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Find a Grave Memorial ID: 14650753. Source citation. R&B Musician. A native of the Harlem District of New York, she was a member of the first successful all-girl groups, 'The Bobbettes', along with Laura Webb (later Webb-Childress), Emma Pought, Helen Gathers, and Reather Dixon.
The Bobbettes were an American R&B girl group who had a 1957 top 10 hit song called "Mr. Lee". [1] The group initially existed from 1955 to 1974 and included Jannie Pought (1945–1980), Emma Pought (born 1942), Reather Dixon (1944–2014), Laura Webb (1941–2001), and Helen Gathers (1942–2011).
YearTitle (a-side, B-side)[7]Chart Positions(us[8])Chart Positions(us R&b[8])1957"Mr. Lee" b/w "Look at the Stars"611957"Speedy" b/w "Come-A Come-A"——1958"Zoomy" b/w "Rock and Ree-Ah-Zole"——1958"The Dream" b/w "Um Bow Bow"——- Jannie Pought, Emma Pought, Reather Dixon, Laura Webb, Helen Gathers
- R&B
- 1955–1974
Jannie Pought. Real Name: Janice Pought. Profile: Soprano singer for the group The Bobbettes . Her last recorded song was 'Love Rhythm' on the The Bobbettes - Love Rhythm single. Born : November 08, 1945 in New York City (Harlem), New York. Died : September, 1980 in Jersey City, New Jersey.
10. Apr. 2024 · Released in 1957, “Mr. Lee” became the Bobbettes’ first hit and paved the way for their success as the first girl group to have a number 1 R&B hit and a top 10 American pop hit. The Bobbettes, consisting of Emma Pought, Jannie Pought, Helen Gathers, Laura Webb, and Reather Dixon, wrote this song themselves.
- Mario Alexander
Born Janice Pought, Jan 11, 1944, in New York, NY; died Sept 1980 in New Jersey; sister of Emma Pought (singer). Sang with The Bobbettes, the 1st female vocal group with Top-10 hit on pop charts: "Mr. Lee" (1957); with group, had other hit singles "Have Mercy, Baby" (1960), "Dance With Me, Georgie" (1960) and "I Don't Like It Like That, Part 1 ...
(L-R) Front: Jannie Pought, Reather Dixon, Laura Webb, Helen Gathers, Emma Pought. Dailey got them a recording contract with Atlantic Records and had them in the recording studio by the end of February 1957. Their first four recordings were group compositions and it wasn't a fluke. They would write ten of their first eighteen recorded songs.
27. Jan. 2014 · Reather Dixon Turner, a singer in the female doo-wop group the Bobbettes, whose 1957 hit "Mr. Lee" anticipated the popular girl-group sound of the 1960s, died Jan. 8 at her mother's home in the...
