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Joel Gardner's avatar

Yes, but . . . don't you think the Crickets were a response to the doo-wop groups, which were all, well, groups? The Orioles (early '50s), the Crows, the Drifters, the Flamingoes (I'll be Home era), the Turbans, the Cadillacs, the Eldorados, the Platters, etc.? Not bands, in that they didn't play instruments, but all collectives. And if you're going to cite Buddy Holly and the Crickets, what about Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys? I get your point, that individuals dominate today, but there are plenty of groups, still, even if they don't dominate the charts.

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Robert C. Gilbert's avatar

There was also the Band - perhaps the ultimate example of eschewing individuality for the group collective and ironically, perhaps also the textbook example of how the rise of the individual can tear a group apart.

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