Hallo Dieter,
mit meinem Hinweis auf The Blossoms wollte ich aussagen, dass Darlene Love aka Darlene Wright* auch in dieser Gruppe mitwirkte.
Es war kein Hinweis, dass The Blossoms bei dem diskutierten Titel mitgesungen haben.
* nicht zu verwechseln mit Pat Wright von The Crystals ("Da Doo Ron Ron")
verschiedentlich gibt es bei Darlene Love auch den Hinweis auf The Crystals, was ich für falsch erachte.
In den einschlägigen Surf-Büchern gibt es keine entscheidenden Hinweis, z.B. Discografie, auf die Crystals.
Darlene Love wirkte außerdem mit bei:
K-C-Ettes
als Blossoms bei Dick Dale, Duane Eddy, Wildcats, Challengers
Mr. Gasser & The Weirdos
Shelley Fabares "Johnny Angel"-1962
Aber schließlich hatte doch der junge Phil Spector seine Finger im Spiel. Er arbeitete mit The Blossoms, bei einigen ihrer Titel, aufgenommen an der Westküste.
1962 arbeitete er in Brooklyn mit The Crystals und hatte mit ihnen den Hit "Uptown". Dann ging Spector nach Los Angeles und wollte dort den Titel "He's A Rebel" (Autor: GenePitney) produzieren, bevor die Sängerin Vikki Carr damit auf den Markt kam. Es war Eile geboten, die Zeit lief ihm davon.
In dieser Notlage griff er auf Darlene Love & The Blossoms zurück, machte mit ihnen die Aufnahme, die dann unter dem Namen der Crystals auf den Markt kam.
Auch beim folgenden Crystals-Titel "He's Sure The Boy I Love" wurde ebenso verfahren. The Crystals hatte einen weiteren Hit und Darlene Love sah keine "müde Mark".
Es ging noch weiter:
Spector ließ Darlene mit Fanita James von The Blossoms und Bobby Sheen eine "Vor-Version" von "Zip-A-Dee Doo-Dah" aufnehmen. Auch bei der Hit-Version von Bob B. Soxx and the Blue Jeans
war Darlene Love dann wieder die Lead-Stimme.
Weiteres aus dem Netz kopiert:
Darlene Love (Darlene Wright; born July 26, 1941) is an American popular music singer.
Darlene Wright began singing with her local church choir in Hawthorne, California. While still in high school (1959) she was invited to join a little-known girl group called The Blossoms, who in 1962 began working with producer Phil Spector. With her powerful voice she was soon a highly sought-after vocalist, and managed to work with many of the legends of 1950s and 1960s rock and soul, including Sam Cooke, Dionne Warwick, The Beach Boys, Elvis Presley, Tom Jones and Sonny and Cher; Darlene and the Blossoms sang back-up vocals on Shelley Fabares's hit, "Johnny Angel" as well as John Phillips' solo album John, Wolfking of L.A. recorded in 1969. They also appeared on Johnny Rivers' hits including "Poor Side of Town" and Motown covers "Baby I Need Your Loving" and "The Tracks of My Tears." (The Blossoms recorded singles, usually with little success, on Capitol 1957-58 [pre-Darlene Love], Challenge 1961-62, OKeh 1963, Reprise 1966-67, Ode 1967, MGM 1968, Bell 1969-70, and Lion 1972.)
With The Blossoms she also sang backing vocals on many of the biggest hits of the 1960s, including Spector's own "Da Doo Ron Ron" (allegedly recorded with her lead, which was later erased by Spector and re-recorded using Crystals' lead Dolores "LaLa" Brooks). Though credited by Spector as singles recorded by The Crystals, "He's A Rebel" and "He's Sure The Boy I Love" actually featured Love singing lead, backed by The Blossoms. "Today I Met The Boy I'm Gonna Marry" was released as a single by Spector, and featured Love's name as the artist. She says that Spector offered her rights to the song or $3,000. And though he said it was going to be a hit, she took the money. But, in spite of that decision, she said that she has continued to have a career because people have loved hearing her sing her songs. She was also part of a trio called Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans, who recorded a song in 1962, with their rendition of "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" from the Walt Disney film, Song of the South, which got into the top ten in 1963. The Blossoms landed a weekly part on Shindig!, one of the top music shows of the era. They were part of the highly acclaimed Elvis Presley's '68 Comeback Special, which aired on NBC.
Gruß
Dietrich
