How the other half lives: The Best of Girl Group Rock
Guide by Greil Marcus, Let It Rock, May 1974
GIRL GROUP ROCK flourished between 1958 and 1965, and though, with the passing of the Brill Building and the coming of the sophistication of the soul ...

The Runaways: Runaway Girls
Profile and Interview by Harvey Kubernik, Melody Maker, July 1976
RUNAWAYS: the Natalie Woods, Brigitte Bardots and Ann-Margrets of rock. ...

Diana Ross and the Supremes: 20 Golden Greats
Review by Mick Farren, NME, September 1977
IF THEY weren't the highest form, they sure as hell were the most refined. The three-piece girl vocal group is almost a dying art. Only a ...

Ronnie Spector Says Goodbye To Hollywood
Interview by John Tobler, Hot Wacks, Spring 1979
PHIL SPECTOR......aah, the magic that name still evokes, but what of the former Mrs Phil Spector. Veronica Benett, better known as Ronnie Spector, this is your ...

"I Wasn't Even a Housewife": Ronnie Spector's true confessions
Report and Interview by Mick Farren, NME, September 1980
SHE WAS supposed to be promoting her album, but Ronnie Spector’s first solo album isn’t the kind of thing that’s about to stop the world or ...

The Shaggs: Better Than the Beatles (and DNA, Too)
Retrospective by Lester Bangs, Village Voice, January 1981
I HAVE BEEN getting whiny letters from a lot of you lately complaining about the general state of the art. "What is all this shit?" you ...

Puppet On A String: Girl Singers Of The Sixties
Essay by Mary Harron, The History of Rock, 1982
There were no bad girls in British pop music in the early Sixties — certainly nothing to compare with the most daring American girl groups of ...

Leaders Of The Pack: Teen Dreams And Tragedy In Girl Group Rock
Retrospective by Greg Shaw, The History of Rock, 1982
OF ALL THE musical fads that came and went in the early Sixties, the girl-group phenomenon has succeeded best in retaining its appeal. ...

Transistor Sisters: Alan Betrock's Girl Groups - The Story Of A Sound
Review by Barney Hoskyns, NME, 1982
"Conform to norm society; won't stand for impropriety; In the extreme of which you dream, you must always join the team . . . " (Phil ...

Leaders of the Teen Beat
Retrospective by David Quantick, NME, September 1983
Remember (walkin' in the sand) with the Shangri-Las ...

Taking On The Britboys: Spice Girls
Report and Interview by Paul Gorman, Musicweek, April 1996
JUST WHEN BOYS with guitars threaten to rule pop life - Damon's all over Smash Hits, Ash are big in Big! and Liam can't move for ...