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Uranus-Pluto & The Girl Group Explosion: A Playlist

Posted by Laurence Jones on March 25, 2015March 25, 2015

As you may know, this past Sunday I presented at the Queer Astrology Conference on Girl Group archetypes during the before and culminating with Uranus/Pluto Conjunction in Virgo years culminating in 1965-66.

In the afterglow of that, and waiting for the audio recording of that talk to surface in the next month, I’ve culled the songs that I played, and some others that didn’t get a chance to light up the room in tribute this past Sunday.

Enjoy!

Uranus-Pluto & The Girl Group Explosion: A Playlist

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Jo Ann Garrett "One Woman" (Duo 7450, 1968)
The Honey Bees "She Don't Deserve You" (Fontana 1939, 1964)
The Marvelettes "Little Girls Grow Up" (1965, Unreleased. From Cellarful of Motown Volume 3, 2007)
Marlena Shaw "Looking Thru The Eyes Of Love" (Cadet 5618, 1968)
Dear Blondie: A Reflection on Florence Ballard and the legacy of The Supremes.
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Irma Thomas "Live Again" (1965, unreleased. From "Time Is On My Side: The Best of Irma Thomas, 1992)
The Velvelettes "Something's Happening" (1966, Unreleased. From The Velvelettes: Motown Anthology, 2004)
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