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Rolling Stone Magazine: Black Women Who Shaped Rock & Roll

NewsBy Team La La February 10, 2021

It was the sugary-voiced Dolores “LaLa” Brooks who sang lead on most of the classics, including the sublime “Then He Kissed Me,” recorded when she was just 16. If the Ronettes and Darlene Love are in the Hall of Fame, the Crystals surely deserve a spot as well.

Billboard: LaLa Brooks Remembers Singing for ‘Whack Job’ Phil Spector

NewsBy Team La La March 24, 2020

You may not know the name LaLa Brooks, but you know her voice. Dolores “LaLa” Brooks was only 15 years old when she sang lead vocal on a girl group classic – the Crystals’ “Da Doo Ron Ron,” a No. 3 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1963. Brooks was not a charter member…