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. Considered one of the defining acts of the

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era in the first half of the 1960s, their 1961–1964 chart hits – including " There's No Other (Like My Baby)", "

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", "

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", " He's a Rebel", "

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" and "

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"– featured three different female lead singers and were all produced by

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. The latter three songs were originally ranked number 263, number 114, and number 493, respectively, on ''

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'' magazine's list of

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. However, two songs were omitted from the magazine's 2010 update, leaving only "He's a Rebel" at number 267. In the 2021 update, "Da Doo Ron Ron" was added back to the list at number 366.

History

Formation and signing to Philles

In 1961, Barbara Alston (December 29, 1943,

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– February 16, 2018,

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), Mary Thomas, Dolores "Dee Dee" Kenniebrew (born 1945), Myrna Giraud and Patricia "Patsy" Wright formed the Crystals with the help of Benny Wells, Alston's uncle. Soon, the quintet signed with

's label

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. Their first hit, the

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-influenced "There's No Other (Like My Baby)", debuted on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in November 1961. Originally the

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to "Oh Yeah, Maybe Baby" (featuring Wright on lead), the stirring

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was co-written by Spector and Leroy Bates and featured Barbara Alston on vocals. The recording was made late on the evening of the high school

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at the William H. Maxwell Career and Technical High School, the school attended by Alston, Thomas, and Giraud; they were still wearing their prom dresses, as they had come to the studio straight from the event. The single reached number 20 in January 1962, marking an auspicious debut for Spector's Philles label.

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songwriters

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and

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's "

" gave the girls their second radio hit. Having an ethnic flavor with

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and

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, the more uptempo "Uptown" featured Alston once again emoting convincingly over a boy, though this time with class issues woven into the story. After the success of "Uptown", a pregnant Giraud was replaced by

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. The controversial subject matter of the next single, 1962's "

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" (written by

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and

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and sung by Alston), resulted in limited

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with the track only "

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" the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, peaking at number 123. Alston later disowned the track, stating it was "absolutely, positively, the one record that none of us liked".

"Replacement" Crystals

Soon after "He Hit Me" flopped,

began recording singer

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and her group

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. The Crystals were not able to travel from

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fast enough to suit the LA-based Spector, who wanted to quickly record writer

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's " He's a Rebel" before

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could release her version on

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. As Love and the Blossoms were also based in Los Angeles, Spector recorded and released their version under the Crystals' banner. It was not the first time Spector promised the Blossoms a single and release it under the Crystals name. The song had originally been offered to

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, who turned it down because of the

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lyrics. It marked a shift in girl group thematic material, where the singer loves a "bad boy", a theme that would be amplified by later groups (especially

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"). The ghost release of this single came as a total surprise to the Crystals who were an experienced and much traveled girl harmony group in their own right, but they were nevertheless required to perform and promote the new single on television and on tour as if it were their own. The single reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in November 1962. "He's a Rebel" was the Crystals' only US number one hit and also made the UK top 20. Their follow-up single, "He's Sure the Boy I Love", was also recorded by Love and the Blossoms. It reached number 11 on the ''Billboard'' chart and features a spoken intro by Love. "He's a Rebel" kept Pitney's own "

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" off the top spot on 3 November 1962. Pitney never reached the Hot 100's summit.

"Real" Crystals return

Though it is unclear as to the level of their participation in "(Let's Dance) The Screw", the 'real' Crystals definitely began recording again under their own name in 1963. However, Thomas had departed to get married, only to join another mildly successful group, the Butterflys, along with another original Crystal, Myrna Giraud. This reduced the group to a quartet. Alston, known for her shyness and stage fright, was never comfortable with being out front, stepped down from the lead spot giving it to

. According to Brooks, she had been doing Alston's leads in their live shows for a while. After "(Let's Dance) The Screw", the group's next release was "

". The song was a top 10 hit in both the US and the UK, as was the follow-up single "

", with lead vocals also sung by Brooks. Both these songs were actually recorded by Brooks, the Blossoms and other session singers (including a young

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). Brooks also flew out to Los Angeles to record tracks for the seasonal album, ''

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''. At the start of 1964, the Crystals flew to the UK for their first

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live shows. "Then He Kissed Me" soared to number 2 in the UK, and the Crystals also headlined the TV programs ''

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'', and ''

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''.

