The Crests were a New York R&B doo-wop group in the late 1950s and early 1960s. 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.
Biography
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Links & Information
Links
- Biography at members.aol.com/lulusko/east3.htm
- Fanpage at soulsounds.com/aCrests.html
- Wikipedia article on The Crests
- Last.fm page on The Crests
- MusicBrainz entry on The Crests
Members
- Patricia van Dross (1954-1957),
- Harold Torres (1954-1962),
- Jay Carter,
- Johnny Maestro (1956-1962),
- Talmadge Gough (1954-1962)
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