Girlgroup

As a girl group refers to a group of three or more singers who " sing pop in one developed in the U.S. teenage rock ' n ' roll from the fifties " and do not play any instruments. The term is in use since the late 1950s. This does not include drop -female music groups, the specific genres such as country, folk or jazz are attributable.

History

Girl Groups of the pre- rock era

The roots of the girl groups are found in the a cappella choirs of the U.S. jazz. In the 1920s, the Brox Sisters were the most famous female singing group, were followed from about 1925 to 1935 the Boswell Sisters as the leading girl group. As the first world-famous girl group the Andrews Sisters are to be seen, who were active from 1932 to 1966. The Trio Lescano - three sisters - was very popular in Italy 1935-1943.

From the late 1940s, some more girl groups emerged; they had almost all the part of the name " Sisters" and had numerous successes in the charts: The Marlin Sisters, The Fontane Sisters, The McGuire Sisters and The Chordettes.

The Chordettes were a female singers quartet, which existed from 1946 to 1961 and had hits like Mister Sandman and lollipop. In the period of transition of popular music to rock and roll and in its intermediate position between traditional pop music and pop rockorientiertem the Chordettes regarded as a prototype for the many coming after them girl groups.

Heyday of girl groups (1958-1965)

Following the success of the label Motown had existed since 1958 in the United States more female pop groups that had commercial success. So-called "Female Vocal Groups" were until the mid- 1960s, a part of the U.S. Billboard charts. Many of the groups disappeared, however - after a hit - quickly. Important representatives of this style are, for example, The Shangri -Las ( founded in 1963 in Queens ), The Crystals ( founded in 1961 in Brooklyn ), The Marvelettes (founded in 1960 in Inkster, Michigan) or The Shirelles ( established in 1958 in Passiac, New Jersey). The members were young black women in general. Successful group were the Supremes.

Concept and marketing

The concept of the compilation of girl groups has existed since the 1990s, similar to boy bands often from a casting process by stereotypes for certain - will cast figures of identification that can be worshiped as idols and marketed by merchandising and memorabilia - corresponding to the widest possible audience taste. We call such constellations as retort bands that are assembled by music producers for success concepts.

So there are like the boy bands stereotypes with which the target audience can usually identify younger fans. The female groups often exist only for a short time As with the boy bands. Chance from such constellations, successful solo artists such as Melanie Chisholm and Beyoncé Knowles forth.