Album Description
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Personnel: Mary Weiss, Darlene Love, Brenda Reid , Maxine Edwards, Maureen Elyse Reilling, Delores "Flora Williams" Johnson, Charlotte "Char" Vinnedge, Margaret Sandoval, Margaret Ross , Sandra Bears, Grace Ruffin, Shirley Owens, Carol Jackson, Ruby Nash Curtis, Peggy Santigia, Francine Kings, Patti Hamilton, Goldie Zelkowitz, Gladys Horton, Sylvia Peterson, Annette Snell, Caldin "Cal" Gill, Barbara Morillo, Gracia Nitzsche, Janis Siegel, Linda Jones, Lori Burton, Barbara Harris, Gloria Jones, Diana Ross, Brenda Holloway (vocals); Marlene Barrow, Jackie Hicks (background vocals).
Liner Note Authors: Lillian Walker Moss; Maxine Brown; Ellie Greenwich; Shirley (Owens) Alston Reeves; Mary (Weiss) Stokes; Judy Craig; Jackie DeShannon; Lesley Gore; Russ Titelman; Bessie Banks.
Recording information: 1962-1965.
Authors: Shelia Burgel; Gene Sculatti; Gerri Hirshey.
Directors: David Whittingham; Charles Blackwell; Ronald Moseley; George Martin; Bob Bateman; Johnny Harris; Johnny Hawksworth; Mort Garson; Phil Coulter; Arthur Greenslade; Tony Hatch.
Arrangers: J.M. Cameron; Grant Page; David Gates; Ernie Freeman Combo; David Whittingham; Charles Blackwell; Garry Sherman; Gene Redd; Skip Mosher; H.B. Barnum; Harold Battiste; Bob Bateman; Bobby Martin ; Jack Nitzsche; Teacho Wiltshire; Leroy Glover; John Abbott ; Johnny Harris; Keith Mansfield; Al Capps; Alan Lorber; Mike Leander; Ray Pohlman; Ray Stevens; Artie Butler; Teo Macero; Trade Martin; Brian Wilson ; Bert Keyes; Carole King; Charles Calello.
Demonstrating the wealth of styles covered by 1960s female singers, this wide-ranging four-CD set (originally available in a stylish hatbox) embraces pop, R&B, rock & roll, and country tracks from East and West Coast artists like Ellie Greenwich, the Shirelles, and the Shangri-Las, as well as from British singers like Petula Clark, Brian Epstein protégé Cilla Black, and a pre-psychedelic Julie Driscoll. A kaleidoscopic collection that combines hits like P.P. Arnold's "First Cut Is the Deepest" and the Velvelettes' "Really Saying Something," with rare gems like the Lovelites' How Can I Tell My Mom and Dad," GIRL GROUP SOUNDS is a goldmine of '60s classics.
