Girl Groups, Girl Culture: Popular Music and Identity in the 1960s
by Jacqueline Warwick
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Author: Jacqueline WarwickEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-02-22
ISBN: 0415971136
Number of pages: 288
Publisher: Routledge
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Book Review: Interesting Take On Impact of Girl Group Sound of the 1960s
Summary: 3 Stars
Jacqueline Warwick has written a thesis-like revisionist take on the girl group sound of the 1960s, focusing on the messages and impact of The Shangri-Las, Chantels, Ronettes, Marvelettes and their ilk. At times relying heavily on earlier tomes, Warwick nevertheless argues convincingly that teenage girls lip-syncing and singing along with these records and adopting different poses were an important aspect of the womens' movement as well as the civil rights explosion. She points out how many young girls worshipped Diana Ross in the mid to late 1960s, an unprecedented stance that I remember well. She also breaks down a number of songs according to song structure, chords and changes, and things get a bit dry right about then for the non-musician. Scholarly and often fun, this is a welcome addition to the girl group herstory shelf.
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