The Teen Queens were an Australian girl group, which scored a string of hit single

Hit single

A hit single is a recorded song or instrumental released as a single that has become very popular. Although it is sometimes used to describe any widely-played or big-selling song, the term "hit" is usually reserved for a single that has appeared in an official music chart through repeated radio...

s in the 1990s with updated remakes

Cover version

In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...

 of hits from the 1950s and 1960s.

Background

The group consisted of singer/actresses

Actor

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 Kellie Hoggart

Kellie Hoggart

Kellie Lynn Crawford, née Hoggart is an Australian singer, actress and children's performer. Crawford is most known for her involvement in Children's program Hi-5 and as a former member of pop group Teen Queens. She left Hi-5 in December 2008 after ten years with the group.- Career :Crawford was...

, Liza Witt, and Roxanne Clark. All three formed the group in 1990 with the intention of getting a TV program off the ground about a girl group in 1960s Sydney. But when the pilot was turned down the trio decided to make the group a reality, which would pay off in 1992 when their remake of "Be My Baby

Be My Baby

"Be My Baby" is a 1963 single written by Phil Spector, Jeff Barry, and Ellie Greenwich, performed by The Ronettes and produced by Spector. When released as a single, the song reached #2 on the U.S. Billboard Pop Singles Chart and #4 on the UK's Record Retailer...

" became a #6 hit on the ARIA

Australian Recording Industry Association

The Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956...

 chart. Their album Get Happy! was released in November 1992 and charted at #36.

They had further hits including "I Can't Help Myself

I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)

"I Can't Help Myself " is a 1965 hit song recorded by the Four Tops for the Motown label.Written and produced by Motown's main production team Holland–Dozier–Holland, the song is one of the most well-known Motown tunes of the 1960s...

" (#28) and "Love How You Love Me

I Love How You Love Me

"I Love How You Love Me" was an American 1961 Top Ten hit for the Paris Sisters which inaugurated a string of elaborately produced classic hits by Phil Spector...

" (#14),

A new single, "Baby It's You" was released in 1993 but was not a success, peaking at #91 on the ARIA chart.

After Teen Queens

After the group broke up in 1993 they continued to pursue solo

Solo (music)

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 projects. Hoggart has so far been the most successful of the three, as a former regular of the children's hit show Hi-5

Hi-5 (Australian Kids' Band)

Hi-5 is an Australian children's musical group formed in 1998 which is associated with the children's television series of the same name.-Origins of the group:...

. She was the oldest member of the group. Witt is currently hosting a TV online shopping site.