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American R&B girl group

The Bobbettes
The Bobbettes (1957)
Origin	East Harlem, New York, United States
Genres	R&B
Years active	1955–1974
Past members	Jannie Pought Emma Pought Reather Dixon Laura Webb Helen Gathers

The Bobbettes were an American R&Bgirl group who had a 1957 top 10hit song called "Mr.

Lee".^[1] The group initially existed from 1955 to 1974 and included Jannie Pought (1945–1980), Emma Pought (born 1942), Reather Dixon (1944–2014), Laura Webb (1941–2001), and Helen Gathers (1942–2011).

History

The group, which originally formed in East Harlem, New York, in 1955, was first known as "The Harlem Queens".^[1][2] The girls first met while singing at the Glee Club at P.S.

109 in Spanish Harlem.^[2] They were soon discovered by James Dailey, a record producer, who also became their manager, while playing a concert at the Apollo Theater's amateur night, and were signed to a