He's a Rebel

[upbeat music]

See the way he walks down the street Watch the way he shuffles his feet My, he holds his head up high when he goes walking by He's my guy When he holds my hand I'm so proud 'Cause he's not just one of the crowd My, they're always the ones who try to say things they've never done Just because of what they say He's a rebel and he'll never ever be any good He's a rebel 'cause he never ever does what he should Just because he doesn't do what everybody else does Oh, there's no reason why I can't give him all my love He is always good to me, always treats me tenderly 'Cause he's not a rebel, no, no, no He's not a rebel, no, no, no to me [upbeat music] If they don't like him that way They won't like me after today I'll be standing right by his side when they say He's a rebel and he'll never ever be any good He's a rebel 'cause he never ever does what he should Just because he doesn't do what everybody else does Oh, there's no reason why we can't share our love He is always good to me, good to him I'll try to be 'Cause he's not a rebel, no, no, no He's not a rebel, no, no, no to me He's not a rebel, no, no, no He's not a rebel, no, no, no He's not a rebel, no, no, no He's not a rebel, no, no, no No, no, no No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no

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My name is Kristy, and that track that you just heard was called He's a Rebel by Darlene Love, and that is off of her greatest hits.

Uh, if you missed the start of the show, I was talking about how I was able to watch the, uh...

Technically, it was a, a Canadian, uh, documentary.

Um, stars like Bruce Springsteen, Cher, and Dionne Warwick as well.

[laughs]

No. That's the kind of music they were really ta- they wasn't talking about He's a Rebel or Do Run Run-

Yeah

... you know, songs.

Once I got started in it.

Yeah.

Like, the first thing I did was him, with him, was He's a Rebel.

He's a rebel and he'll never, ever be any good.

Rebecca, we've covered the story of Darlene Love a little on Today in History with the Retrospectors, so I'm going to pretend now not to know the answer to this question, but tell us a bit about Darlene Love, who she was and why it's important.

yeah so this week that documentary had its premiere at the toronto international film festival it's been getting good reviews and it's about the woman who was the voice and occasionally the name behind many of your favorite 1960s girl group hits she was the lead singer in the in the 60s of a los angeles girl group called the blossoms who were signed to phil spector's label And in 1962, they recorded a cover version of Gene Pitney's He's a Rebel, which ended up going to number one.

However, the song was actually credited to a different girl group, the New York-based group The Crystals, another one of Spectre's stable.

They apparently didn't even know this had happened until they heard their song on the radio.