The country also produces punk rock, girl groups and rap, each with its own sound.

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He penned the No. 1 hit "My Boyfriend's Back" in 1963 while working in the storied Brill Building, just as girl groups hit the airwaves.

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Mr. Barry and Greenwich soon joined Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller's Trio Music and began churning out songs for the Crystals, the Ronettes, the Shangri-Las and other girl groups.

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"I was told I wouldn't live past 30, I would be disabled my whole life and I would never become a mother, " T-Boz, a member of one of the most successful girl groups ever, told CNN.

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Thank goodness it still has Psi Psy and those eye-catching girl and boy groups on the musical stage.

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Jim Patrick, a supporter of the Girl Scouts bill, said he has no problem with tax breaks for worthwhile groups.

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The policy already exempts several groups such as ethnic minorities, rural couples whose first child is a girl, and couples in which both partners are only children.

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The case against the girl, known as Rimsha, has sparked international alarm and has been condemned by human rights groups.

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