl group the Crystals in 1963.
In 2004, "He's a Rebel" was ranked No. 263 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. [2] Billboard named the song No. 31 on its list of 100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time. [3] Also in 2004, the 1962 release of "He's a Rebel" on Philles Records by the Crystals was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. [4]
Dolores Brooks (born June 20, 1947), also known as Sakinah Muhammad or La La Brooks, is an American singer and actress.She is best known as the second lead singer of the girl group The Crystals and the lead vocalist on the Crystals' hits "Then He Kissed Me" and "Da Doo Ron Ron".
Billy Crystal says there’s a moment from When Harry Met Sally that fans have been quoting back to him lately — and no, it’s not the obvious one. The movie's memorable Katz’s Deli scene ...
"Uptown" was originally written for Tony Orlando, but Spector convinced songwriters Cynthia Weil and Barry Mann to give him the song. [5] After acquisition, Spector changed some of the notes to ones that Barbara Alston of the Crystals could sing and modified the lyrics to be about an African American instead of a Latin American. [4]