Originally Posted by
kenneth
It seems to me that the Ronnettes followed the pattern of most girl groups that were signed to labels other than Motown. They generally had a few hit singles and one, possibly two, albums released in their name. Other than Patti LaBelle and the bluebells, I can’t think of any girl group that had more than two albums during the period that Motown ruled the airwaves in the 60s.
I believe the Ronnettes had an album on Colpix but I think that came out after their success with Phil Spector.
If you think of the 3 Degrees, the toys, the Flirtations, the Cookies, and so on, It seems most labels didn’t stick with their girl groups after they stopped getting into the top 10.
I think even the Shangri-Las only had two albums prior to their greatest hits album, and I think one of them was even repackaged to include “I can never go home anymore” which it didn’t include when it was first released, rather than issuing a new album to promote the single.
I often wish there were more albums by the Marvelettes or the Vandellas, but then I always tell myself Motown stuck with these groups probably longer than any other label would’ve, and each released close to 10 albums, which is a pretty good run.
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