Artist:The Royalettes
Song:There He Goes
Album:60s Girl Groups
Of course the girl group sound was very popular in the mid-60s. This Warner Bros. various artists comp has some rare songs by some obscure girl groups. There He Goes is a very obscure early song by a group that would go on to have some success. I guess the best way to describe The Royalettes is that they were Baltimore's version of a more prominent group like The Chiffons. The group consisted of sisters Anita & Sheila Ross along with Veronica Brown and Terry Jones. They started performing around Baltimore and managed to get the attention of legendary writer producer Teddy Randazzo. He's probably best known for producing Little Anthony & The Imperials. The Royalettes released a few singles on Chancellor & Warner Bros. in 1964. There He Goes was one of those songs. It's a good song but it was barely released but Randazzo was able to get the group a better deal with MGM Records. Their first single It's Gonna Take A Miracle charted in 1965 and The Royalettes were on their way. The follow up single I Want To Meet Him did OK but they never charted again and were gone by 1967. It's Gonna Take A Miracle would become a huge hit for Deneice Williams in the 80s. This comp has some really obscure music by groups like The Blossoms, The Cookies & The Three Degrees. And Sheila Ross of The Royalettes would soon join The Three Degrees. So it's an interesting comp for girl group fans. Here's The Royalettes performing It's Gonna Take A Miracle in 1965.
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