The Chiffons were an American girl group originating from the Bronx, a borough of New York City, in 1960.
The Chiffons in 1966
A girl group is a music act featuring several female singers who generally harmonize together. The term "girl group" is also used in a narrower sense in the United States to denote the wave of American female pop music singing groups, many of whom were influenced by doo-wop and which flourished in the late 1950s and early 1960s between the decline of early rock and roll and start of the British Invasion. All-female bands, in which members also play instruments, are usually considered a separate phenomenon. These groups are sometimes called "girl bands" to differentiate, although this terminology is not universally followed.
Singing group Labelle, c. 1975
Breaking through during the mid-1990s, the Spice Girls became the best-selling girl group of all time.
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Image: Girls' Generation at DMC Festival 2015 MBC Radio DJ Concert 02