The 3 Degrees or Shangri-La's.....?
The 3 Degrees or Shangri-La's.....?
#0The 3 Degrees or Shangri-La's.....?
Posted: 7/9/05 at 5:30pm
Okay, here are two of my favorite girl groups, and listening to early (late 60's) 3 Degrees, I notice they sounded a lot like The Shangri-La's (4 - sometimes 3 - Badass White chicks from Queens).
For those of you who know (and I doubt many of you do) what or who I'm talking about, which group do you prefer???
P.S. I must add that 3 Degrees were flawless with their harmonies, but Shangri-La's were controversial with their lyrics...Imagine, if they sang together...The Shangri-Degrees...
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Updated On: 7/9/05 at 05:30 PM
MargoChanning
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#1re: The 3 Degrees or Shangri-La's.....?
Posted: 7/9/05 at 5:43pm
I have many fond memories from childhood of the Three Degrees. I just adore "When Will I See You Again" 
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Marquise
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#2re: The 3 Degrees or Shangri-La's.....?
Posted: 7/9/05 at 6:00pmLove the Three Degress. I also like the Shangri-La's. Their "Remember (Walkin' In The Sand)" is s favorite. I would have to go overall with the Three Degrees.
#3re: The 3 Degrees or Shangri-La's.....?
Posted: 7/9/05 at 6:10pmThe Shangri-Las were considered the "bad" girls. They would be my choice.
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eslgr8
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/04
#5re: The 3 Degrees or Shangri-La's.....?
Posted: 7/9/05 at 7:22pmThe Three Degrees and the Shangri-La's were about 10 years apart, from completely different musical "eras" and styles. The Shangri-La's were a mid-60s group of very white chicks, whereas The Three Degrees were black girls whose hits came almost 10 years later.
ConvinceMe2
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#6re: The 3 Degrees or Shangri-La's.....?
Posted: 7/9/05 at 7:28pmI remember my father telling me a story about either knowing The Three Degress or their arranger or something like that. I'll have to ask him. All I know about them is their vocal on the, mostly, instrumental The Sound of Philadelphia ( let's get it on, it's time to get down...)
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#7re: The 3 Degrees or Shangri-La's.....?
Posted: 7/9/05 at 7:30pm
eslr...
Sorry to correct you, but the Three Degrees also started in the mid-sixties...They just didn't blow up until the 70's. Their first single "Gee Baby (I'm Sorry)" was released in 1965 - around the same time as the Shangs...
"Do you know what pledge time is, Andrew"? said the PBS Executive.
"Yes", Lloyd Webber replied. "My 50th birthday special must be one program that gets done a lot."
"No", mused the man from PBS heedlessy. "Not so much. Our Stephen Sondheim Carnegie Hall concert. That's a big one."
Spoons, forks and knives seemed suddenly to suspend their motion in horror, all around the table.
wildcat
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/04
#8re: The 3 Degrees or Shangri-La's.....?
Posted: 7/9/05 at 8:22pmLOVED The Three Degrees. I somehow missed the Shangri-La's. Maybe I thought they had something to do with "Lost Horizon"...
ConvinceMe2
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#9re: The 3 Degrees or Shangri-La's.....?
Posted: 7/9/05 at 8:23pmDidn't the Shangri-Las sing LEADER OF THE PACK? Everybody knows that, don't they?
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