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American band

This article is about the girl group. For the reggae group, see the Chantells.

The Chantels are a pop music group and are the third African-American girl group to enjoy nationwide success in the United States, preceded by The Teen Queens and The Bobbettes.

The group was established in the early s by students attending St. Anthony of Padua Church and school in the Bronx.^[1]

The original five members consisted of Arlene Smith (lead) (October 5, ), Sonia Goring Wilson (born Millicent Goring) (), Renée Minus White (), Jackie Landry Jackson (May 22, – December 23, ) and Lois Harris ().

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They derived their name from that of Jane Frances de Chantal.

Career

In the Chantels, then in high school, had been singing as a group for several years. Unlike some Black groups whose influences were based in gospel, the quintet was influenced by classical music and Latin hymns.^[2] Lead singer Arlene Smith had received classical training and perf