Two artists exist by this name:
1) The Crystals were one of the most… Read Full Bio ↴Two artists exist by this name:
1) The Crystals were one of the most successful girl groups of the early 60s, Known for their association with producer Phil Spector, they had several well-remembered hit singles such as "He's A Rebel", "Da Doo Ron Ron", and "Then He Kissed Me". They were also trailblazers for many later African-American pop artists.
2) The Crystals was also the name of an obscure doo-wop group organised by the enigmatic Sun Ra in the mid-50s. Little is known about them. However, their tune "Honey In The Bee Box" was featured in the compilation album 'Interplanetary Melodies' on Norton Records, an album which has received critical acclaim.
3). If you are here for the Italian progressive rock band Crystals, they are not "The Crystals". Refer to the Crystals band page for more information and please fix your tags.
-------
In the late 50s, Barbara Alston, Mary Thomas, Delores "Dee Dee" Kennibrew, Merna Girard and Patricia "Patsy" Wright formed a singing project called "The Crystals" in high school. Under the leadership of Alston's uncle, Benny Wells, they wanted to aim for the big time. Soon, the quintet signed with Phil Spector's label Philles Records. Spector then chose Alston to be the group's lead singer, which made her very uncomfortable since she had a fear of singing in front of audiences.
Their first hit was 1961's "There's No Other Like My Baby". This song's B-side "Oh Yeah, Maybe Baby" (featuring Wright on lead) and the following single "Uptown" were topical and socially-aware pieces about growing up in the ghetto. After the success of "Uptown", a pregnant Girard was replaced by Dolores "LaLa" Brooks. The next single was 1962's "He Hit Me (And It Felt Like a Kiss)", still widely remembered though only rarely played on the radio due to the touchy subject matter of spousal abuse. Sales were sluggish.
Soon after "He Hit Me" flopped, Phil Spector began recording singer Darlene Love and her backing group The Blossoms under the name "The Crystals". Legend has it that the real Crystals were not able to travel from New York to Los Angeles fast enough to suit the LA-based Spector, who wanted to quickly record and release "He's a Rebel" (written by Gene Pitney) before anyone else had a chance to cover it and have a hit with it. The Crystals were unavailable, but Love and the Blossoms were also based in LA, so Spector recorded them and put the record out under The Crystals' banner.
"He's A Rebel" is perhaps the Crystals' most well-remembered and beloved songs, and one of the most enduring of the girl group genre. It was also their only US #1 hit. The follow-up Crystals single, "He's Sure the Boy I Love", in actuality also featured Love and The Blossoms.
The next single credited to The Crystals is one of the rarest -- and also possibly the strangest -- in rock music history. Reports vary as to the actual motivation behind the recording, but most agree that Phil Spector was looking for a way to annoy former business partner Lester Sill. What he came up with was a nearly six-minute song called "Let's Dance The Screw - Part I", which would be unplayable on 1963 radio. The record featured simple instrumentation (very much unlike Spector's famous Wall of Sound production style), repetitive lyrics, and Spector himself intoning the lyric "Dance The Screw" numerous times in a deadpan monotone. (The B-side, Part II, was more of the same.) The Crystals sang the song's repetitive verses, though it is unclear if these singers were the 'real' Crystals or The Blossoms.
The single was never commercially released, and only a few copies are known to exist (all marked D.J. COPY - NOT FOR SALE). The record was apparently only created to be a bizarre sort of joke at Sill's expense, as a single copy was specially delivered to him in early 1963.
Though it's unclear as to the level of their participation in "Let's Dance The Screw", the 'real' Crystals definitely began recording again under their own name in 1963. However, Thomas had departed to get married which reduced them to a quartet, and Alston stepped down from the lead spot giving it to Brooks.
After "Let's Dance The Screw", the group's next release was the classic "Da Doo Ron Ron." According to Darlene Love, the track was originally recorded by The Blossoms, with Love on lead vocal. Prior to release, Spector erased Love's lead vocal and replaced it with a vocal by LaLa Brooks, although he kept the Blossoms' backing vocals in place. The song was a top 10 hit in both the US and the UK, as was the follow-up single "Then He Kissed Me" — the first Crystals single since "He Hit Me" to feature all members of the Crystals as a definite group.
