The Shirelles ' 1962 classic "Soldier Boy" secured the number one spot on Billboard's Hot 100 on May 5, 1962. The hit, which ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Shirelles - Credit: GAB Archive/Redferns/Getty Images In a new episode of Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Songs, Carole King ...

Belonging to the Shirelles was more than a matter of singing together, says Beverly Lee. She ought to know: She's been with the group since she was a junior in high school 50 years ago and is the only ...

In 1960, Gerry Goffin and Carole King were toiling in a Brooklyn basement apartment. The couple, married the year before, had written dozens of songs but hadn’t scored a hit. Then they caught a break: ...

The Shirelles were just teenagers when they sang their own doo-wop song, "I Met Him on a Sunday," and brought down the house at the annual Passaic High School talent show in 1957. In the audience, a ...

Get ready for the Jersey Girls. A jukebox musical about the Shi relles called, naturally, “Baby, It’s You” will open in the spring at the Broadhurst. The nostalgia-dripping show is aimed squarely at ...

Will You Love Me Tomorrow by the Shirelles was released in 1960 and went to the top of the US charts (No 4 in the UK) early in 1961. It was the first girl group No 1, and one of the first hits by ...

Members of 1960s girls group sue Warner Bros. for violating their rights in new Broadway musical. By Eriq Gardner On the day that Warner Bros. premiered its new Broadway musical, Baby It’s You, ...

Forty years after a student talent show performance helped launch a rock ‘n’ roll foursome into stardom, the show’s site has been renamed Shirelle Auditorium. Two of the Shirelles, Shirley Alston ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In a 2019 interview on Perspectives with Daren Jaime, Beverly Lee, an original member of The Shirelles, said her newly formed ...

In a new episode of Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Songs, Carole King discussed her multiple entries on the list, both her solo hits and ones she co-penned with ex-husband and creative partner Gerry ...