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96 Tears is a Garage rock act. Their influence carried into Big Maybelle, Aretha Franklin, Jimmy Ruffin, Thelma Houston and Garland Jeffreys, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 6 connections around 96 Tears and forward to Big Maybelle. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
"96 Tears" is a song by the American garage rock band? and the Mysterians released in August 1966. In October of that year, it was #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the U.S. and on the RPM 100 in Canada. Billboard ranked the record as the #5 song for 1966. It was ranked #213 on the Rolling Stone list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time in 2010. On November 11, 1966, the single was certified as gold by the RIAA. It was the first of three songs they had in the Canadian Top 40.
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96 Tears went on to shape Big Maybelle, Aretha Franklin, Jimmy Ruffin and Thelma Houston. 6 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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