Both "Da Doo Ron Ron" and "Then He Kissed Me" were penned by Spector with Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich.
Despite the steady flow of hit singles, tensions between Spector and the Crystals mounted. Already unhappy with having been replaced by Love and company on two singles, The Crystals were even more upset when in 1964, Spector began focusing much of his time on rival girl group The Ronettes. Two failed Crystals singles followed, before the band left Spector's Philles Records for Imperial Records later in 1964. 1964 also saw the departure of Wright who was replaced by Frances Collins; toward the end of that year Alston departed leaving the group a trio. They disbanded in 1966. They reunited in 1971 and toured widely in varying incarnations on the oldies circuit; they still occasionally perform today. Kennibrew is the only original Crystal who remained active throughout their touring from the seventies to the present.
Lead singer Barbara Alston (September 28, 1943 – February 16, 2018) died at a Charlotte hospital in 2018.
1) The Crystals were one of the most… Read Full Bio ↴Two artists exist by this name:
1) The Crystals were one of the most successful girl groups of the early 60s, Known for their association with producer Phil Spector, they had several well-remembered hit singles such as "He's A Rebel", "Da Doo Ron Ron", and "Then He Kissed Me". They were also trailblazers for many later African-American pop artists.
2) The Crystals was also the name of an obscure doo-wop group organised by the enigmatic Sun Ra in the mid-50s. Little is known about them. However, their tune "Honey In The Bee Box" was featured in the compilation album 'Interplanetary Melodies' on Norton Records, an album which has received critical acclaim.
3). If you are here for the Italian progressive rock band Crystals, they are not "The Crystals". Refer to the Crystals band page for more information and please fix your tags.
-------
In the late 50s, Barbara Alston, Mary Thomas, Delores "Dee Dee" Kennibrew, Merna Girard and Patricia "Patsy" Wright formed a singing project called "The Crystals" in high school. Under the leadership of Alston's uncle, Benny Wells, they wanted to aim for the big time. Soon, the quintet signed with Phil Spector's label Philles Records. Spector then chose Alston to be the group's lead singer, which made her very uncomfortable since she had a fear of singing in front of audiences.
Their first hit was 1961's "There's No Other Like My Baby". This song's B-side "Oh Yeah, Maybe Baby" (featuring Wright on lead) and the following single "Uptown" were topical and socially-aware pieces about growing up in the ghetto. After the success of "Uptown", a pregnant Girard was replaced by Dolores "LaLa" Brooks. The next single was 1962's "He Hit Me (And It Felt Like a Kiss)", still widely remembered though only rarely played on the radio due to the touchy subject matter of spousal abuse. Sales were sluggish.
Soon after "He Hit Me" flopped, Phil Spector began recording singer Darlene Love and her backing group The Blossoms under the name "The Crystals". Legend has it that the real Crystals were not able to travel from New York to Los Angeles fast enough to suit the LA-based Spector, who wanted to quickly record and release "He's a Rebel" (written by Gene Pitney) before anyone else had a chance to cover it and have a hit with it. The Crystals were unavailable, but Love and the Blossoms were also based in LA, so Spector recorded them and put the record out under The Crystals' banner.
"He's A Rebel" is perhaps the Crystals' most well-remembered and beloved songs, and one of the most enduring of the girl group genre. It was also their only US #1 hit. The follow-up Crystals single, "He's Sure the Boy I Love", in actuality also featured Love and The Blossoms.
The next single credited to The Crystals is one of the rarest -- and also possibly the strangest -- in rock music history. Reports vary as to the actual motivation behind the recording, but most agree that Phil Spector was looking for a way to annoy former business partner Lester Sill. What he came up with was a nearly six-minute song called "Let's Dance The Screw - Part I", which would be unplayable on 1963 radio. The record featured simple instrumentation (very much unlike Spector's famous Wall of Sound production style), repetitive lyrics, and Spector himself intoning the lyric "Dance The Screw" numerous times in a deadpan monotone. (The B-side, Part II, was more of the same.) The Crystals sang the song's repetitive verses, though it is unclear if these singers were the 'real' Crystals or The Blossoms.
