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Groupe multiracial Rock 'n' Roll US formé en 1955 à Pittsburgh
(Pennsylvanie) et comprenant : Corinthian "Kripp" Johnson, Clarence E. Quick,
Don Jackson, Bernard Robertson et Samuel Paterson. Les "Dell-Vikings" ont enregistré leur premier disque en 1956 pour Fee Bee. Puis ils
passent chez Dot Records où le groupe se scinde en deux, une partie signant chez Mercury et l'autre restant chez Dot. Divers variantes du groupe apparaissent au cours des années qui suivent chez Alpine (60), ABC-Paramount (61-63), Gateway (64) et Scepter (72).
The story of
the Dell-Vikings (or Del Vikings, or Del-Vikings) is one of the most glorious,
complicated, and frustrating of any successful doo wop group in music history.
With two major national hits ("Come Go With Me" and "Whispering Bells") to their
credit — one more hit than most other successful doo wop groups ever had — they
had a jump on virtually all of their competition. Just as they were ascending
those heights of fame and success, however, internal fractures and some greed
and misdirected ambition helped destroy any chance they had of making a lasting
place for themselves at the top of their profession. They left behind two hits
and a large body of very good records that weren't nearly as well-known, as well
as a reputation as one of the few successful integrated Vocals groups of their
era.
The group had its origins at the Pittsburgh Air Force Base, where five black
enlisted men, Corinthian "Kripp" Johnson (first tenor), Clarence E. Quick (bass),
Don Jackson (second tenor), Bernard Robertson, and Samuel Paterson, began
singing together during 1955 at the camp hall. They won a talent contest on the
base in early 1956, and then competed nationally in New York and Bermuda, where
they placed first and second, respectively. By that time, they were starting to
attract local attention, most notably from disc jockey Barry Kaye, who wanted to
record the Del Vikings, as they were then known (just one "l," and no hyphen).
The origins of their name have been ascribed to various sources. Some stories
say that the members had read of the Vikings in an encyclopedia and liked the
sound, the "Del" being rather more mysterious. Others claim that Clarence Quick
had known a basketball team called the Vikings in Brooklyn, and suggested the
name.
The Del Vikings' lineup was fairly fluid due to the nature of military service,
and by early 1956, Robertson and Paterson were gone, transferred to Germany.
Their replacements were Norman Wright (lead tenor) and David Lerchey (baritone).
Lerchey's presence in the group as its first white member was more a matter of
expediency than design, as he was simply the talent that was available. It did
make the group slightly more distinctive; although other integrated singing
groups had already achieved considerable exposure, including
the Meadowlarks ("Heaven and Paradise")
and the Mariners, who had appeared nationally on Arthur Godfrey's network
television show.
This second lineup was the version of the Del Vikings that Barry Kaye recorded.
The resulting sessions yielded nine songs done a cappella, including early
versions of Clarence E. Quick's "Come Go With Me" and Kripp Johnson's "How Can I
Find True Love." The demo tapes, which contained only the most rudimentary
backing, were sent around to all of the major labels, each of which passed on
the chance to record the Del Vikings. Finally, the group was signed by Joe
Auerbach, the owner of a small Pittsburgh-based label called Fee Bee. A new
recording session yielded a fully realized version of "Come Go With Me," backed
by the quintet's own band, including their resident backup men Joe Lopes (later
a top recording engineer for RCA) and Gene Upshaw on sax, with the lead sung by
new member Norman Wright.
The single, released late in 1956, quickly outgrew Fee Bee's ability to exploit
it, and Auerbach leased it to Dot Records; that version appeared in early 1957
and began a 31-week run on the charts, reaching number four on the pop chart and
number three on the R&B chart during the spring and early summer. The group was
now a national phenomenon and was booked on tours across the country, as well as
a featured spot in one of Alan Freed's Brooklyn Paramount shows. Their lineup
had already changed again, the group acquiring its second white member,
Gus Backus, who replaced Don Jackson as second tenor. Even so, military obligations
sometimes prevented all of the members from participating at once in these
performances.
The success of "Come Go With Me" should have positioned the group well for
future success, but instead it began a process of fracturing their lineup.
Fee Bee tried to maintain the momentum by releasing a single early in 1957 on
which the group had sung backup, but that disappeared without a trace. They
finally got their all-important second hit, "Whispering Bells" (also written by
Clarence Quick), in the late summer of 1957, which reached number nine on the
pop charts.
