In a lot of the songs that went to #1 in the late ’50s or early ’60s, sex was a factor. It was there. Restrictive radio standards kept the singers from ever mentioning it, but these were teenagers ...

The Shirelles were just teenagers when they sang their own doo-wop song, "I Met Him on a Sunday," and brought down the house at the annual Passaic High School talent show in 1957. In the audience, a ...

Writing in this space recently, I said that the Marvelettes’ “Please Mr. Postman” might’ve been the first #1 song to acknowledge, however obliquely, the early days of the Vietnam War. That became a ...

*The 1950s and ’60s girl groups – epitomized by acts like The Ronettes, The Crystals, The Shirelles (featuring Beverly Lee), The Supremes, and The Vandellas – revolutionized American pop music and ...

In a new episode of Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Songs, Carole King discussed her multiple entries on the list, both her solo hits and ones she co-penned with ex-husband and creative partner Gerry ...

The producers of a new Broadway musical about the 1960s girl group The Shirelles have been hit with a lawsuit charging them of pilfering the names and likenesses of the original members. By Billboard ...

Members of 1960s girls group sue Warner Bros. for violating their rights in new Broadway musical. By Eriq Gardner On the day that Warner Bros. premiered its new Broadway musical, Baby It’s You, ...

Get ready for the Jersey Girls. A jukebox musical about the Shi relles called, naturally, “Baby, It’s You” will open in the spring at the Broadhurst. The nostalgia-dripping show is aimed squarely at ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Known as one of best girl groups of the late ...

In 1960, Gerry Goffin and Carole King were toiling in a Brooklyn basement apartment. The couple, married the year before, had written dozens of songs but hadn’t scored a hit. Then they caught a break: ...