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Gigi & The Charmaines were a Cincinnati, OH girl group. In addition to their own single releases, they also sang back-up on various recordings by James Brown, Conway Twitty, Gary US Bonds, Little Willie John, + more. Their 1964 version of Ike & Tina Turner's "I Idolize You" wails! As much as I like Ike & Tina Tuner, I think the Charmaines version ( Read more... )

I don't know much about The Spandells except that they had one 45 on Dimension in 1964, "Say No Girl" b/w "The Boy Next Door."
Click hereTo Download The Spandells "Say No Girl"

Also, I just created a public Flickr group for "girl group" related pics/scans HERE
And this Ike & Tina Turner video is AMAZING!

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There's one thing about me that has not changed since I was about 15, and that's the obsession/fascination I have for these two:

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I'm a serious Monkees fan, so serious, that I'll gladly stand by them through the 1970s. Here's 2 songs from their post-Peter-departure 1969 LP Instant Replay. Plus I put up the Nesmith song "St. Matthew", that was a bonus track on the Instant Replay Rhino CD release.

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Here's the complete 1964 LP A Bit Of Liverpool by The Supremes, which has Beatles covers + more. My personal fav is "You Can't Do That", and of course, their dapper outfits on the cover.

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I know a lot of you guys are Grey Gardens fans, and if you have not done so already, go buy/rent the new Beale movie made from unused footage, The Beales Of Grey Gardens. There's more ice cream eating, sunbathing, and costume changes than most can handle! Here's some highlights:


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