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He's a Rebel
Studio album by the Crystals
Released	February 1963
Recorded	1961–1963
Genre	Pop R&B
Length	30:36
Label	Philles PHLP 4001
Producer	Phil Spector
Phil Spector chronology
Twist Uptown (1962) He's a Rebel (1963) Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah (1963)

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He's a Rebel is the second studio album by girl group the Crystals, and also the second LP in the Philles catalogue. It was released in February 1963, as an effort to take an advantage of the monster hit "He's a Rebel" (written by Gene Pitney), which went to #1 US in 1962. The song was actually recorded by the Blossoms with Darlene Love on lead vocals and attributed to the Crystals. Notably on the LP is "He Hit Me (It Felt Like a Kiss)," a withdrawn single by the "real" Crystals group.

This was actually a repackaging of Twist Uptown, the Crystals' debut. Two of the original eleven tracks were taken from that album and replaced with "He's a Rebel" and its follow-up "He's Sure the Boy I Love" (#11 US, also recorded with The Blossoms) while "He Hit Me" was added for a twelfth track. The He's a Rebel album peaked at #131 US.

Track listing

Side one

1. "He's a Rebel"- (2:25)
2. "Uptown"- (2:18)
3. "Another Country-Another World"- (3:00)
4. "Frankenstein Twist"- (2:47)
5. "Oh Yeah, Maybe Baby"- (2:23)
6. "He's Sure the Boy I Love"- (2:29)

Side two

1. "There's No Other (Like My Baby)"- (2:28)
2. "On Broadway"- (2:27)
3. "What a Nice Way to Turn Seventeen"- (2:40)
4. "No One Ever Tells You"- (2:16)
5. "He Hit Me (It Felt Like a Kiss)"- (2:28)
6. "I Love You Eddie"- (2:55)

Personnel

• Barbara Alston (w/the Crystals)- Lead vocals
• Darlene Love (w/The Blossoms)- Lead vocals on "He's a Rebel" and "He's Sure the Boy I Love"
• Patricia "Patsy" Wright (w/the Crystals)- Lead vocals on "Oh Yeah, Maybe Baby"
• LaLa Brooks (w/the Crystals)- Lead vocals on "Frankenstein Twist"
• Phil Spector- Producer

Singles history

• "There's No Other (Like My Baby)"/"Oh Yeah, Maybe Baby" (#20 US)
• "Uptown"/"What a Nice Way to Turn Seventeen" (#13 US)
• "He Hit Me (It Felt Like a Kiss)"/"No One Ever Tells You" (withdrawn)
• "He's a Rebel"/"I Love You Eddie" (#1 US)
• "He's Sure the Boy I Love"/"Walkin' Along (La-La-La)" (#11 US)

References

1. Watson, Jimmy (25 January 1964). "The Crystals: He's A Rebel" (PDF). Record Mirror. No. 150. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
2. ^ "The Crystals". History-of-rock.com. Retrieved 2012-01-06.
3. ^ "The Crystals". Allmusic. Retrieved 2012-02-20.
4. "Top LP's". Billboard. 23 March 1963. Retrieved 31 July 2017.

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