The Blossoms is an American female vocal group based in Los Angeles, California. In the 1960s, there was a highly vocal backing vocal group that could be heard on the many hits of famous performers. Nevertheless, the name of the group did not fall on the stickers of the plates.
| The blossoms | |
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 The Blossoms in 1966. Above for an hour. Arrow: Fanita Jones, Gene King, Darlene Love | |
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| Genre | R & B , pop , rock and roll , soul |
| Years | 1954-1990, 2000 - present vr. |
| A country |  USA |
| City | Los angeles california |
| Other name | The dreamers The playgirls The rollettes |
| Label | Capitol , Philles , Challenge , Bell , RCA , Reprise , Ode , MGM , Lion |
| Composition | Fanita james Gloria Jones |
| Former the participants | Darlene love Jin king Greysha Nietzsche Nanette williams Annette Williams Juel Cobbs Pat Howard Edna Wright Caroline Willis |
Currently, the group is best known as a real performer of the hit of The Crystals band " He's a Rebel ", which in 1962 rose to the first line of the American national chart . The story began with the fact that producer Phil Spector returned to Los Angeles with a new song he had found, which he believed would be the number one hit. He was very afraid that someone might be ahead of him and write it down first, but the girls of The Crystals were in Brooklyn at that moment and did not want to fly to Los Angeles for fear of flying. His partner Lester Steele recommended him the backing vocal group The Blossoms. The Blossoms (along with tenor Bobby Sheen) recorded the song, but could not even imagine that she would see the light under an assumed name [1] .
After the success of "He's a Rebel", Spector signed a contract with Darlene Wright , but she never knew under whose name a song would be released. So, Bobby Shin recorded the songs with The Blossoms on backing vocals, but the records were published on behalf of a certain group of Bob B. Soxx and the Blue Jeans. And, for example, in 1963, The Blossoms again recorded a song for the group The Crystals, "He's Sure the Boy I Love" (11th place in the USA) [1] .
I must say that Phil Spector tried to make a star from Darlene Wright herself (having invented her alias Darlene Love), but under her own name she was not at all so successful (by the standards of Phil Spector even more so) [1] .
Then a few years later (no longer with Phil Spectrum, but on the Reprise label) and the group entirely managed to get into the charts under its own name, but the seats were also low [1] .
Content
Composition
The most famous composition (approx. 1964-1974)
- Darlene Love ( born Darlene Love ) (1958—1974)
- Fanita James ( Eng. Fanita James ) (1954–1990, 2000 - Present )
- Jean King ( Eng. Jean King ) (1964-1983)
All members for all time
- Fanita James ( Eng. Fanita James ) (1954–1990, 2000 - Present )
- Gloria Jones ( eng. Gloria Jones ) (1954-1962, 2000 - Present)
- Annette Williams ( Eng. Annette Williams ) (1954-1960)
- Nanette Williams (1954-1958)
- Jewel Cobbs ( eng. Jewel Cobbs ) (1954)
- Pet Howard ( Eng. Pat Howard ) (1954)
- Darlene Love ( born Darlene Love ) (1958—1974)
- Graeysha Nietzsche ( eng. Gracia Nitzsche ) (1962-1964)
- Edna Wright ( born Edna Wright ) (1962-1964)
- Carlin Willis ( born Carolyn Willis ) (1962—1964)
- Jean King ( Eng. Jean King ) (1964-1983)
Filmography
| Year | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Two steps from glory | Backing vocalist |
Notes
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- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 Jay Warner. American Singing Groups: A History from the 1940s to Today . - Hal Leonard Corporation, 1992. - P. 79–. - ISBN 978-0-634-09978-6 .
- ↑ Ken Emerson. The Bomp and the Brilliance of the Brillus Building Era . - Penguin Group US, 2006-09-26. - ISBN 978-1-101-15692-6 .
- ↑ Amy Winehouse . - epubli. - P. 238–. - ISBN GGKEY: T4WKZW3GANE.
- ↑ Bob Leszczak. Encyclopedia of Pop Music Aliases, 1950-2000 . - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2014-12-11. - P. 205–. - ISBN 978-1-4422-4008-7 .
- ↑ John Clemente. Girl Groups: Fabulous Females Who Rocked the World . - AuthorHouse, 2013. - P. 39–. - ISBN 978-1-4772-7633-4 .
- ↑ Jacqueline Warwick. Girl Groups, Girl Culture: Popular Music and Identity in the 1960s . - Routledge, 2013-10-31. - P. 104–. - ISBN 978-1-135-87579-4 .
- ↑ Michael Bryan Kelly. Liberty Records: 1955-1971 . - McFarland, 1993-06. - P. 151, 356, 357. - ISBN 978-0-89950-740-8 .
- ↑ Jay Warner. On This Day In Black Music History . - Hal Leonard Corporation, 2006. - p. 365–. - ISBN 978-0-634-09926-7 .
- ↑ Carlton Smith. Phil Spector and Mrs. Clarkson . - St. Martin's Press, 2007-04-01. - P. 126–. - ISBN 978-1-4299-0890-0 .
- ↑ Courtney E. Smith. Record Collecting for Girls: Unleashing Your Inner Music Nerd, One Album at a Time ' . - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011-09-06. - P. 29–. - ISBN 0-547-50225-7 .
- ↑ Frank Hoffmann. Rhythm and Blues, Rap, and Hip-hop . - Infobase Publishing, 2005. - P. 52–. - ISBN 978-0-8160-6980-4 .
- ↑ Anthony P. Musso. Setting Their Record Artists from the 1950s and Early 1960s in Their Own Words . - AuthorHouse, 2007-01. - P. 152–. - ISBN 978-1-4259-5986-9 .
- ↑ Mick Brown. Tearing Down The Wall Of Sound: The Rise And Fall Of Phil Spector . - A & C Black, 2012-10-17. - P. 103–. - ISBN 978-1-4088-1950-0 .
- Classic The Classic Rock and Roll Reader: Rock Music from the Beginnings to the Mid-1970s . - Routledge, 2014-05-22. - P. 187–. - ISBN 978-1-317-72068-3 .
- ↑ Jay Warner. The A Capitol Book of American Singing Groups: A History, 1940-1990 . - Da Capo Press, 1992. - P. 79, 80, 352, 353. - ISBN 978-0-306-80923-1 .
- ↑ Mitchell K. Hall. The Rise of American Youth Culture . - Routledge, 2014-05-09. - P. 61–. - ISBN 978-1-135-05358-1 .
- ↑ Igor Tsaler. Popular music of the 20th century: jazz, blues, rock, pop, country, folk, electronics, soul . - World of Encyclopedia Avanta +, Astrel, 2014-10-24. - P. 226–. - ISBN 978-5-457-42021-2 .
Links
- History of The Blossoms on the website AllMusic
- The History of The Blossoms on the History of Rock website