These Vehicle Dykes — who had an extremely strong uptown NY doo wop sound — were among the many who shared the name and even though there were different doo wop and R&B groups calling themselves the Vehicle Dykes, it’s improbable that some of them had any connection between them. …

Maker and songwriter Luther Dixon wrote many lasting pop strikes which were successes for a number of past due-’50s and early-’60s organizations like the Shirelles. He previously already penned effective songs for performers, like the Platters, Perry Como, as well as the Crests when he was employed by Florence Greenberg …

Sceptor Information owner Florence Greenberg helped collection many precedents; she was the 1st woman to possess a significant label and her label’s 1st signees, the Shirelles, had been the first woman group to truly have a number 1 pop music using the million-selling “Soldier Boy.” The label’s lineup also included …

Vocalist Annie Golden is among the unsung heroes from the late-‘70s NY punk picture. Although her brand-new wave music group the Shirts obtained several critical accolades and also a major-label offer, they didn’t have the nationwide or historical identification of the peers such as for example Blondie, Talking Minds, or …

Sponge was one of the most underrated groups within the post-grunge growth from the mid-’90s. If they were together with their video game — as evidenced from the strikes “Plowed” and “Molly (Sixteen Candles)” — the band’s tunes experienced a knack for jangly riffs and catchy, anthemic hard rock and …

Owner from the Chicago post-rock label Hefty Information, previous frontman for the Chicago indie/avant-garde serves Turtletoes and Costs Ding, John Hughes III also formed the Slicker task. Hughes, the kid from the ’80s teen-angst filmmaker renowned for strikes like Sixteen Candles as well as the Breakfast Club, was raised in …

U.K. performers Jeremy Warmsley and Elizabeth Sankey began making music collectively as Summer time Camp in Oct of 2009, and their sun-drenched clean of mellow C-86 pop was a timely match the lo-fi synth pop trend (coined “chillwave”) that was sweeping the Expresses. With their identification concealed, both posted a …

A teenager screen icon from the ’80s, Molly Ringwald transitioned to singing in the 2010s, releasing her debut album Except…Occasionally in 2013. This appeared to be a sudden changeover for the celebrity, but as the little girl of pianist Bob Ringwald, she was raised within a musical home and have …