The Del-Vikings
The Del-Vikings, noti anche come The Dell-Vikings, erano un gruppo musicale doo-wop americano che registrò diversi singoli di successo negli anni '50 e continuò a registrare e fare tournée con varie formazioni nei decenni successivi. Il gruppo è noto per le canzoni di successo Come Go with Me e Whispering Bells, e per essere stato un gruppo musicale interrazziale di successo in un'epoca in cui tali gruppi erano rari[1][2][3].
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| Paese d'origine |  Stati Uniti
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| Genere | Doo-wop Rock and roll |
| Periodo di attività musicale | 1961 – in attività |
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| Year | Titles (A-side, B-side) Both sides from same album except where indicated |
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| 1957 | "Come Go With Me" b/w "How Can I Find True Love" Original local release on Pittsburgh-based Fee Bee labelFirst national release on Dot |
5 | 2 |
| "What Made Maggie Run" b/w "When I Come Home" or alt. "Uh Uh Baby" on B-side Original local release on Pittsburgh-based Fee Bee label |
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| "What Made Maggie Run" b/w "Little Billy Boy" National release on Dot with different B-side |
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| "Whispering Bells" b/w "Don't Be A Fool" Released on Fee Bee and Dot around the same time |
9 | 5 | |
| "I'm Spinning" b/w "You Say You Love Me" Released on Fee Bee (and on Dot b/w "When I Come Home") |
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| "Cool Shake" b/w "Jitterbug Mary" Released on Mercury |
12 | 9 | |
| "Come Along With Me" b/w "Whatcha Gotta Lose" |
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| "Snowbound" b/w "Your Book Of Life" |
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| "Willette" b/w "Woke Up This Morning" Released on Fee Bee and Dot |
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| 1958 | "Can't Wait" b/w "The Voodoo Man" (from The Swinging, Singing Del Vikings) |
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| "You Cheated" b/w "Pretty Little Things Called Girls" |
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| "Flat Tire" b/w "How Could You" |
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| 1960 | "Pistol Packin' Mama" b/w "The Sun" |
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| 1961 | "Bring Back Your Heart" b/w "I'll Never Stop Crying" |
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| "I Hear Bells (Wedding Bells)" b/w "Don't Get Slick On Me" |
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| "Face The Music" b/w "Kiss Me" |
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| 1962 | "The Big Silence" b/w "One More River To Cross" |
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| "Confession Of Love" b/w "Kilimanjaro" |
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| "An Angel Up In Heaven" b/w "The Fishing Chant (Re Manu Pakurua)" |
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| 1963 | "Too Many Miles" b/w "Sorcerer's Apprentice" |
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| 1964 | "I've Go To Know" b/w "We Three" |
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| 1966 | "Down In Bermuda" b/w "Maggie" (= What Made Maggie Run) |
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| 1972 | "Come Go With Me" (New version) b/w "When You're Asleep" |
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| "Cold Feet" b/w "I Want To Marry You" Both sides with Chuck Jackson |
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| 1973 | "Watching The Moon" b/w "You Say You Love Me" Both sides led by Kripp Johnson |
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| "I'm Spinning" b/w "Girl Girl" A-side led by Kripp Johnson, B-side by Chuck Jackson |
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Note modifica
- ^ The Del Vikings - Biography & History, su AllMusic. URL consultato il 22 febbraio 2019.
- ^ Remembering Rock ’N’ Roll With The Del Vikings, su Queens Chronicle. URL consultato il 22 febbraio 2019.
- ^ 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, in Rolling Stone, 7 aprile 2011. URL consultato il 9 maggio 2019.
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- Colin Larkin (a cura di), The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music, Concise, Virgin Books, 1997, ISBN 1-85227-745-9.
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Wikimedia Commons contiene immagini o altri file su The Del-Vikings
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| Controllo di autorità | VIAF (EN) 157243927 · ISNI (EN) 0000 0001 0730 1832 · Europeana agent/base/153285 · LCCN (EN) n91094841 · GND (DE) 6525987-7 · WorldCat Identities (EN) lccn-n91094841 |
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