Behind the scenes, however, maneuvers were taking place that were to nullify
these two huge successes. With "Come Go With Me" storming the charts, the Del
Vikings were suddenly in demand from many of the same major labels that had
passed on them a year earlier. What made their interest possible at all, in the
view of their manager — who was also the legal representative for the air base
where they were stationed — was that the group's contract with Fee Bee had a
major flaw, in that some of the members were under 21 at the time it was signed.
Faced with the chance to make new and major amounts of money for all concerned,
in the midst of the group's chart run with "Come Go With Me," their manager
signed the group to Mercury Records under a contract that specifically covered
the members who had been underage in 1956.
Meanwhile, the group — or a version of it — had released "Whispering Bells" on
Fee Bee and Dot. The result was that the group split into two rival outfits, one
called the Dell-Vikings (the spelling of the outfit that released "Whispering
Bells") on Dot Records, with Kripp Johnson and the returned Don Jackson; and the
Del-Vikings, as their name was spelled, on Mercury, led by composer Clarence E.
Quick and featuring Norman Wright, David Lerchey,
Gus Backus, and new member
William Blakely.
The situation was extremely complicated: Mercury had the majority of the members
who'd been on "Come Go With Me," as well as the man who had written it and the
man who'd sung lead on it, but the Mercury group's members were still in the Air
Force and not free to tour as they might have wanted; Dot Records had one
founding member of the group in Kripp Johnson and another key singer, and they
and the group they assembled were out of the Air Force and free to tour as they
wished.
Further complicating the group's — or groups' — situation at the time were the
demos they'd recorded for Barry Kaye. He sold these to Luniverse Records, a
label whose co-owners included Dickie Goodman and George Goldner. In the midst
of the chart run of Dot's "Come Go With Me," Luniverse redubbed the a cappella
demo recordings with a full band and released eight of the nine songs in edited
form on an LP, Come Go With the Del-Vikings, as well as issuing one 45 of
"Over the Rainbow" and "Hey Senorita."
The Kripp Johnson-led "Whispering Bells" on Dot, recorded by the Dell-Vikings,
was followed onto the charts by the Mercury Del-Vikings' "Cool Shake"; the
latter was a fast-paced rocker sung by Gus Backus, which didn't do as well,
probably as a result of the fact that record retailers and distributors, as well
as radio programmers, were starting to get confused by the presence of two
groups with nearly identical names on two different labels. By the summer of
1957, Mercury and Dot were both claiming the same single pairing of "When I Come
Home" and "I'm Spinning" as their own. Court action followed, with Mercury
winning the rights to the group and the name the Del-Vikings and any variations
of it. Yet another group lineup, with Joe Lopes filling in for David Lerchey,
appeared alongside Fats Domino and
the Diamonds in the movie The Big
Beat in 1957.
The Kripp Johnson version of the group, now known as the Versatiles and
featuring Don Jackson, Chuck Jackson, Arthur Budd, and Ed Everette, kept
recording, but without success, and by the end of 1957, Kripp Johnson was back
with the Mercury Del-Vikings. Now the "classic" Del Viking lineup was restored
and the group was back to full strength, but the moment had passed, and the
Del-Vikings had no further national hits.
In 1959, the Mercury contract ended, and after a few detours, the group — now a
sextet including Johnson, Quick, Ritzy Lee, Billy Woodruff, Willie Green, and
Douglas White — signed with ABC-Paramount. They had little success at ABC,
despite having made some excellent records. By the time of their ABC contract,
the group had come to sound somewhat like
the Drifters, especially in terms of the arrangements they were using. By
1965, it was over for the Del-Vikings. The group experienced a revival under
Clarence Quick in 1972 amid the oldies boom, and they recorded a new version of
"Come Go With Me" for the New York-based Scepter label that got some notice in
Billboard early in 1973. By 1980, Kripp Johnson had reformed his own
"Dell-Vikings" (the Mercury contract having long since ended, there was no party
to lay final claim to the name) with Norman Wright, Ritzy Lee, John Byas, and
David Lerchey, and his and Quick's Del-Vikings hovered around each other;
avoiding direct confrontation by staying out of each other's way on tours
through different parts of the country, until Quick's death in 1985 and
Johnson's death in 1990.
