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 ...

Arlene Smith co-founded the Chantels, one of the first successful girl groups, and wrote and sang their hit song "Maybe" The Chantels' 1957 song "Maybe" sold over a million copies and was ranked on ...

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 ...

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, lead singer of the Chantels, one of the first Black girl groups to top the charts in the late 1950s, has died at the age of 84. Smith died of a heart attack at a New York City hospital ...