Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image Credit: kennyvance/ You Tube. Arlene Smith, the commanding lead singer and co-founder of the pioneering vocal group the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Arlene Smith, left, in 1957 with her fellow Chantels - Michael Ochs Archives Arlene Smith, who has died aged 84, was the lead ...

Arlene Smith, a founder and lead singer of the pioneering 1950s girl group The Chantels, has died at the age of 84. Her manager and close friend Paul Errante confirmed that Arlene passed away ...

Smith went on to be a teacher, and continued to perform with The Chantels Arlene Smith co-founded the Chantels, one of the first successful girl groups, and wrote and sang their hit song “Maybe” The ...

Arlene Smith, 100, of Altoona, passed away Monday at Midtown Oaks Health and Rehab Center. Daughter of the late Junious Daniel Jr. and Maybelle (Powell) Sheard, she was born in Roanoke Rapids, N.C. In ...

Arlene Smith, an original member of The Chantels who wrote and was the lead singer for the group’s 1957 hit, “Maybe,” died on Wednesday. She was 84. Smith died of natural causes in a hospital in her ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Arlene Smith, one of the first “girl group” stars who as a teenager and a founder of the Chantels co-wrote and sang lead on the 1950s doo-wop classic “Maybe,” has died at 84. Smith’s ...