female pop music groups became wildly popular with American teenagers. Why do you think this was so?
In 1960, there were approximately 11.7 million girls between the ages of 12 to 17 in the United States. These young women earned, through allowance and babysitting, on average four dollars a week in discretionary income; they spent it on magazines, movies, records, clothing and make-up. Also in 1960, The Shirelles’ “Tonight’s the Night” broke […]