The Crystals The Crystals are a New York City singing group and are considered one of the defining acts of the girl group era of the first half of the 1960s. Success came quickly as their first hit in 1961's "There's No Other (Like My Baby) reached number 20 in the Billboard chart. Their 1961—1964 chart hits — including "Uptown", "He's A Rebel", "Da Doo Ron Ron (When He Walked Me Home)" and "Then He Kissed Me" — featured three successive female lead singers and were all produced by Phil Spector.