The Del-Vikings

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The Del-Vikings
The Del Vikings in una foto del 1957
Paese d'origineStati Uniti (bandiera) Stati Uniti
GenereDoo-wop
Rock and roll
Periodo di attività musicale1961 – in attività

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].

Year Titles (A-side, B-side)
Both sides from same album except where indicated
Chart positions
US US R&B
1957 "Come Go with Me"
b/w "How Can I Find True Love"
Original local release on Pittsburgh-based Fee Bee label
First 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
"What Made Maggie Run"
b/w "Little Billy Boy"
National release on Dot with different B-side
"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")
"Cool Shake"
b/w "Jitterbug Mary"
Released on Mercury
12 9
"Come Along with Me"
b/w "Whatcha Gotta Lose"
"Snowbound"
b/w "Your Book okuf Life"
"Willette"
b/w "Woke Up This Morning"
Released on Fee Bee and Dot
1958 "Can't Wait"
b/w "The Voodoo Man" (from The Swinging, Singing Del Vikings)
"You Cheated"
b/w "Pretty Little Things Called Girls"
"Flat Tire"
b/w "How Could You"
1960 "Pistol Packin' Mama"
b/w "The Sun"
1961 "Bring Back Your Heart"
b/w "I'll Never Stop Crying"
"I Hear Bells (Wedding Bells)"
b/w "Don't Get Slick on Me"
"Face the Music"
b/w "Kiss Me"
1962 "The Big Silence"
b/w "One More River to Cross"
"Confession of Love"
b/w "Kilimanjaro"
"An Angel Up in Heaven"
b/w "The Fishing Chant (Re Manu Pakurua)"
1963 "Too Many Miles"
b/w "Sorcerer's Apprentice"
1964 "I've Go to Know"
b/w "We Three"
1966 "Down in Bermuda"
b/w "Maggie" (= What Made Maggie Run)
1972 "Come Go with Me" (New version)
b/w "When You're Asleep"
112
"Cold Feet"
b/w "I Want to Marry You"
Both sides with Chuck Jackson
1973 "Watching the Moon"
b/w "You Say You Love Me"
Both sides led by Kripp Johnson
"I'm Spinning"
b/w "Girl Girl"
A-side led by Kripp Johnson, B-side by Chuck Jackson
  1. ^ The Del Vikings - Biography & History, su AllMusic. URL consultato il 22 febbraio 2019.
  2. ^ Remembering Rock ’N’ Roll With The Del Vikings, su Queens Chronicle. URL consultato il 22 febbraio 2019.
  3. ^ 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, in Rolling Stone, 7 aprile 2011. URL consultato il 9 maggio 2019.

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