Crystals He's A Rebel

[theboyfromxtown]

[Soul Sister]

Was a big hit in the N.Y.-N.J. area when it came out and jukebox fav.

S.S.
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[Nothing But Soul]

The story I've always heard is that the Crystals didn't really sing on the record "He's a Rebel." Gene Pitney wrote the song; Phil Spector knew it would be a hit and wanted to get it released before another artist could put it out. The Crystals were in New York and couldn't get to the west coast [[where Phil was making records) fast enough so he had Darlene Love and the Blossoms record the song even though it was credited to the Crystals.

[Soul Sister]

That makes sense to me, Nothing But Soul.

S.S.
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[144man]

The other artist was Vikki Carr.

The Crystals' "He's A Rebel" was the first record I heard and thought was the best record I'd ever heard in my life.