Taste of Minnesota in St. Paul MN Jun 7, 2008
Taste Stage: Vic Tadesco, Ladies of Doo Wop (The Chiffons, Maxine Brown, Barbara Lewis), The Original Idols (The Bay City Rollers, Ian Mitchell, The Cowsills, Bo Donaldson & the Heywoods, Barry Williams aka Greg Brady). Sponsored by WCCO News Talk 830. (Suite101.com)
Stockdale sock hop Feb 20, 2008
For $10 apiece, those in attendance boogied to disc jockeys playing music by the Five Satins, the Chiffons, the Shirelles, the Del Vikings and the Marcels, among many others. The dance marked the 50th anniversary of the dances, which began on Dec. 21, 1957. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Twist and shout Feb 12, 2008
This Saturday, about 1,000 people will pay $10 apiece to relive those magical nights as three different disc jockeys play music by the Five Satins, the Chiffons, the Shirelles, the Del Vikings and the Marcels, among many popular oldies. The special dance marks the 50th anniversary of the founding of these dances, which began on Dec. 21, 1957. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Fifties in February rolls out the red carpet Feb 3, 2008
ARIAN SCHUESSLER/The Globe Gazette Judy Craig Mann, the original lead singer of the Chiffons, performs at the Surf Ballroom on Saturday night. The Chiffons are best known for their hit "One Fine Day". (Mason City Globe-Gazette, IO)
The Taffetas Take Keokuk County on a Fifties Musical Journey Jan 25, 2008
"This was the Fifties where girls admired their mothers, wrote in their diaries, kept autograph dogs and listened to girl acts like the Chiffons, The McGuire Sisters, Connie Francis, Patti Page and The Chordettes on their record players." said Paul Pierce, the Springer Theatricals producer. "Their favorite look was cashmere and silk - not leather and denim." The Taffetas, written by Rick Lewis, revolves around the lovely young Taffeta sisters - Kaye, Donna, Peggy and Cheryl - who are in New York... (Sigourney News Review, IA)
BBC apologises for Sarah Kennedy's race gaffe Nov 2, 2007
What's happened to free speech, and anybody who is offended by similar cmments will just have to ""get over it" or get a life,john bennett, worthing w sussex, uk What a silly story, she was stating the truth, a black man wearing black in the dark is going to be hard to see. Get a grip BBC. Im sure Sarah meant no harm. If a black man had said it was hard to see a white man dressed in white in the snow their would be nothing said. Is this not racism???? Get a gripBen Cole, Worcester Park,... (Times Online)
Through 9/22: 'Beehive' Sep 5, 2007
None of the eight women in the cast were born when the music of Aretha Franklin, The Supremes, The Chiffons, Lesley Gore, Connie Francis, Janis Joplin, Tina Turner and others topped the charts. The oldest cast member, Jillian Nyhan Zygo, is 28, but her age hasn't kept her from enjoying the music. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Something in the way she writes Aug 25, 2007
She remembers Harrison struggling with it, and shared his sense of injustice when he was found guilty of "subconscious plagiarism" by a US judge after he was accused of stealing the tune of He's So Fine, a minor hit for the Chiffons. Thereafter no one was ever allowed to play a radio in the Harrison household. (The Age)
First five heading to Idol finals Jul 27, 2007
Farrell Kicked of the event, going back to the days of Motown with the Chiffons' hit One Fine Day. Other local performers in the first night of competionton were Rebecca Sandborn (When God Fearin' Women get the Blues/Martina McBride), Tesha Lake of Muir (Not Ready to Play Nice/The Dixie Chicks), Larry Sharp (Alyssa Lies/ Jason Michael Carroll), Marley Slater (Love is a Battlefield/Pat Benatar), and Cat Sage (Anyway/Martina McBride). (Ionia Sentinel-Standard, MI)
Summer 'Blast' has patriotic edge Jul 7, 2007
She will be singing such classics as The Chiffons' "Sweet Talkin' Guy," Ani DiFranco's "Wishin' and Hopin'" and The Dixie Chicks' "Let 'er Rip.". Burnett and Benson were quick to point out that they are only two of 60 students involved in this year's summer production. (Clanton Advertiser, AL)
Tokens singer Hank Medress dies Jun 26, 2007
After leaving The Tokens in the 1970s, he produced the hit single He's So Fine by The Chiffons, as well as Tony Orlando's Knock Three Times. The Lion Sleeps Tonight was written by Solomon Linda in 1939 and has been covered more than 170 times. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Singer Of 'Lion Sleeps Tonight' Dies At 68 Jun 25, 2007
The all-girl vocal group the Chiffons benefited from his studio touch with the classic '60s singles "He's So Fine" and "One Fine Day.". After splitting with the Tokens in the 1970s, Medress worked with a record company executive named Tony Orlando, persuading him to handle vocals on "Knock Three Times" - a move that catapulted the song into pop history. (WNBC.com, NY)
Doo-wop singer dies at age 68 Jun 24, 2007
NEW YORK Hank Medress, whose vocals as a member of doo-wop group the Tokens helped propel their irrepressible single he Lion Sleeps Tonight to chart-topping success before he shifted to producing hits for the Chiffons and Tony Orlando and Dawn, has died of lung cancer ... The all-girl vocal group The Chiffons benefited from his studio touch with the classic '60s singles e's So Fine and ne Fine Day. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
Hank Medress, 68, member of the Tokens Jun 23, 2007
The Tokens were given an unusual production deal by Capitol Records, and one record the group produced, which Capitol passed on, was the Chiffons's "He's So Fine," a number one hit for four weeks in 1963 on the Laurie label. Two other Tokens-produced songs by the Chiffons, "One Fine Day" and "Sweet Talkin' Guy," reached the Top 10, and the Tokens made two Top 10 hits with the Happenings, "See You in September" and "I Got Rhythm." With Dave Appell, they also recorded "Candida," "Knock Three... (Boston Globe)
Meet Big Music's tough guy Jan 16, 2007
His writing credits include the Chiffons' sugary 1966 chart-topper Sweet Talkin' Guy. He launched his own label then sold it in 1978 to Warner Music's Atlantic Records. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
London Band In Coca Cola Copy Row Jan 3, 2007
Ex-Beatle George Harrison famously accepted the similarities between his hit My Sweet Lord and The Chiffons 1963 record He's So Fine. In court, the judge found Harrison guilty of 'subconscious' plagiarism. (Sky News)
