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Daughters of Eve were an American all-female
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formed in
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,
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in 1965. The group was formed and managed by
Carl Bonafede Carl Bonafede was born in the Little Italy Chicago community on October 16, 1940. He appeared as a young boy on local television on ''Morris B. Sach's Amateur Hour'' singing and playing the accordion. He appeared on an interview show, Ernie Simon ...
, who was managing
The Buckinghams The Buckinghams are an American sunshine pop band from Chicago. They formed in 1966 and went on to become one of the top-selling acts of 1967, charting their only five top 40 hits in the U.S. that year. The band dissolved in 1970, but re-formed ...
as they were gaining national success. The Daughters of Eve is considered the first female rock band from Chicago, and the group released four
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during their existence, all produced by Bonafede, before disbanding in 1968.


History

In late 1965,
Carl Bonafede Carl Bonafede was born in the Little Italy Chicago community on October 16, 1940. He appeared as a young boy on local television on ''Morris B. Sach's Amateur Hour'' singing and playing the accordion. He appeared on an interview show, Ernie Simon ...
was seeking to form a sister group to accompany
the Buckinghams The Buckinghams are an American sunshine pop band from Chicago. They formed in 1966 and went on to become one of the top-selling acts of 1967, charting their only five top 40 hits in the U.S. that year. The band dissolved in 1970, but re-formed ...
. After several auditions, Bonafede rounded out the original lineup of singers and guitarists Judy Johnson and Marsha Tomal,
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Andrea Levin, and
drummer A drummer is a percussionist who creates music using drum The drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel-Sachs classification system, it is a membranophone. Drums consist of at least one mem ...
Debi Pomeroy. The bandmates were influenced by the male-dominated rock music scene of the period, and they strived to be the exception to the typical band standard. They chose the local Senn High School as their launching point to attract a local following. Bonafede quickly arranged several gigs for the group he gimmicked with matching outfits to make them more notable. Pomeroy became the early centerpiece of the group's sound for her standout performance at the drums for their act. The band soon gained a considerable following of both male and female fans. As Levin stated, regarding the audience, "We had a good sound and good energy, and the audience was always very receptive, just thrilled. I never felt like anyone was looking at us going 'Oh my god, who do they think they are?' It was like, 'Wow, you guys are great, and you're girls!'". Once the band became well known in Chicago, they began touring within the Midwest, and opened for contemporaries in the Chicago rock scene like
The Shadows of Knight The Shadows of Knight were an American rock band from Chicago, Illinois, that played a version of British blues influenced by their native city. When they began recording in 1965, the band's self-description was "the Stones, Animals and the Ya ...
,
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, and The Buckinghams. Since the bandmates were under the age of 16, many of the clubs they performed in required adult supervision and forbidding them to sit outside the stage. The first non-ballroom performance by the band was in February 1966 at the annual
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held in the
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by Chicago's lakefront. The band was featured as a backing band in local programming with
Janis Ian Janis Ian (born Janis Eddy Fink; April 7, 1951) is an American singer-songwriter who was most commercially successful in the 1960s and 1970s. Her signature songs are the 1966/67 hit " Society's Child (Baby I've Been Thinking)" and the 1975 Top T ...
to support the release of her song "Society's Child". In 1966, the band signed a contract with
USA Records USA Records was an American, Chicago based independent record label. Jim Golden started the USA label as part of Chicago's Allstate Distributors in 1960, which was owned by Paul Glass. USA Record Co., Inc. had its office at 1448 South Michigan A ...
to produce their first single "Hey Lover" b/w "Stand by Me" and their second one, "Symphony of My Soul" b/w "Help Me, Boy". They both failed to chart nationally, but it became a popular release in the Chicago area that they would tour to promote. For their next releases, the band changed bass players, first with Marilou Davidson and then Lori Wax. Their third single, "Don't Waste My Time" b/w "He Cried" was released on the Spectra Sound label in 1967, and their final single, "Social Tragedy" b/w "
A Thousand Stars "A Thousand Stars" is a song written by Eugene Pearson and performed by Kathy Young and the Innocents. The song was produced and arranged by James Lee, and was featured on her 1961 album ''The Sound of Kathy Young''. Background Sandy Nelson p ...
" on the Cadet label in 1968. "Social Tragedy" featured vocal harmonies conducted by Tomal and Johnson. The releases showed the band's sound from garage rock to
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influences. They still held the status as a popular regional act, but by the end of 1968, the group disbanded after Tomal was wedded and Johnson followed suit soon after. Songs: * "Hey Lover" b/w "Stand by Me" - U.S.A. Records 1966 * "Symphony of My Soul" b/w "Help Me Boy" - U.S.A. Records 1967 * "Don't Waste My Time" b/w "He Cried" - Spectra Sound 1967 * "Social Tragedy" b/w "
A Thousand Stars "A Thousand Stars" is a song written by Eugene Pearson and performed by Kathy Young and the Innocents. The song was produced and arranged by James Lee, and was featured on her 1961 album ''The Sound of Kathy Young''. Background Sandy Nelson p ...
" - Cadet 1968


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Daughters of Eve
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