The Shirelles were the most successful "Girl Group" of the Rock and Roll era!Shirley Alston, Beverly Lee, Doris Kenner and Addie Harris met in junior high school and formed The Poquellos and were classmates of Joey Dee. During their tremedously successful career on Scepter Records, they charted 26 songs on the charts, five Top Ten hits with two of them reaching #1 and also achieved Gold Record status for one of them. Their songs were also recorded by other artists including The Beatles (Boys) and The Mamas and The Papas (Dedicated To The One I Love).
The Shirelles were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996.
This week Treasure Island Oldies features two songs by The Shirelles on Voice Your Choice for you to cast your vote: Will You Love Me Tomorrow OR Soldier Boy. Both songs hit #1.
As a note of interest, when Will You Love Me Tomorrow was first released in July of 1959, it peaked at only #83. Just over one year later it was re-released and went to the Top of the Chart! It's all about timing.
I imagine it'll be a nail biter this week wondering which song will be the winner. Please go to the website and click on the Voice Your Choice button, then cast your vote. I'll play the songs with the most votes in Hour 3 this week on Treasure Island Oldies. See you then.