The juggling of the group membership, name, and label affiliation makes
collecting the Del-Vikings (or Dell-Vikings) very complicated. The "Come Go With
Me" group on Dot in the main moved over to Mercury as the Del Vikings without
any major hits, so it is a good idea to own both the Dot and Mercury stuff. But
the Mercury group (from late 1957 until 1959) included all of the key original
members, and they eventually moved over to ABC-Paramount in 1960 or so, and MCA
now owns both Dot and ABC; meaning that the collections of the group's work
aren't simple to divide or arrange. MCA's Best of the Del-Vikings has the
beginning and end of the classic group, late 1956 to mid-1957 with a jump to
1960-1963, while Mercury has the glorious middle, mid-1957 to 1959 (and both
collections include "When I Come Home" and "I'm Spinning"). And Collectables has
the original 1956 demos, with yet another lineup of Dell Vikings.
Whether they were spelling their name Del-Vikings, Del Vikings, or Dell-Vikings,
the group left behind one of the most satisfying bodies of R&B and doo wop music
this side of the Drifters. The lingering
appeal of "Come Go With Me" and "Whispering Bells" — used in movies like George
Lucas' American Graffiti and Rob Reiner's Stand By Me — has helped
their music remain among the most accessible bodies of doo wop music well into
the CD era.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Del-Vikings
Talents : Norman Wright : Lead - Corinthian "Kripp" Johnson : First Tenor - Donald "Gus" Bakus:Tenor - David Lerchey :Baritone - Clarence Quick : Bass
Style musical : Doo Wop, Rhythm 'n' Blues
COME GO
WITH ME (1957)
What
Made Maggie Run (1957)
WHISPERING BELLS (1957)
SUMMERTIME (1957)
KISS ME
(1961)
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DISCOGRAPHY
Singles & EP
| 12/1956 | 78 t. SP FEE BEE FB-205 (US) | . |
Come Go With Me
/ How Can I
Find True Love |
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| 01/1957 | 78 t. DOT 15538 (US) | . |
Come Go With Me
/ How Can I Find True Love |
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| 01/1957 | SP DOT 45-15538 (US) | . |
Come Go With Me
/ How Can I Find True Love |
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| 04/1957 | 78 t. & SP FEE BEE 210 (US) |
What
Made Maggie Run
(DELL-VIKINGS
& Joey BISCOE) / When I Come Home (DELL-VIKINGS) |
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| 04/1957 | 78 t. DOT 15571 (US) | . |
What
Made Maggie Run
/ Little
Billy Boy |
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| 04/1957 | SP DOT 45-15571 (US) | . |
What
Made Maggie Run
/ Little
Billy Boy |
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| 05/1957 | SP FEE BEE 214 (US) | . |
Whispering Bells
/ Don't Be A Fool |
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| 05/1957 | 78 t. DOT 15592 (US) | . |
Whispering Bells
/ Don't Be A Fool |
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| 05/1957 | SP DOT 45-15592 (US) | . |
Whispering Bells
/ Don't Be A Fool |
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| 05/1957 | 78 t. MERCURY 71132 (US) | . | Cool Shake / Jitterbug Mary | ||
| 1957 | 78 t. LONDON HLD.8464 (UK) | . |
Whispering Bells
/ Little
Billy Boy |
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| 1957 | SP LONDON 45-HLD.8464 (UK) | . |
Whispering Bells
/ Little
Billy Boy |
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| 06/1957 | EP DOT DEP-1058 (US) |
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COME GO WITH US -
Come Go With Me
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Whispering Bells
/ What Made Maggie Run
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| 07/1957 | SP LUNIVERSE 106 (US) | . |
Somewhere Over The Rainbow / Hey, Senorita |
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| 08/1957 | SP FEE BEE FB-218 (US) | . |
I'm Spinning / You Say You Love Me |
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| 08/1957 | 78 t. DOT 15636 (US) | . | I'm Spinning (Kripp JOHNSON) / When I Come Home (DEL-VIKINGS & Kripp JOHNSON) | ||
| 08/1957 | SP DOT 45-15636 (US) | . | I'm Spinning (Kripp JOHNSON) / When I Come Home (DEL-VIKINGS & Kripp JOHNSON) | ||
| 08/1957 | 78 t. MERCURY 71180 (US) | . | Come Along With Me / What'cha Gotta Lose | ||
| 08/1957 | SP MERCURY 71180X45 (US) | . | Come Along With Me / What'cha Gotta Lose | ||
