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1960s. Their 1961– 1964 chart hits, including "There's No Other
(Like My Baby)", "Uptown", "He's Sure the Boy I Love", "He's a Rebel",
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Barbara Alston recorded the lead vocals for the majority of their first few songs. However, she had a fear of singing in front of audiences, which is why she did not like singing
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Better yet, said Barbara Alston, Brooks was “what we wanted—a lead singer.
I was ecstatic to say the least.” Spector was less impressed, said
Alston. “He didn't like her voice for some reason and he kept coming
back to me.” Brooks confirmed as much. “I didn't excite him at first,
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Barbara Alston. Singer for the all-girl group The Crystals, Barbara Alston
has passed away at the age of 74. Her daughter, Donielle Prophete told
BBC News that Alston had passed on Feb. 16 “due to complications from
the flu.” Prophete also mentioned how much her mother loved being in
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working in New York City's Brill Building. They consisted of original
lead singer Barbara Alston, Dee Dee Kennibrew, Patsy Wright,
and Myrna Gerrard; others at various times including Delores "LaLa"
Brooks, Mary Thomas, and Frances Collins.
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was a little uneasy doing it. And I was trying to figure out the song
and why Phil would record something like this. Barbara was so turned off
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the age of seven Hawkins was accompanying his family's gospel choir as a
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Dec 10, 2013 - We
sound white, you know? We didn't have a Motown sound, we weren't
soulful like that. We'd arrive at venues where we'd have to play and so
many kids would run up to the car and say, 'Oh! They're not white,
they're black!' Barbara [Alston] sang before I took the lead, and she had a very soft voice, and it ...
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But Juice & Splanky this is Barbara Alston, not Shirley Alston.Barbara was one of the lead singers
of the CRYSTALS, from Brooklyn,New York who were Phil Spectors first
artist on Phillies Records.You are both correct about the Shirelles
& The Chantals.Lets go for a magarita!!LOL. Top of page Bottom
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Deciding in the fall of 1960 to form a female vocal ensemble, Benny recruited his niece, 17-year old Barbara Alston,
who recommended her friends Mary Thomas and Merna Girard. Delores (Dee
Dee) ... In March 1963, Spector seemed to finally discover the qualities
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21 hours ago - The group consisted of five women, including Barbara Alston, Dee Dee Kennibrew, Mary Thomas, Patricia Wright, and La La Brooks. News broke today that lead singer, Barbara Alston, age 74, passed away on February 16 after contracting the flu.
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In the early 1960s, Barbara Alston,
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"Patsy" Wright formed The Crystals through the help of Benny Wells,
Barbara's uncle. Soon, the quintet signed with Phil Spector's label
Philles Records. Spector then chose Alston to be the group's lead singer by ...
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ICONIC rock and roll singer Barbara Ann Alston has died aged 74. Alston, who was lead singer
for the influential 60s girl group The Crystals, passed away on
February 16 after contracting the flu, her daughter Donielle Prophete
revealed today. Barbara Alston, pictured second from right, with iconic 60s band, The Crystals ...
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Jan 21, 2015 - The Crystals were initially brought together by member Barbara Alston's
uncle, Benny Wells. ... The current Crystals have been together for a
decade; Kenniebrew says she's had at least 20 different girls singing with her at some point in time, all of them joining with the blessing of the original members.
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2 hours ago - Barbara Ann Alston, co-founder and lead singer of the hit-making Sixties girl group the Crystals, died February 16th in Charlotte, North Carolina. She was 74. The singer's
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3 days ago - According to a Facebook tribute page, Barbara Alston, the lead singer
on The Crystals' first hit “Uptown,” died Sunday. She was 74. Sade has
delivered her first new music in more than seven years. She'll have an
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Aug 30, 2000 - With the session singer Darlene Love taking the place of the Crystals' own lead singer, Barbara Alston,
the session provided the template for Spector's much imitated sound.
Not particularly keen to share the credit for his creations, Spector was
dismissive of the contribution of his arrangers. "I know how to ...
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Jun 22, 2016 - “Our first manager was Barbara Alston's
uncle Benny Wells,” says Dee Dee. “He had played sax in big bands, and
he lived near the school where my mom worked. He wanted to put together a
female singing group and asked my mom if she knew any teenage girls. She said, 'Well, I have a daughter who ...
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Nov 9, 2017 - “Da
Doo Run Run (When He Walked Me Home),” The Crystals. Songwriters: Phil
Spector, Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich; #3 pop; 1963. During their career,
there were three different lead singers for The Crystals. Barbara Alston, an original member of the group, sang the first three singles, including “Uptown.
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Aug 1, 2014 - It
does not help that it was produced by Phil Spector, hardly a feminist
icon, with neo-Wagnerian grandeur that underlies the weird triumph in
lead Crystal Barbara Alston's delivery. The song, the potential
fountain of a thousand arguments, started this way. Goffin and King had
a celebrity baby sitter, Little ...
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... Barbara Alston's
over-enunciated, flat, almost affectless vocal, 'He Hit Me' was a
commercial flop. Radio programmers wouldn't list it, and it failed to
enter the Billboard Hot 100. Fast-forward 50 years to last November,
when controversy erupted over Unapologetic, the seventh studio album by
Barbados-born singer Robyn ...
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19 hours ago - Barbara Alston, a singer
for the '60s girl group The Crystals that made its name with hits like
“Then He Kissed Me,” has died at the age of 74. Alston's daughter
Donielle Prophete told BBC News that she died on Feb. 16 due to
complications from the flu. “She loved The Crystals,” Prophete told BBC
News .
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big band sideman Benny Wells - who happened to be Alston's uncle -
while they were still at school. They were later discovered by Spector
while cutting demos for the publisher Hill & Range. Brooks was seen
as ...
Barbara Alston, 1960s singer of The Crystals fame, dies at 74
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20 hours ago - Barbara Alston, 1960s singer
of The Crystals fame, dies at 74. Her band became one of the definitive
girl groups of the 1960s, alongside the likes of The Ronettes. United
States singer Darlene Love expressed her grief on Facebook. "She loved the sisterhood part of it, the travelling". The band created some ...
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