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In the West End production of Hairspray, and the NBC live special, The Dynamites are named Pearl, Peaches, and Cindy Watkins and are students at Patterson Park High. The Dynamites on a mural Hairspray (musical)

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The Dynamites later appear on TV again during their second song, ' Welcome to the '60s.' Nonetheless, Velma, and WYZT as a whole, has no problem disrespecting their guest stars and threatening to cancel their platform. Not only that, but these billboards were placed in white areas of town. WYZT considers The Dynamites enough of a draw to give them two (possibly three) billboards advertising their one night only appearance. In the movie, the lack of respect shown to The Dynamites despite their hard-earned success, the attempted theft of their original song, and Velma's threat are used to highlight the systematic oppression of black artists in Baltimore. The Dynamites on a billboard mentioning Red Fox Lounge All three of the groups that The Dynamites are based off ended up suing their record label for stolen royalties. When those songs later became hits, black artists did not receive royalties. White artists commonly covered the songs of black artists. The theft of black artists' music, was common in the 1950's and 1960's. Station manager, Velma Von Tussle, furious that The Dynamites performed the same song her daughter had earlier that week, confronts Motormouth Maybelle, stating, 'how dare you pick the same song!' To which Motormouth Maybelle responds, 'they wrote it.' In response, Velma threatens to cancel 'Negro Day.' The Dynamite are first seen on screen performing ' The New Girl in Town'on The Corny Collins Show's ' Negro Day.' The song starts off being performed by Amber, Tammy, and Shelley before cutting to The Dynamites. It would later be covered by white artists, The Beatles, who changed the writing credit on the song, not crediting the original writers of the song.

This song was the first Motown song to hit number one on on the Billboard Hot 100.

The Marvelettes appear at number seven with their 1961 hit, 'Please, Mr. Behind the host's podium on The Corny Collins Show is a chart displaying the top songs. The latter of these groups is referenced in 2007 movie. The Dynamites were based on 60's R&B girl groups like The Supremes, The Vandellas, and The Marvelettes.