The Girlfriends
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The Girlfriends were an American girl group from Los Angeles who scored one hit in the United States in 1964, "My One and Only Jimmy Boy".[1]
The group was founded as a result of the splintering of the studio group The Blossoms. The four members of the Blossoms — Gloria Jones, Nanette Williams, Fanita James, and Darlene Wright — first sang together in 1957. In 1962, Phil Spector created the group Bob B. Soxx and the Blue Jeans with James and Wright; Jones and Williams then formed their own group, The Girlfriends, with Carolyn Willis (formerly of The Ikettes).[2] They released one single, "My One and Only Jimmy Boy", on Colpix Records in 1963, written and produced by David Gates. The record peaked at #49 in 1964.[3] The Girlfriends never released another record. Willis later joined Honey Cone and both she and Jones sang in one of the nostalgia-circuit groups performing as The Shirelles in the 1990s.
References
- ^ Joel Whitburn, Top Pop Singles. 12th edition. Billboard, 2009, p. 395.
- ^ Jason Ankeny, The Girlfriends at Allmusic
- ^ Charts, Allmusic
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