Mounting tension and break-up

Despite the steady flow of hit singles, tensions between Spector and the Crystals mounted. Already unhappy with having been replaced by Love and the Blossoms on two singles recordings, the Crystals were even more upset when Spector began focusing much of his time on his other girl group

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. Not only did the Ronettes become Philles Records' priority act, the Ronettes actually replaced the Crystals on four album tracks on the 1963 compilation LP, ''The Crystals Sing the Greatest Hits''. As well, there were disputes about royalties, with the Crystals feeling that Spector was withholding royalty money that was owed to them. Two failed Crystals singles followed before the band left Spector's

for

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in 1964. "Little Boy", which reached number 92, was a

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production that was layered multiple times, which meant that the vocals were hard to distinguish from the music. "All Grown Up", their final Philles single (of which two versions exist), only reached number 98. 1964 also saw the departure of Wright. She was replaced by Frances Collins (aka Fatima Johnson), a dancer whom they had met while touring and mother of the rapper

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. Toward the end of that year Alston also departed and was not replaced, leaving the group a trio. As a trio, they recorded two singles for

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, "My Place"/"You Can't Tie a Good Girl Down" (Sep 1965) and "Are You Trying To Get Rid Of Me Baby"/"I Got A Man" (Feb 1966). One more single was released by Alston, Brooks and Thomas on the tiny Michelle Records in 1967 ("Ring-A-Ting-A-Ling"/"Should I Keep On Waiting") and they disbanded later that year. They reunited in 1971 and performed until at least 2018. Kenniebrew is the only Crystal who remained active throughout their touring from the 1970s to then, performing with Patricia Pritchett-Lewis, a member since 2005, and Melissa "MelSoulTree" Grant, a member since 2002. That trio of Crystals self-released a CD in 2010 entitled ''Live in

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'', recorded in

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. After living in Europe for two decades, Brooks returned to the US in 2001 and, as of 2022, performs under her own name across the world, and as the Crystals in the UK and

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, where she holds the trademark rights to the name. Barbara Alston died at a hospital in

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, on February 16, 2018, at age 74.

Contemporary usage

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danced around her bedroom in ''

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'' (1987); it was the song in which

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enter the Copacabana on their first real date in the movie '' Goodfellas'' (1990); it was featured during the episode ' Homer and Marge Turn a Couple Play' on ''

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'' (2006); it was also featured in the episode 'Stand By Meg' on ''

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and used on their live album '' Live at the Echo 10/6/06''. "Da Doo Ron Ron" was played during a scene in a dance club in the 1979 film ''

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) to train

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students in the 1981 comedy '' Stripes''. "He Hit Me (and It Felt like a Kiss)" was used in the episode 'Mystery Date' on ''

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used the same phrase in the song " Ultraviolence" in the album of the same name.

Band members

Timeline

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Discography

Albums

Studio albums

*1962: '' Twist Uptown'' *1963: '' He's a Rebel'' (US number 131) *1986: ''He's a Rebel featuring Lala Brooks''

Compilation albums

*1963: ''The Crystals Sing the Greatest Hits, Volume 1'' *1975: ''The Crystals Sing Their Greatest Hits'' *1988: ''Greatest Hits'' *1990: ''Greatest Hits'' *1992: ''The Best of the Crystals'' *2004: ''One Fine Day'' *2011: ''Da Doo Ron Ron: The Very Best of the Crystals'' *2016: ''Playlist : The Very Best of the Crystals''

Singles

References

Bibliography

*Clemente, John (2000). ''Girl Groups — Fabulous Females That Rocked The World''. Iola, Wisc. Krause Publications. pp. 276. *Clemente, John (2013). ''Girl Groups — Fabulous Females Who Rocked The World''. Bloomington, IN Authorhouse Publications. pp. 623. (sc); (e).

External links

* of the latest incarnation of the Crystals
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