About The Chantels

The Chantels (not to be confused with the reggae group The Chantells) were the second black girl group to have nationwide success in the United States. The group was established in the early 1950s at St. Anthony of Padua school in The Bronx. The group consisted of Arlene Smith (lead), Sonia Goring, Rene Minus, Jackie Landry Jackson and Lois Harris. They got their name from a rival school, St. Frances de Chantal.

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