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Original Lead Singer of The Crystals
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“Sounds of the 60s” with La La Brooks, Dennis Tufano, and The Flamingos LIVE! at Resorts Atlantic City

NewsBy Team La LaMay 27, 2017

By Spotlight Central. Soon, singer La La Brooks of the Crystals arrives on stage to large applause. Opening with her Top Ten hit, “Then He Kissed Me,” Brooks still sounds just like she did when she recorded the lead vocal on that song with The Crystals back in 1963 — her iconic voice still rich and…

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NPR: A Former Girl-Group Singer Goes ‘All Or Nothing’

NewsBy Team La LaDecember 16, 2013

A half-century on, La La Brooks still sings about boys and girls falling in love. At an age when other veterans of first-generation rock movements are thinking about retirement or oldies tours, Brooks has come up with a fresh, energetic collection that doesn’t deny her past, but also refuses to succumb to mere nostalgia. Brooks…

La La Brooks on growing up in the golden age of funk

NewsBy Team La LaDecember 13, 2013

Interview with Southern California Public Radio   Back in 1963, the song “Da Doo Ron Ron” was a huge hit. The track, produced by Phil Specter, was recorded by The Crystals, featuring our guest La La Brooks. Fifty years later, Brooks is back at it with a new solo album called “All Or Nothing.” Brooks got her start at…

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Rolling Stone: La La Brooks Vows ‘What’s Mine Is Yours’ – Song Premiere

NewsBy Team La LaDecember 10, 2013

It’s been 50 years since a teenage La La Brooks led the Crystals in their Phil Spector-produced hit “Da Doo Ron Ron,” but the veteran singer hasn’t lost her touch. On October 15th, Brooks will release her debut solo album, All or Nothing, on which she lays down originals and covers the Small Faces, the Ohio Untouchables and more. Here, Brooks…

UK Guardian: Dolores Brooks on the 60s and girl groups

NewsBy Team La LaOctober 28, 2011

The Crystals changed the sound of pop in the 1960s, but they say their mercurial genius producer took the money as well as the credit

NY Times Review: Girl-Group Hits From Rock’s Women

NewsBy Team La LaJuly 31, 2011

The clear standout was Ms. Brooks, lean and incredibly limber at 64, who belted “And Then He Kissed Me,” “Da Doo Ron Ron” and a borrowed song, “River Deep, Mountain High,” with lavish, exultant drama (and a little Tina Turner rasp for “River Deep”).

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