#soon! Part Un - The 60s-00s Girl Band Debut Breakthrough Rate

Welcome to my very first rate y’all! This has been a long long time in the making, heck I waited over a year in that rate queue to bring you this list of forgotten classics and yesteryear bops!

This rate looks at Girl Band Débuts over the 1960s (sixties) up to the 2000s (noughties) period. The list was shortlisted with some of the more prominent girl bands of each decade (we will look at the influences the sounds have had on other artists and development of what we now have as a modern girl band as this all comes together).

The criteria myself and the wonderful @londonrain looked at to bring you this list include selecting the act’s ‘breakthrough’ hit (so as to give everyone a level playing field if you will, since some broke with a huge hit right away while others struggled a little before getting going!), we thought breakthrough would be the band’s first top 20 in one of these three significant markets – United States, United Kingdom and/or Australia.

With the moving politics and societal changes of these decades, many themes will come up in this list as we journey through these wonderful songs so please find the list below to score and comment on!

List by decade (please use bolded links for better quality audio):

'60s
The Shirelles – Will You Love Me Tomorrow
The Crystals - There's No Other (Like My Baby)
The Angels - Til
The Marvelettes - Please Mr Postman
Patti Labelle & The Blue Belles - I Sold My Heart To the Junkman
The Exciters – Tell Him / Alternate Link
The Supremes - When The Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes
The Ronettes - Be My Baby / Alternate Link
The Chiffons - He's So Fine
Martha & The Vandellas - Heatwave / Alternate Link
The Dixie Cups - Chapel of Love
The Shangri-Las - Remember (Walking In The Sand)


'70s
Love Unlimited – Walkin’ In The Rain With The One I Love
The Three Degrees – When Will I See You Again
Honey Cone - Want Ads / Alternate Link
The Pointer Sisters - Yes We Can Can / Alternate Link
First Choice - Armed and Extremely Dangerous / Alternate Link
Sister Sledge - Mama Never Told Me
Silver Convention - Fly, Robin, Fly / Alternate Link
High Inergy - You Can't Turn Me Off (In The Middle Of Turning Me On)
Peaches - Substitute
The Nolans – I’m In The Mood For Dancing
Baccara - Yes Sir, I Can Boogie
The Emotions – Best Of My Love / Alternate Link

'80s
The Go-Go's - Our Lips Are Sealed
Bananarama - It Ain't What You Do
Mary Jane Girls – All Night Long
Klymaxx - I Miss You
The Bangles - Manic Monday / Alternate Link
Pepsi & Shirlie - Heartache
Mel and Kim - Showing Out (Get Fresh At The Weekend)
Salt-N-Pepa - Push It
Exposé - Come Go With Me
Shakespears Sister - You're History / Alternate Link
Sweet Sensation - Sincerely Yours
The Cover Girls – We Can’t Go Wrong

'90s
Wilson Phillips - Hold On
En Vogue - Hold On
TLC - Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg
SWV - I'm So Into You
Eternal - Stay
Spice Girls - Wannabe
All Saints - I Know Where It's At
Destiny’s Child - No, No, No Part 2
Honeyz - Finally Found
B*Witched - C'est La Vie
Atomic Kitten - Right Now
Xscape – Just Kickin’ It

'00s
Dixie Chicks – Goodbye Earl
Sugababes - Overload
Bardot - Poison
Mis-Teeq - Why?
Girls Aloud - Sound of the Underground / Alternate Link
Las Ketchup - The Ketchup Song
t.A.T.u. - All The Things She Said
The Pussycat Dolls - Don't Cha
The Veronicas - 4ever
Booty Luv - Boogie 2nite
Danity Kane – Show Stopper
The Saturdays - If This Is Love / Alternate Link

Spotify list, provided by the wonderful @londonrain!

The rules:

- You should all be well versed in the voting rules by now but if not - score each song out of 10 and give one 11 only, and that to your prized winner; or the song you think may need your help to go all the way!

- Scoring-wise – I will accept all scores up to 10 including one decimal point behind them (ie I’ll take 9.5, 9.6, 9.7, 9.8 but not 9.25 or 9.75)

- Comments are not compulsory but as you are aware from my participation in previous rates, I really appreciate them, and expect at least something for your 11 and your notable favourites or least favourites!

- Troll votes will be discarded or asked to be altered so please don’t try it, especially as it takes away enjoyment from other participants.

