THE CRYSTALS "HE'S A REBEL" Lyrics

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HE'S A REBEL 1
Written by: Gene Pitney
Produced by: Phil Spector
Performed by: The Crystals 2 3
First released: 1962 (single), 1963 (album).

Appears on:

Singles:
The Crystals
A-side: "He's a Rebel"
B-side: "He's Sure the Boy I Love"
1. (Philles, 45rpm, #106, US)-1962 4 ,

The Crystals
A-side: "He's a Rebel"
B-side: "I Love You, Eddie"
1. (London, 45rpm, #HL-9611, UK)-1962,
2. (London, 45rpm, #HL-2014, Australia)-1962,
3. (London, 45rpm, #DL-666, Germany)-1963,

The Cyrstals
A-side: "Da Doo Ron Ron"
B-side: "He's A Rebel"
1. (London, 45rpm, #HLU-10239, UK)-1969,

EPs:
The Crystals:
Track 1: "Da Doo Ron Ron (When He Walked Me Home)"
Track 2: "Git' It"
Track 3: "He's a Rebel"
Track 4: "I Love You Eddie"
(London, EP, #EDGE-71841, Australia)-1963,

The Crystals
Track 1: "Da Doo Ron Ron (When He Walked Me Home)"
Track 2: "He's a Rebel"
Track 3: "He's Sure the Boy I Love"
Track 4: "I Love You Eddie"
(London, EP, #HELU-1381, UK)-1963,

Albums:
The Crystals He's a Rebel
1. (Philles, 20-Track, Mono LP, #PHLP-400, US)-1963,

The Best of the Crystals
1. (ABCKO, 19-Track, CD, #Unknown, US)-1962,

The Crystals He's a Rebel
1. (London, 10-Track, CD, #LT-5118, UK)-1999,

The Best of the Crystals
1. (Pegasus-Pinnacle, 13-Track, CD, #73479, US)-(1992)-2004,
et al.

1 "He's a Rebel" is credited to the The Crystals, but
actually recorded by The Blossoms. Pitney had
originally written "He's a Rebel" for The Shirelles,
but they declined. Spector learned that Vikki Carr was
soon to record the song for Liberty Records as her
debut single, and decided he had to rush his own
version to stores. The Crystals were touring on the
east coast at the time, and so Spector had Darlene Love
sing lead on the track, backed by the Blossoms.
(Spector did the same thing with the song "He's Sure
the Boy I Love." See notes on that song's lyrics.) The
Crystals were then obliged to add "He's a Rebel" to
their live repertoire, even though lead singer Barbara
Alston's soft voice could not mimic Love's hearty
delivery. For this reason, fifteen-year-old Dolores
"LaLa" Brooks was promoted to the role of lead singer.
The song went to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts in
November 1962 in the US and #19 in the UK. In 2004, the
song was ranked #263 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest
Songs of All Time.

2 Starting out as a quintet, then a quartet and
ultimatly winding up as a trio, the following is a list
of each girl's tenure with the group:

Barbara Alston (1960-1964)
Delores "Dee Dee" Kennibrew (1960-1966, 1971-present)
Mary Thomas (1960-1962)
Patricia "Patsy" Wright (1960-1964)
Merna Girard (1960-1962)
Dolores "La La" Brooks (1962-1966)
Frances Collins (1964-1966)
Darlene Love (Off and on from 1961-1963)-sang lead vocals
on this recording.

3 Covered by:
Alisha's Attic,
Vikki Carr,
The Countdown Singers,
Darlene Love,
Maureen McGovern,
Helen Shapiro,
et al.

4 Transcribed from this record.

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