The Shirelles are a girl group who we active from 1957 to 1982 and was made up of Shirley Owens, Doris Coley, Addie Harris, and Beverly Lee. They all went to school together, and formed the group called Poquellos for a high school talent show. They were signed by the mother of a classmate, Florence Greenberg, after her pursuing them for months and released their first song with Decca Records in 1958. By then they had chosen the new name, after a brief stint being called the Honeytunes. It didn't work out with Decca so they followed Greenberg to her new record company. They started working with songwriter Luther Dixon, and rose to peak fame creating multiple hits with him before parting from the record company in 1966. They continued to perform, although briefly Dionne Warwick replaced two of the girls so they could go marry their fiances. They're considered the original girl group, launching the genre, but with the British Invasion and the spawning of new girl groups their popularity decreased. No one can take away their influence though, so appreciate the song from what it paved the way for.
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