"Boys" is a song written by Luther Dixon and Wes Farrell, originally recorded by the Shirelles at Bell Sound Studios in New York City and released as...
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The Shirelles were an American girl group formed in Passaic, New Jersey, in 1957. They consisted of schoolmates Shirley Owens (later Shirley Alston Reeves)...
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Penguins, the Robins, Bill Haley & His Comets, Otis Williams, the Cadets, the Everly Brothers, the Shirelles, the Regents, and the Crystals. Though the Beach...
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2008 "Boys" (The Shirelles song), 1960; covered by the Beatles, 1963 "Boys" (Sky Ferreira song), 2013 "Boys (Summertime Love)", by Sabrina, 1987 "Boys! (What...
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Goffin). Dixon wrote the B-side to that single, "Boys". The Shirelles' 1961 song "Baby It's You", co-written by Dixon under the pseudonym "Barney Williams"...
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Tonight's the Night is the debut album by American girl group the Shirelles, released in December 1960 by Scepter Records. It contains the hit song "Will...
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Greenberg and made famous by the girl group the Shirelles. Released as a single in 1962, it met with great success, topping the US Billboard Hot 100 for three...
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Will You Love Me Tomorrow (category The Shirelles songs)
1960, the American girl group the Shirelles released the first version of the song as Scepter single 1211, with "Boys" on the B-side, with both songs featured...
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song) Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! Bésame Mucho Birthday (Beatles song) Blackbird (Beatles song) Blue Jay Way Boys (The Shirelles song) Can You Take...
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Shirley Owens (category The Shirelles members)
Shirelles Chart. sfn error: no target: CITEREFBillboard.com,_The_Shirelles_Chart (help) "SHIRELLES – full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company...
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Baby It's You (redirect from Baby It's You (The Shirelles song))
recorded by the Shirelles and the Beatles and was a hit for both. The highest-charting version of "Baby It's You" was by the band Smith, who took the track...
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Starr, the group is often considered the most influential band of the rock era. While active between 1960 and 1970, the group recorded hundreds of songs,...
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Brian Wilson (category The Beach Boys members)
to You" (1958), the Robins' "Smokey Joe's Cafe" (1955), the Olympics' "Hully Gully" (1960), the Shirelles' "Mama Said" (1961), and the Regents' "Barbara...
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100 songs of 1961. The Top 100, as revealed in the edition of Billboard dated January 6, 1962, is based on Hot 100 charts from the issue dates of January...
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Russian film about World War II "Soldier Boy" (The Shirelles song), a 1962 number-one single by The Shirelles "Soldier Boy" (short story), a 1982 science...
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Baby It's You! (redirect from Baby It's You! The Musical)
rock hits of the 1960s, with a special emphasis on songs by the Shirelles and other acts signed to Scepter Records. The show "tells the story of Florence...
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King. Their first success was "Will You Love Me Tomorrow", recorded by the Shirelles and a hit in 1961. Goffin later wrote lyrics for songs with several...
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and the Delrons The Revelers The Roches The Ronettes Ruby & the Romantics The Seekers The Shirelles The Skylarks The Skyliners The Soul Stirrers The Spinners...
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organized by Chubby. Richie uses the opportunity to make amends with Joey. A member of the Ducky Boys interrupts the game, as the Wanderers momentarily turn...
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Ellington, the Shirelles, or the Beach Boys, while classical instruments and intricate backing vocals often feature in the arrangements." Writing about the new...
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Dick and Dee Dee (category 1960 establishments in the United States)
Warwick, the Shirelles, The Dick Clark Caravan of Stars, Murray the K’s Brooklyn Paramount Theatre review, Paul Revere and the Raiders, the Kingsmen, Patti...
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Lawrence Welk (section The Lawrence Welk Show)
The tune knocked The Shirelles' "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" out of the number 1 position, and it kept the Miracles' "Shop Around" from becoming the group's...
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and the Limelites The Shirelles The Showmen The Silhouettes The Six Teens The Skyliners The Solitaires Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans The Spaniels The Stereos...
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Flint Shelley Fabares The Shells Shep & The Limelites The Shirelles Shirley Bassey Shirley Ellis Shocking Blue The Showmen The Silkie Silver Apples Simon...
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List of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees (redirect from List of members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame)
of Fame. Retrieved January 2, 2008. "The Shirelles". Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Retrieved January 2, 2008. "The Velvet Underground". Rock and Roll Hall...
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Please Please Me (redirect from The Beatles/Please Please Me)
the Shirelles to create "a sound the pop world had never heard". The Telegraph writer Neil McCormick praised the band's performances throughout the record...
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List of Sesame Street Muppets (redirect from Sam the Machine)
24, 2019. Dominus, Susan (August 6, 2006). "A Girly-Girl Joins the 'Sesame' Boys". The New York Times. Retrieved August 2, 2019. Hellman, pp. 48–49 Hellman...
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Donnie tells them he needs a song for the Shirelles. The couples compete for the job. In Donnie's office the next morning, Carole and Gerry present "Will...
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published. One of his earliest successes, "Boys" (co-written with Luther Dixon), appeared on the B-side of the Shirelles' 1960 number-one hit "Will You Love...
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Carole King (redirect from The City (group))
single the same year. The B-side contained the Goffin-King song "A Very Special Boy". The single was not a success. After writing the Shirelles' 1960 Billboard...
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