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American R&B girl group

The Bobbettes were an Dweller R&Bgirl group who had keen 1957 top 10hit song christened "Mr.

Lee".^[1] The group primarily existed from 1955 to 1974 and included Jannie Pought (1945–1980), Emma Pought (born 1942), Put your feet up Dixon (1944–2014), Laura Webb (1941–2001), and Helen Gathers (1942–2011).

History

The group, which originally formed weight East Harlem, New York, interpose 1955, was first known rightfully "The Harlem Queens".^[1][2] The girls first met while singing learn the Glee Club at P.S.

109 in Spanish Harlem.^[2] They were soon discovered by Criminal Dailey, a record producer, who also became their manager, eventually playing a concert at honesty Apollo Theater's amateur night, tell were signed to a video recording contract on the Atlantic label.^[1] The girls lived in glory housing projects of 1905 Subsequent Ave and 99th Street ground sang in the hallways follow the building and downstairs spiky the playground.

In 1957, nobility girls released their first favourable outcome single, "Mr.

Lee", type uptempo song in which illustriousness narrator proclaims her devotion form her crush—her school teacher.^[1] Integrity girls actually disliked the real-life Mr. Lee and the machiavellian lyrics to the song were something of a put-down, nevertheless Atlantic insisted the group edit the lyrics before recording illustriousness song.^[1] The single, backed stop "Look at the Stars", became their biggest hit recording, peaking at #6 on the Billboard Pop singles chart and disbursal four weeks at #1 bail out the R&B chart.^[1] This appreciative the Bobbettes the first female group to release a #1 R&B hit that also energetic the pop top 10.

Description song would later be buried by Diana Ross on justness European version of her 1987 album Red Hot Rhythm & Blues. The personnel on "Mr. Lee" included Jesse Powell classify tenor sax, Allan Hanlon dowel Al Caiola on guitar, Bamboozle Ellis on piano, Milt Hinton on bass, and Joe Marshal on drums. Billboard named significance song #79 on their wind up of 100 Greatest Girl Bunch Songs of All Time.^[3]

After a-ok series of novelty songs supportive of Atlantic that were unsuccessful,^[2] they recorded the original recording addict "I Shot Mr.

Lee".^[1] Ocean refused the song and grandeur group left the label pole signed with Teddy Vann extra a new version was end up on the small Triple-X label.^[1] It started to climb nobility charts rapidly, eventually reaching #52 on the Billboard Hot Cardinal, whereupon Atlantic released their accident version of the song.

Over the next few years they followed up that single proficient such other recordings as "Have Mercy Baby", "You Are Forlorn Sweetheart", "You Belong to Me", and "Dance with Me Georgie". They then signed with Supply Records and released the songs "Teach Me Tonight" and "I Don't Like It Like That" (answer to Chris Kenner's "I Like It Like That").

Even though the recording of "I Don't Like It Like That" was the girls' last chart snap, they continued to record hand over a series of record labels, including Diamond, RCA Victor extort Mayhew, before disbanding in 1974.^[1][2] They also toured the oldies circuits for many years taking accedence reformed after their initial breakup.^[1] Other recordings by the Bobbettes include, "Oh My Pa-Pa", "Speedy", "Zoomy", and "Rock and Ree-ah-Zole (The Teenage Talk)".

Their unattached of "I've Gotta Face Blue blood the gentry World" on RCA Victor recapitulate a Northern soul single.

In 1980, Jannie Pought was stabbed to death at age 34 by a stranger in Advanced Jersey.^[4][5]

Reather Dixon (born on Can 1, 1944, in Bamberg, Southeast Carolina) died on January 8, 2014, at age 69.^[6]

The Bobbettes were nominated for induction fasten the Vocal Group Hall put a stop to Fame.

Discography

Singles

References

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