Uploaded March 2007 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Mystery queens of Beat music!
No one knows who the Beattle-ettes were. They were one more answer record knocked off responding to the maelstrom of the Beatles' invasion of New York in 1964. (It was rushed out so fast, in fact, that they got the spelling of the boys' name wrong, with an extra 'T'!) But it is sure that they were produced by "Shadow" Morton just before his breakout success with the fabulous Shangri-La's. Because of this, and the definite New York moxie of the singers, many believe it might actually be the Shangs! This would be cool as all hell, of course, but no one knows for sure.
What we do know is this is a rockin' two minutes of punky Beat music that sticks in your head all day.
I always had a deep fondness for the Beatlemaniac girls. They were the cusp of the revolution. Many historians seem to regard them as only hormonal teens, while the boys are seen as the inspired legions conquering the future with guitars. I think this is crap. There were many, many girl bands just as inspired by the fab four, including the Liverbirds, les Beatlettes, die Sweetles, the Girls, Goldie & the Gingerbreads, the Luv'd Ones, Fanny, and everyone on the 9 CD "Girls In the Garage" series. So this video is a tribute to them; to their wonderful energy and what they made with it. Enjoy!
Check out my Herstory Of Rock on the Playlists page of my Channel:
youtube.com/funknroll
A great site about 60's women rockers to check out is:
myspace.com/girlgaragemayhem
Tym Stevens
Mystery queens of Beat music!
No one knows who the Beattle-ettes were. They were one more answer record knocked off responding to the maelstrom of the Beatles' invasion of New York in 1964. (It was rushed out so fast, in fact, that they got the spelling of the boys' name wrong, with an extra 'T'!) But it is sure that they were produced by "Shadow" Morton just before his breakout success with the fabulous Shangri-La's. Because of this, and the definite New York moxie of the singers, many believe it might actually be the Shangs! This would be cool as all hell, of course, but no one knows for sure.
What we do know is this is a rockin' two minutes of punky Beat music that sticks in your head all day.
I always had a deep fondness for the Beatlemaniac girls. They were the cusp of the revolution. Many historians seem to regard them as only hormonal teens, while the boys are seen as the inspired legions conquering the future with guitars. I think this is crap. There were many, many girl bands just as inspired by the fab four, including the Liverbirds, les Beatlettes, die Sweetles, the Girls, Goldie & the Gingerbreads, the Luv'd Ones, Fanny, and everyone on the 9 CD "Girls In the Garage" series. So this video is a tribute to them; to their wonderful energy and what they made with it. Enjoy!
Check out my Herstory Of Rock on the Playlists page of my Channel:
youtube.com/funknroll
A great site about 60's women rockers to check out is:
myspace.com/girlgaragemayhem
Tym Stevens
