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21. Jan. 2021 · Exclusive interview with Dee Dee Kenniebrew of the Crystals. Interviewed December 2020 via Zoom
The Crystals were formed in 1961 by Alston, Mary Thomas, Dolores “Dee Dee” Kenniebrew (who leads the current group of Crystals), Myrna Giraud and Patricia “Patsy” Wright. They were discovered by Spector while singing on demo recordings in New York. Applying his nascent “Wall of Sound” to their productions, as he would also do with ...
7. März 2018 · Alston was a choir-trained teenager in Brooklyn when she formed the Crystals with her high school friends Mary Thomas, Dolores Kenniebrew (who is known as Dee Dee), Myrna Giraud and Patsy Wright ...
The Crystals. The Crystals are a New York City based musical group. They were one of the defining acts during the girl group era of the 1960s. They formed in 1961 with five girls: Barbara Alston, Mary Thomas, Dolores "Dee Dee" Kenniebrew, Myrna Giraud and Patricia "Patsy" Wright. The group were later joined by Darlene Love for a short time.
"Dee Dee" Kenniebrew invited LaLa Brooks to join the band in 1962 as a replacement for Myrna Giraud. In 1963 Alston, who suffered from stage fright, stepped down from the lead spot giving it to Brooks. Tension between Spector and The Crystals rose when he relocated to Los Angeles to record his famous Wall of Sound productions with The Wrecking Crew, whereas The Crystals, with the exception of ...
23. Feb. 2018 · Alston's funeral is being on Friday, with fellow Crystals singer Dee Dee Kennibrew scheduled to be a speaker. Follow us on Facebook , on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts , or on Instagram at bbcnewsents .
(clockwise from top left) Barbara Alston, Dee Dee Kenniebrew, Mary Thomas. Dee Dee also got married, but around 1971 she reformed the group with LaLa, Mary, and Barbara for a Richard Nader rock and roll revival show. From 1971 to 1973 they toured and performed until motherhood and husbands once again took over. Barbara left after a 1973 U.K ...
