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Florence Ballard, Mary Wilson, and Diana Ross of the Supremes pose closely together in sparkling dresses, looking toward the camera in a black and white portrait. Martha and The Vandellas, an American soul pop vocal group, pose together in matching green dresses and scarves against a white background, 1960s. “Girl Power” Classic 1960s girl group the Shangri-Las the Shirelles
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Florence Ballard, Mary Wilson, and Diana Ross of the Supremes pose closely together in sparkling dresses, looking toward the camera in a black and white portrait.
The Supremes Motown's superstar girl group the Supremes, featuring (from left) Florence Ballard, Mary Wilson, and Diana Ross.

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Lucy M. O'Brien
Author of She Bop II: The Definitive History of Women in Rock, Pop, and Soul and Madonna: Like an Icon.
Lucy M. O'Brien
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girl groups, primarily American female vocal groups popular from the early to the mid-1960s, the period between the heyday of early rock and roll and the British Invasion. The girl group era produced a clearly identifiable hybrid of gospel, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, and quirky pop. The high-pitched, husky, teen-girl sound of acts such as the Ronettes and the Supremes epitomized the ebullient hopes of early 1960s culture and feminized rock music, providing a model...

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