The single was never commercially released, and only a few copies are known to exist (all marked D.J. COPY - NOT FOR SALE). The record was apparently only created to be a bizarre sort of joke at Sill's expense, as a single copy was specially delivered to him in early 1963.
Though it's unclear as to the level of their participation in "Let's Dance The Screw", the 'real' Crystals definitely began recording again under their own name in 1963. However, Thomas had departed to get married which reduced them to a quartet, and Alston stepped down from the lead spot giving it to Brooks.
After "Let's Dance The Screw", the group's next release was the classic "Da Doo Ron Ron." According to Darlene Love, the track was originally recorded by The Blossoms, with Love on lead vocal. Prior to release, Spector erased Love's lead vocal and replaced it with a vocal by LaLa Brooks, although he kept the Blossoms' backing vocals in place. The song was a top 10 hit in both the US and the UK, as was the follow-up single "Then He Kissed Me" — the first Crystals single since "He Hit Me" to feature all members of the Crystals as a definite group.
Both "Da Doo Ron Ron" and "Then He Kissed Me" were penned by Spector with Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich.
Despite the steady flow of hit singles, tensions between Spector and the Crystals mounted. Already unhappy with having been replaced by Love and company on two singles, The Crystals were even more upset when in 1964, Spector began focusing much of his time on rival girl group The Ronettes. Two failed Crystals singles followed, before the band left Spector's Philles Records for Imperial Records later in 1964. 1964 also saw the departure of Wright who was replaced by Frances Collins; toward the end of that year Alston departed leaving the group a trio. They disbanded in 1966. They reunited in 1971 and toured widely in varying incarnations on the oldies circuit; they still occasionally perform today. Kennibrew is the only original Crystal who remained active throughout their touring from the seventies to the present.
Lead singer Barbara Alston (September 28, 1943 – February 16, 2018) died at a Charlotte hospital in 2018.
I Love My Baby
The Crystals Lyrics
We have lyrics for 'I Love My Baby' by these artists:
Archie Bell & The Drells Ooh, I love my baby I said I love, love Love my…
Bing Crosby Everybody loves my baby, But my baby don't love nobody but…
Bob Haring and His Orchestra I love my baby, my baby loves me Don't know nobody…
Buddy's Buddies The very thought of you makes my heart sing Like an…
Canned Heat Aw, go ahead, baby Oh well, I love my baby I always…
Elsie Carlisle Talk about your famous love affairs Romeo and Juliet had the…
Ferlin Husky I've seen people everywhere who said they didn't care If lif…
Fred Waring I love my baby, my baby loves me We're hotsy-totsy, why…
H-bomb Ferguson Well, last month came and went and I Didn't pay the…
Husky Ferlin I've seen people everywhere who said they didn't care If lif…
International G.T.O.'s I have just one regret in life That change I wasted When…
International G.T.O.s I wish, I wish my baby was born And sittin' on…
Isham Jones And His Orchestra I love my baby, my baby loves me Don't know nobody…
Joan Armatrading My baby says to me Come over here And talk with me I…
Joe Loss & His Orchestra I love my baby, my baby loves me Don't know nobody…
Mojo Watson I Love My Baby I love my baby, Tell the world that…
R.J. Mischo & His Red Hot Blues Band Love my baby cause she dress so fine When she late…
Tommy & Eddie My baby don't love me My baby don't love me My baby…
Tommy McClennan Now, I love my baby Love her well Love my baby Love the…
Various Artists 'Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus, And to take him…
Waring's Pennsylvanians I love my baby, my baby loves me We're hotsy-totsy, why…
We have lyrics for these tracks by The Crystals:
11. I Love You Eddie (Hey hey hey, hey hey hey) I love you, Eddie, but…
All Grown Up When I'm all grown up, ain't no baby no more…
And Then He Kissed Me Well, he walked up to me and he asked me…
Another Country La la lalalala La la la la Oh he′s from another country Liv…
