Sugar Town

Celebrating the girl group sound of the 1950s and 1960s. Sidebar image credit goes to hyp3rmania. On semi-hiatus.

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Farewell, Mary

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The Kim Sisters’ success in Las Vegas allowed their family in war-torn Korea to eat.

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Stewart And Son Building Contractors

Indianapolis, Indiana (1957)

that mic

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The Keynoters

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Estelle Bennett of The Ronettes

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Tuesday Weld

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Diana Ross & the Supremes (Mary Wilson and Cindy Birdsong, who’d recently replaced Florence Ballard) perform the song Forever Came Today on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1968. One of the most glamorous acts of the era, The Supremes started out wearing simple cocktail dresses hand-made from Butterick patterns by Diana Ross and Florence Ballard with imitation pearl jewelry purchased at Woolworths, quickly moving up to spectacular shimmering gowns with matching earrings designed by Michael Travis (a former apprentice of renowned Hollywood designer Bob Mackie), some of which weighed 35 pounds due to the number of sequins, beads and rhinestones that were sewn on.

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Jane Birkin alongside her brother, Andrew, in 1964. Photograph: Krause & Johansen/Andrew Birkin

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The Ad Libs

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Shelley Fabares (c. 1964)

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The Ronettes

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Original caption: October 24, 1963 - Los Angeles, California: Actress singer Shelley Fabares, 19, shown in court here has made so much money she can’t pay her income tax. She owes $2435 of $10,000 tax for 1962. Her problem was solved in court when Judge Ben Koenig allowed her to withdraw $2500 in government bonds from a court ordered saving plan.