The Tribune also ran a Teen Pop primer on some of the performers and groups.
BUSTS--
FABIAN-- had hits late 50sand early 60s along with Frankie Avalon and Bobby Rydell.
DEFRANCO FAMILY-- Five Canadian siblings who hit it big with 2-million-selling "Heartbeat. It's a Lovebeat" in 1973 but were unable to follow it up.
TIFFANY-- Tiffany Renee Darwish-- toured shopping centers. First teenage girl with a #1 album. Hey, ease up on the Tiff. "I Think We're Alone Now."
SPICE GIRLS-- sold lots of records, T-shirts and lunch boxes, then were gone.
FAME
RICKY NELSON-- TV appearances with parents on "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet" helped, but went on to sell 100 million records and recorded into his 30s.
MICHAEL JACKSON-- last of the Motown power cats launched the eleven-year-old to fame and continued into the 80s with the remarkable "Thriller" album. We won't talk about the later years even though he had several other very good efforts at recording.
BEYONCE-- Started with Destiny's Child and used it as a stepping off point for solo career.
JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE-- 'N Sync vocalist who is a cross-genre hitmaker, especially with producer Timbaland.
Now You Know All About Teen Pop. --RoadDog
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Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Who Are the Jonas Brothers?
Until just recently, I did not know who they were, but I went to breakfast with a friend and his ten-year-old daughter and she was wearing a Jonas Brothers tee-shirt and kept writing her name as the wife of one of them. These guys are quite big with the younger set.
The August 24th Chicago Tribune said that their new album, excuse me, CD, "A Little Bit Longer" debuted at #1 last week with 525,000 disc sold in this day of downloads.
This kind of music has been called Teen Pop.
FLAME OUT OR FAME
The Tribune had a list of Teen Pop stars who made it and didn't.
FLAME OUTS-- Fabian (late 50s, early 60s), Tiffany (late 80s), Spice Girls (early 2000s).
FAME-- Ricky Nelson (50s), Michael Jackson (early 80s version), Beyonce (late 90s), Justin Timberlake (mid-2000s).
Hey, I Liked Tiffany. --RoadDog
The August 24th Chicago Tribune said that their new album, excuse me, CD, "A Little Bit Longer" debuted at #1 last week with 525,000 disc sold in this day of downloads.
This kind of music has been called Teen Pop.
FLAME OUT OR FAME
The Tribune had a list of Teen Pop stars who made it and didn't.
FLAME OUTS-- Fabian (late 50s, early 60s), Tiffany (late 80s), Spice Girls (early 2000s).
FAME-- Ricky Nelson (50s), Michael Jackson (early 80s version), Beyonce (late 90s), Justin Timberlake (mid-2000s).
Hey, I Liked Tiffany. --RoadDog
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