Another Country-Another World La la lalalala La la la la Oh he's from another country Liv…
Chapel of Love Going to the chapel and we're gonna to get married Going…
Come To Me Darling Did you come here to save me…
Da Do Ron Ron I met him on a Monday and my heart stood…
Da Doo Ron Ron (When He Walked Me Home) [Re-Recorded] (Phil Spector/Jeff Barry/Ellie Greenwich) I met him on a Mo…
Da Doo Ron Ron - I met him on a Monday and my heart stood…
Frankenstein Twist Come on, everybody, we're gonna do the very last dance…
Frankestein Twist Come on everybody, we're going to the very last stop (Come…
gee whiz Gee whiz, look at his eyes Gee whiz, how they…
Girls Can Tell Girls can tell if boys are true By the things they…
He Hit Me He hit me And it felt like a kiss He hit me But…
He Hit Me (and It Felt Like a Kiss) He hit me and it felt like a kiss He hit…
He Hit Me (It Felt Like a Kiss) He hit me And it felt like a kiss. He hit me But…
He Hit Me It Felt Like A Kiss He hit me And it felt like a kiss He hit me But…
He S a Rebel See the way he walks down the street Watch the way…
He's Sure the Boy I Love I always dreamed the boy I loved would come along And…
Heartbreaker Heartbreaker, hip shaker, troublemaker Yeah, yeah, yeah, yea…
I Do Believe Though I can't see Your holy face And Your throne in…
I Got A Man Not gonna give up Not gonna slow down Not gonna play rough I…
I Love You Eddie (Hey hey hey, hey hey hey) I love you, Eddie, but…
I Wonder Mama said before I'm grown I'll find somebody I can call…
Little Boy Little boy, you probably don't know it But on the night…
Look in My Eyes Look in my eyes and tell me you love, love…
Love You So Love sent my savior to die in my stead; Why should…
My Heart's Desire Oh God protect me from myself My fearful, weary soul…
No One Ever Tells You When you're a little girl, the future looks so bright No…
No One Evers Tells You When you're a little girl, the future looks so bright No…
Oh Yeah Maybe Baby Oh yeah, maybe, baby Get the heebie jeebies Got the shakes A…
One Fine Day One fine day, you'll look at me And you will know…
One Fine Day (Re-Recorded) One fine day You'll look at me And you will know Our love…
Parade Of The Wooden Soldiers The toy shop door is locked up tight And everything is…
Please Hurt Me If you gotta hurt somebody, please hurt me And if you…
Revolution Rain - A million tears to the ground Wind - The…
Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer Had a very shiny nose And if…
Santa Claus Is Coming to Town Jimmy, I just came back from a lovely trip along…
The Crystals Don't patronize my pain It's not in vain That I suffered Tha…
The He Kissed Me Well, he walked up to me and he asked me…
The Twist Come on, everybody, we're gonna do the very last dance…
Then Well, he walked up to me and he asked me…
There There's a story I want you to know 'Bout my baby,…
There's No Other (Phil Spector/Leroy Bates) There's a story I want you to kn…
There's No Other Like My Baby There's a story I want you to know 'Bout my baby,…
Today I Met The Boy I'm Gonna Marry Today I met the boy I'm gonna marry He's all I…
Uptown He gets up each morning And he goes downtown Where everyone'…
Vampire His body hurts and he's not sleeping It's hard to breath,…
What A Nice Way To Turn 17 My birthday candles Have all gone out The party's through A…
Winter Wonderland Sleigh bells ring Are you listening In the lane Snow is glis…
Woman In Love It is not the critic who counts; It's not the woman…
The lyrics are frequently found in the comments by searching or by filtering for lyric videos
More Genres
No Artists Found
More Artists
Load All
No Albums Found
More Albums
Load All
No Tracks Found
Genre not found
Artist not found
Album not found
Search results not found
Song not found
Esteban Espejel
this is not RARE, this is WONDERFUL!
Hushabye
Fantastic! Just heard for the first time on doowopcafe today!!! WOW! Any connection to the Spector girls later on??
Bolanicboogie
This is cool!
Bill Gueltig
Great lyrics. Sounds like EarlJean and the Cookies...
Jim Crescitelli
No, not the Crystals that we know and love ... they didn't form until 1961 officially. In 1957 our girls would have been... 10, 11, 12... ?
oldies55
Thankyou
oldies55
thankyou