The Angels are an American girl group that originated from New Jersey, best known for their 1963 No. 1 hit single, “My Boyfriend’s Back”. The group originated in New Jersey as the Starlets which consisted of sisters Barbara “Bibs” and Phyllis “Jiggs” Allbut, Bernadette Carroll, and Lynda Malzone. Their manager, Tom DeCillis, turned his focus to Bernadette Carroll and dropped the rest of the group. Carroll would find solo success in 1964 with her Laurie Records single “Party Girl”.(More from Wikipedia)
The third issue of Who Put the Bomp was subtitled Whenever a Teenager Cries; whereas I grew up with the other two songs and loved them both, I wasn’t familiar with this song. Their 1964 song “Whenever a Teenager Cries” was by one of Greg Shaw’s favorite girl groups, Reparata & the Delrons. (I did find the song on YouTube, and it is another great one without a doubt).
The songwriter is Ernie Maresca; while I didn’t really know that name either, I certainly know his work: He wrote or co-wrote several of the biggest hits by Dion, including “Runaround Sue”, “The Wanderer” and “Donna the Prima Donna”. Maresca was also the songwriter behind one of my own favorite lesser known early 1960’s songs, “Party Girl” by Bernadette Carroll. I stumbled upon the song again on a compilation album not that long ago.
(May 2013)
