The lead singer for the Blossoms--the voice you hear on the recording--is Darlene Love. Over the years, she has been one of the most sought-after background singers in the business. She also played Murtaugh's wife in Lethal Weapon.

@see_the_sus They don't have mics in this performance--so they are lip-syncing. Yes, on tour when they performed the song they didn't sound the same, so they ended up having to trade out lead singers.

@joesabin1 Yep. They don't even have microphones in this clip.

If all this sounds iffy--it was. Spector has always been cray-cray. A musical genius, yet. But also a stark raving loon.

However, the Crystals were on tour and unavailable for the recording, so Spector hired the Blossoms to perform the song in the studio and then credited it to the Crystals.

One odd quirk about "He's a Rebel" is that it wasn't recorded by the Crystals--it was recorded by another group called the Blossoms. Spector had the Crystals under contract, but heard that Vicki Carr was going to record the song and wanted to beat her to the market.

However, though it lacks strings, "He's a Rebel" was the first number 1 hit to have that distinctive Spector trademark--the "wall of sound."

However, though it lacks strings, "He's a Rebel" was the first number 1 hit to have that distinctive Spector trademark--the "wall of sound."

It was produced by Phil Spector. It wasn't his first number 1 hit--that was "To Know Him is to Love Him" in 1958. (Yes, that's Spector on the guitar.) https://youtu.be/sV718cKqJLw

This song is important in musical history. From listening to it, can you guess why?

60 years ago, Billboard #8 for the week of Nov. 19, 1962: He's A Rebel - The Crystals https://youtu.be/aF7V2dSvxpo

50 years ago, Billboard #9 for the week of Nov. 19, 1972: The Moody Blues - Nights In White Satin https://youtu.be/9muzyOd4Lh8

Trump’s Day in Court (and Court and Court and Court) https://www.thebulwark.com/trumps-day-in-court-and-court-and-court-and-court/

Mary Peltola defeats Sarah Palin, Wins Bid to Serve Full Term in the House for Alaska https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/23/us/politics/mary-peltola-alaska-house-race.html

Some people are just as hateful and intolerant as they people they hate and accuse of intolerance. They just refuse to recognize that fact.

Trump’s Legal Problems All Converged Into One Day of Spectacular Failures https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trumps-legal-problems-all-converged-into-one-day-of-spectacular-failures

Pence is "considering the request"? GOP politicians in the MAGA era are so pompous in the way they think they can pick and choose which laws they will obey or which legal authorities they will cooperate with.

Justice Dept. Seeking to Question Pence in Jan. 6 Investigation https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/23/us/politics/mike-pence-jan-6.html

There may be a line that can be drawn between a group's rhetoric and the actions of an antisocial killer, but it certainly won't be a straight line. Life is more complicated than that.

Attempts to use them as poster children to indict whole groups of people you dislike by saying that this violence is inherent to the group--that they are all inherently murderous killers--will thus end up in failure.