The Crests
The Crests are an American doo-wop group, formed by bass vocalist J.T. Carter in the mid 1950s. The group had several Top 40 hits in the late 1950s and early 1960s on Coed Records. Their most popular song, "16 Candles", rose to No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in February 1959 selling over one million copies and earning a gold disc status. The group's other hits include "Step By Step," "The Angels Listened In," "Trouble In Paradise," "Six Nights A Week," and "A Year Ago Tonight." The Crests were one of the earliest racially mixed doo wop groups, consisting of three African American members (one female), one Puerto Rican, named Harold Torres, and one Italian American.
Genre: doo-wop, rhythm-and-blues
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Top Tracks
- Sixteen Candles
- The Angels Listened In
- The Angels Listened In (Rerecorded)
- Six Nights a Week (Rerecorded)
- Sixteen Candles (Rerecorded)
- Sixteen Candles
- The Angels Listened In
- Sixteen Candles
- Number One with Me
- My Juanita
- Sweetest One
- Six Nights a Week
- I Do
- Molly Mae
- Flower of Love
- Pretty Little Angel
- Count Every Star
- Beside You
- Sixteen Candles
- Sixteen Candles
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