Musical Episode #048: Girl Group Sounds v.4
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Welcome back everyone! Happy to have you hear to check out another Musical Episode. This week we’re going for another installment of Girl Group Sounds! This is volume four so if you’re a fan there are three past episodes you should check out, they’re chock full of great 45s!
This week’s mix stays in the late 50’s – early 60’s window as you’d expect and has some records that are more pop, a little country and some that tend a bit more toward Northern soul. Still, they all share a quality that keeps that tethered in some way to what’s come to be know as the “girl group” sound.
These records, along with being sublime pieces of music are also interesting because they often set the stage for the career of a lot of soul singers OR were total fabrications and studio musicians that we never heard from again.
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-George / Snack Attack
Tracklist:
The Crayons – Love At First Sight (Counsel, 1963)
The Sweets – Mama Saw Me (Valiant, 1965)
Cheryll Ann – I’m Not Supposed To See You Anymore (Parsay, 1964)
The Dynettes – New Guy (Constellation, 1965)
Shirley Matthews – Big Town Boy (Atlantic, 1963)
The Orchids – That Boy Is Messin’ Up My Mind (Columbia, 1963)
The Fashions – I Just Got A Letter (Ember, 1962)
Amanda Love – You Keep Calling Me By Her Name (Starville, 1967)
Diane Cunningham – Party Time (New Breed, 1967)
Cathy Carroll – There Must Be A Way (Cheer, 1964)
Ruby Wright – You’re Not Really Leaving Me (Are You) (RIC, 1964)
The Geminis – You Put A Hurtin’ On Me (RCA, 1966)
The Adorables – Be (Golden World, 1964)
Sandy Wynns – Love Belongs To Everyone (Champion, 1964)
The Debonaires – A Little Too Late (Golden World, 1964)
2 of Clubs – River Deep Mountain High (Fraternity, 1967)
The Dixiebelles – Rock, Rock, Rock (Sound Stage 7, 1963)
Ginger-Snaps – The Sh-Down Down Song (Dunhill, 1965)
The Cinderellas – Yum Yum Yum (Decca, 1959)
Little Peggy March – Boy Crazy (RCA, 1963)
The Three Kittens – Cat An’ Mouse (Brunswick, 1957)
The Girlfriends – My One and Only, Jimmy Boy (Colpix, 1963)
The Pussycats – Come On and Ska (Keetch, 1964)
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