Girl group


 
 

A girl group, as the name implies, is a musical group featuring a group of young female singers, singing usually pop songs. It is essentially the female equivalent of a boy band.

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Whilst the exact definitions are of course arbitrary, it can be argued that the girl bands have a considerably longer history than boy bands. In the late 1950s and the beginning of the 1960s they were often manufactured by producers or record companies as a vehicle for the latest work by their resident songwriters, such as the work of Phil Spector and the early days of Motown. Even earlier, female pop music singing groups were long popular; "sister groups" like the Andrews Sisters and the Boswell Sisters actually were siblings. Groups such as the Boswells and the Keller Sisters and Lynch were pop recording stars as far back as the 1920s.


 

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Female: Female is the sex of an organism, or a part of an organism, which produces egg cells. The "egg cell" (ovum) is defined as the larger gamete in a heterogamous reproduction system, while the smaller, usually motile gamete (sperm cell) is produced by the male. A female individual cannot reproduce sexu...

Singer: :For other senses of this word, see singer (disambiguation)....


Girl group related Images and Photos (experimental)

Young Girl Offering Eggs to a Group of Monks
Young Girl Offering Eggs to a Group of Monks
Nomad: Girl Without a World #4 Group: Nomad  Patriot  Hawkeye  Wiccan  Hulkling and Speed
Nomad: Girl Without a World #4 Group: Nomad Patriot Hawkeye Wiccan Hulkling and Speed
X-Men #43 Group: Cyclops  Beast  Angel  Iceman  Magneto  X-Men and Marvel Girl
X-Men #43 Group: Cyclops Beast Angel Iceman Magneto X-Men and Marvel Girl
Girl
Girl
Girl
Girl
Girl
Girl
Girl 6
Girl 6
Group Effort: Rugby
Group Effort: Rugby
Girl Happy (DVD)
Girl Happy (DVD)
Girl Golfer
Girl Golfer
Girl Reading
Girl Reading
Holy Girl, The (DVD)
Holy Girl, The (DVD)

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Introduction
Early girl groups
Later girl groups
See also
 


 

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