1960 Billboard Charts: The Crests were an American, New York R&B - TopicsExpress



          

1960 Billboard Charts: The Crests were an American, New York R&B doo-wop group, formed by bass vocalist J. T. Carter in the mid 1950s. Their most popular song, 16 Candles, rose to number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1959, selling over one million copies, earning a gold disc. The interracial group had three black members (one female), one Puerto Rican, and one Italian-American.The group had several Top 40 hits in the late 1950s and early 1960s on Coed Records, including the #2 hit, 16 Candles, Six Nights a Week, The Angels Listened In, A Year Ago Tonight, Step By Step, and Trouble in Paradise. They also charted with Sweetest One (Joyce label) in 1957.
Posted on: Thu, 27 Nov 2014 02:35:05 +0000

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