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Revision as of 15:43, 8 November 2006 by 70.62.194.41 (talk)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)The Crests were a popular New York City R&B musical group of the late 1950s, often thought to be another all-black teenage-sound band, they were in fact about as integrated as a group could get, with four men (two of them black, one Puerto Rican and one Italian) and one black female.
Their most popular song was "Sixteen Candles" which rose to number 2 on the Billboard charts in 1958.
The 1984 John Hughes teen movie Sixteen Candles took its title from The Crests' song, which was rerecorded by The Stray Cats for the Sixteen Candles soundtrack.
Awards & Recognition
The Crests were inducted into The Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2004.
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