Belonging to the Shirelles was more than a matter of singing together, says Beverly Lee. She ought to know: She's been with the group since she was a junior in high school 50 years ago and is the only ...

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: ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 four Shirelles were less than thrilled when songwriter and producer Luther Dixon first introduced "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" to them. "We didn’t like it at all ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In The Number Ones, I'm reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart's ...

Forty years after a student talent show performance helped launch a rock ‘n’ roll foursome into stardom, the show’s site has been renamed Shirelle Auditorium. Two of the Shirelles, Shirley Alston ...

Soul legend James Brown once famously wailed, “This is a man’s world/But it wouldn’t be nothing, nothing without a woman or a girl.” For many female musical icons whose harmonies have been ...