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Article: Girl groups are back! '90s style. (Black female musical groups)
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- Ebony
- Article date:
- September 1, 1990
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GIRL GROUPS ARE BACK! '90s Style
Talented female vocalists are once again adding glamour and soul to the music scene
MORE than three decades ago, a quartet of cooing female vocalists, known as the Marvelettes, put soulful girl groups on the record charts with a bouncy hit entitled "Please, Mr. Postman." The Supremes followed suit, releasing such No. 1 hits as "Where Did Our Love Go" and "Stop, In The Name of Love." Today, hit-making girl groups are blossoming once more--minus the bouffant hairdos, beaded gowns, and spike heels that were the rage back then, but with the same sophistication, pizzazz, glamour and irrepressible talent that carved success ...