The Dreamgirls Chapter Summary

DREAMGIRLS REVIEW
The story is set in the early 1960s where soul music was starting to become a popular genre in which people started to listen to. With the beginning of soul music, this led to create many singing groups, which they all started off as a not so famous group, and then transformed themselves as the next big soul music groups, where the U.S nation would be amazed by their music. One particular group that struggled to become a recognizable group was The Dreamgirls. The group was composed of three women, which included, Effie White and best friends, Deena Jones, and Lorrell Robinson. At the start of the story, The Dreamgirls enter into an Amatuer Night talent competition in Harlem, New York in which the sing “Your Steppin’ on My Heart.” They compete against other contestants, but in

Although they lose they do not lose hope, because they meet Curtis Taylor, which becomes their managers. Curtis Taylor was first a cars-salesmen and then went in the music industry where he would be singers managers. Curtis first starts The Dreamgirls off as backup singers for a popular R&B star named Jimmy Early, who is kind of crazy/party person. Jimmy did not mind since he needed some new material, so that his fame could keep on going as well as become even bigger. Jimmy Early and The Dreamgirls sing together and later make a hit single called “Cadillac Car” which reaches to the top of pop charts, but the song is then stolen by white singers, which made a different version of the song and steals the original recordings. At the time of the 1960s, it was deemed normal for other artist to steal music from African-Americans, since they wanted the music to stick out to white people. Angered by the white singers, Curtis, Jimmy, and the Dreamgirls, go and bribe major radio stations to play their next hit song. This leads to the group to becoming very famous. Curtis decides that The Dreamgirls should be its own group and decides to split Jimmy Early and