#2: Girls by the Moments and Whatnauts

City: Quebec City, PQ
Radio Station: CJFM
Peak Month: July 1975
Peak Position in Quebec City ~ #3
Peak position in Vancouver ~ did not chart
Peak Position on Billboard Hot 100 ~ did not chart
Peak Position on UK Singles chart ~ #3
YouTube: “Girls”
Lyrics: “Girls”

The Moments are a group formed in 1965. After several lineup changes, the R&B group released their debut single “Not on the Outside” in 1968. It reached #5 on CKLW in Windsor (ON), and peaked at #13 on the Billboard Hot Rhythm & Blues Singles chart. Al Goodman was born in 1943 in Jackson (MS). He was in an a cappella doo-wop group from the age of 14. In 1952, Al moved to New York City and got a position as a sound mixer with Sylvia Robinson’s All Platinum Records in Englewood, NJ. After she heard him singing to himself, she revamped The Moments to add Goodman to the lineup.
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