Monarkie#BHM Black Women in Music: The Crystals
#TheCrystals were unfortunate victims of the music industry's history of "less than honest representation," but that didn't stop them from being hard working and amazing artists!
50+ Music"Da Doo Ron Ron (When He Walked Me Home)" is a song written by #JeffBarry, #EllieGreenwich and #PhilSpector. It first became a popular top five hit #single for the American girl group #theCrystals in 1963. American #teenIdol #ShaunCassidy recorded the song in 1977 and his version hit number one on the #Billboard Hot 100 chart. There have also been many other cover versions of this song, including one by the songwriters Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich themselves.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0dikX80Ed8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0dikX80Ed8
The Crystals - Da Doo Ron Ron (HQ)
AeschTunesRemembering Barbara Ann Alston from The Crystals
(December 29, 1943-February 16, 2018)
The Crystals - Da Doo Ron Ron (Audio)
NEW ๐ He's A Rebel - The Crystals [Original Hit Version] {DES Stereo} 1962
NEW ๐ He's A Rebel - The Crystals [Original Hit Version] {DES Stereo} 1962
The Crystals - Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
The Crystals - Da Doo Ron Ron - new stereo remix versions
"He's a Rebel" is a song written by #GenePitney that was originally recorded by #VikkiCarr and by the #girlGroup #theBlossoms. Produced by #PhilSpector, the Blossoms' version was issued as a single credited to #theCrystals, which topped the #Billboard #Hot100 chart in November 1962. It was Spector's second chart-topper after "#ToKnowHimIsToLoveHim" (1958). In 2004, "He's a Rebel" was ranked No. 263 on #RollingStones500GreatestSongsOfAllTime.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waRbcqP4cUI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waRbcqP4cUI
NEW ๐ He's A Rebel - The Crystals [Original Hit Version] {DES Stereo} 1962
Ken Eppstein/Nix Comics#nixtober Day 20 features a 60s girl group themed revenant created by James Moore and Joel Jackson for Nix Comics Quarterly #5!
https://www.nixcomics.com/product-page/nix-comics-quarterly-5
