In Passaic, there’s a Shirelles Boulevard named after the first girl group to hit No. 1 on the Billboard Chart. The songs the Shirelles sang, like "Dedicated to the One I Love" and "Soldier Boy," are ...
I messed up. In my Sunday story on the history of the Shirelles, I wrote that Shirley Owens (now Shirley Alston Reeves) lives in California. She does not. She lives right here in Hillside. I made the ...
If the Shirelles can’t quite do for “Baby It’s You!” what Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons did for “Jersey Boys,” please don’t blame the music. The sound of this path-breaking girl group, which ...
“Wonderland By Night” by Bert Kaempfert had ruled the American singles charts for three weeks. Its reign came to an end when “Will You Love Me Tomorrow” by The Shirelles ascended to the top position.
"Baby It's You" travels back into the early 1960s New Jersey, a zeitgeist spawning entertaining musicals and memorable pop singers. From Franki Valli to Sinatra to the Shirelles, this Pasadena ...
Belonging to the Shirelles was more than a matter of singing together, says Beverly Lee. She ought to know: She's been with the group since she was a junior in high school 50 years ago and is the only ...
NASHVILLE, Feb. 15 (UPI) -- The Shirelles are celebrating half a century in the music business with a 2008 U.S. concert tour, organizers said Friday. The iconic pop group's 50th anniversary tour, ...
SCHENECTADY — When Scepter Records told The Shirelles they had crossed over, the teenage girls who had scored hits with songs like “Met Him on a Sunday,” “Tonight’s the Night,” and their No. 1 hit, ...
Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. When The Shirelles rang out their uncertain question in song: "Will you ...
B everly Lee might have pursued her plans to join the Women’s Army Corps had it not been for that fateful day in 1958 when she and her friends harmonized inside their high school. “We were fooling ...
When Shirley Owens and three friends at Passaic High School walked onto the stage to participate in a talent show, she couldn’t have imagined they were taking their first steps toward the Rock ‘n’ ...
With her fellow 5th Dimension members Lamonte McLemore and Willie Williams joining her on the podium, Florence LaRue fought back the tears last weekend as the group received their Harmony Awards as… ...