- Voting closes 28 days from today on March 13 @8pm (ish) AEST Time

 

RESULTS​

#60 - Xscape - Just Kickin' It
#59 - The Cover Girls - We Can't Go Wrong
#58 - Klymaxx - I Miss You
#57 - The Pointer Sisters - Yes We Can Can
#56 - Danity Kane - Show Stopper
#55 - Bananarama - It Ain't What You Do
#54 - The Crystals - There's No Other (Like My Baby)
#53 - The Angels - Til
#52 - Patti Labelle & The Blue Belles - I Sold My Heart To The Junkman
#51 - Las Ketchup - The Ketchup Song
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#50 - Silver Convention - Fly Robin Fly
#49 - Mary Jane Girls - All Night Long
#48 - The Shangri-Las - Remember (Walking In The Sand)
#47 - Love Unlimited - Walkin' In The Rain (With The One That I Love)
#46 - High Inergy - You Can't Turn Me Off (In The Middle Of Turnin' Me On)
#45 - SWV - I'm So Into You
#44 - Bardot - Poison
#43 - Sister Sledge - Mama Never Told Me
#42 - Sweet Sensation - Sincerely Yours
#41 - Shakespears Sister - You're History
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#40 - Exposé - Come Go With Me
#39 - The Dixie Cups - Chapel Of Love
#38 - Dixie Chicks - Goodbye Earl
#37 - The Chiffons - He's So Fine
#36 - TLC - Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg
#35 - Honey Cone - Want Ads
#34 - The Supremes - When The Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes
#33 - Mel & Kim - Showing Out (Get Fresh At The Weekend)
#32 - First Choice - Armed And Extremely Dangerous
#31 - Honeyz - Finally Found
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#30 - Peaches - Substitute
#29 - Pussycat Dolls - Don't Cha
#28 - En Vogue - Hold On
#27 - Booty Luv - Boogie 2nite
#26 - Destiny's Child - No No No (Part 2)
#25 - Pepsi & Shirlie - Heartache
#24 - The Go-Go's - Our Lips Are Sealed (80s Bronze)
#23 - Mis-Teeq - Why
#22 - Eternal - Stay
#21 - The Exciters - Tell Him
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#20 - The Veronicas - 4ever
#19 - Atomic Kitten - Right Now
#18 - The Three Degrees - When Will I See You Again?
#17 - The Marvelettes - Please Mr. Postman
#16 - B*Witched - C'est La Vie
#15 - Martha & The Vandellas - Heatwave (60s Bronze)
#14 - The Saturdays - If This Is Love
#13 - The Nolans - I'm In The Mood For Dancing (70s Bronze)
#12 - Wilson Phillips - Hold On (90s Bronze)
#11 - All Saints - I Know Where It's At (90s Silver)
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#10 - Salt-N-Pepa - Push It (80s Silver)
#9 - t.A.T.u - All The Things She Said (00s Bronze)
#8 - Baccara - Yes Sir, I Can Boogie (70s Silver)
#7 - The Emotions - Best Of My Love (70s Gold)
#6 - The Bangles - Manic Monday (80s Gold)
#5 - The Shirelles - Will You Love Me Tomorrow (60s Silver)
#4 - Spice Girls - Wannabe (90s Gold)
#3 - Girls Aloud - Sound Of The Underground (00s Silver)
#2 - Sugababes - Overload (00s Gold)
#1 - The Ronettes - Be My Baby (60s Gold)

 

MORE FUN!

- Origin of Girl Groups
- Documentary courtesy of @saviodxl
- Best Selling Girl Groups
- BILLBOARD's Greatest Girl Group Songs
- A History Of Girl Groups
- Final Thought

COUNTDOWN RECAPS

- Top 40 Recap
- Top 30 Recap
- Top 20 Recap
- Top 15 Recap
- Top 10 Recap
- Top 5 Recap
- Top 3 Recap
- Top 2 Recap

DECADE RECAPS

- 60s Recap
- 70s Recap
- 80s Recap
- 90s Recap
- 00s Recap

Part 2 Previews

- 00s List
- 90s List
- 80s List
- 70s List

The @londonrain section:

- More on Kandi from Xscape (Part un & deux!)
- Klymaxx and the members' revolving door!
- The Crystal's controversial number...
- @Londonrain & The Dixie Chicks
- The LondonRain's Honeyz!

The @Mina corner:

- Veronica's stanning

 

Come and vote, please!

@londonrain
@Mina
@DJHazey
@iheartpoptarts
@happiestgirl

 

@Sprockrooster
@Ironheade
@Eric Generic
@Empty Shoebox
@Petty Mayonnaise

 

I was literally just reading the first post! Will see if I have the energy and time to take part.

 

@ohnostalgia
@New Flame
@One Stop Candy Shop
@Zar-Unity
@KamikazeHeart

 

Oh okay then. If you insist.

 

@Laurence Nope
@Untouchable Ace
@beyoncesweave
@constantino
@P Grandson

 

@DominoDancing
@Ray
@phoenix123
@ohnoitisnathan
@ufint

 

Retagging him as I don’t think that one worked.

@beyoncésweave

 

@Aester
@soratami
@Zarjazz
@A&E
@VivaForever

 

Could you put together a PMable list? It just means I won’t screw up the formatting in my ballot.

 

What a great idea.

I am prepared to stan the 80s/early 90s.

I would have chosen Really Sayin Something over Ain't What You Do (which is primarily credited to Fun Boy Three) for Bananarama but it's all good.

 

Here it is, love! (also post #3 on the thread now :) )

 

Poor Solid Harmonie, Cleopatra and Mini Viva though.

 

This would work slightly better without Las Ketchup and Bardot on the list..

 

I keep trying to figure out why I have pretty much no memory of The Saturdays, then I realised that they came out just as I stopped listening to CHR.