A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs

The Crystals were treated appallingly by Spectre, and are not often treated much better by the fans. But it should be remembered that they were the ones who brought Spectre the song that became the first Phyllis hit. They had no luck having hits without Spectre, and one by one the group members left in 1966. Mary, Barbara, and Dee Dee briefly reunited as the Cry crystals in 1971,. La La and Dee Dee made an album together in the 80s of remakes of the group's hits but nothing came of any of these. Dolly in Love continues to perform, but we'll hear more about her and the blossoms in future episodes. Kiyo Sakamoto