| 09/1957 | 78 t MERCURY 71198 (US) | . | I'm Spinning / When I Come Home | ||
| 09/1957 | SP MERCURY 71198x45 (US) |
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I'm Spinning / When I Come Home | ||
| 11/1957 | 78 t MERCURY 71241 (US) | Your Book Of Life / Snowbound | |||
| 11/1957 | SP MERCURY 71241X45 (US) |
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Your Book Of Life / Snowbound | ||
| 1957 | SP DOT DOT 1012 (JAP) |
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Ninety-Nine
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| 1957 | EP MERCURY EP-1-3359 (US) |
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THEY SING... THEY SWING - VOL. 1 - Come Along With Me / Sunday Kind Of Love / (There'll Be Blue Birds Over) The White Cliffs Of Dover / Now Is The Hour | ||
| 1957 | EP MERCURY EP-1-3362 (US) |
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THEY SING... THEY SWING - VOL. 2 - Heart & Soul / My Foolish Heart / Down In Bermuda / I'm Sittin' On Top Of The World | ||
| 1957 | EP MERCURY EP-1-3363 (US) |
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THEY SING... THEY SWING - VOL. 3 -
Somewhere Over The Rainbow (featuring - Norman
Wright) / Is It Any Wonder (featuring - Gus
Backus) / Yours (featuring - Clarence
E. Quick) /
Summertime
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| 01/1958 | 78 t. MERCURY 71266 (US) | . | The Voodoo Man / Can't Wait | ||
| 01/1958 | SP MERCURY 45-71266 (US) | . | The Voodoo Man / Can't Wait | ||
| 05/1958 | SP FEE BEE FB-224 (US) | . |
Down By The Stream (DELL-VIKINGS) / Margeritte (Frankie JOE & The EMBERS) |
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| 1958 | SP MERCURY 71345X45 (US) | . | You Cheated / Pretty Little Thing Called Girls | ||
| 12/1958 | SP MERCURY 71390X45 (US) | . | Flat Tire / How Could You | ||
| 1958 | SP D.R.C. 101 (US) | . | Oh I / Can't You See | ||
| 1958 | EP MERCURY EP 60.117 (I) (SWE) |
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The Swinging, Singing Del Vikings Record Session - Vol. 1 - The Big Beat / Oh Tonight / That's Why / What You Have Done To Me |
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| 1958 | EP MERCURY EP 60.118 (I) (SWE) |
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The Swinging, Singing Del Vikings Record Session - Vol. 2 - The Voodoo Man / Oh I Love You / Nobody's Kisses But Yours / String Along | ||
| 1958 | EP MERCURY EP 60.119 (I) (SWE) |
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The Swinging, Singing Del Vikings Record Session - Vol. 3 - Oh Baby / Friendly Moon / A Meeting Of The Eyes / There I Go | ||
| 1959 | SP FEE BEE FB-210 (US) | . |
What Made Maggie Run / Down By The Stream |
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| 1959 | SP FEE BEE FB-221 (US) | . |
I Want To Marry You / Willette |
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| 05/1959 | EP MERCURY 14209 (F) |
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Flat Tire / Whacha Gotta Lose / Cool Shake / The White Cliffs Of Dover | ||
| 1959 | SP MERCURY 10127 (F) | . | Cool Shake / Flat Tire | ||
| 1959 ? | EP MERCURY MG 10057 (S) |
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THEY SING... THEY SWING - Come Alone With Me / Yours / Heart And Soul / The White Cliffs Of Dover | ||
| 1960 | SP ALPINE AE 66 (US) |
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| 05/1960 | SP DOT 45-16092 (US) | . |
Come Go With Me
/ How Can I Find True Love |
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| 06/1961 | SP DOT 45-16236 (US) | . | |||
| 1961 | SP ABC PARAMOUNT 45-10248 (US) | . | I Hear Bells (Wedding Bells) / Don't Get Slick On Me | ||
| 1961 | SP ABC PARAMOUNT 45-10208 (US) | . | I'll Never Stop Crying / Bring Back Your Heart | ||
| 1961 | SP ABC PARAMOUNT 45-10278 (US) | . |
Kiss Me
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| 1962 | SP ABC PARAMOUNT 45-10304 (US) | . | One More River To Cross / The Big Silence | ||
| 1962 | SP ABC PARAMOUNT 45- 10341 (US) | . | Confession Of Love / Kilimanjaro | ||
| 1962 | SP ABC PARAMOUNT 45-10385 (US) | . | An Angel Up In Heaven / The Fishing Chant | ||
| 1962 | SP FEE BEE 902 (US) | . | The Original DELL VIKINGS - True Love / Baby, Let Me Be | ||
| 1963 | SP MERCURY C-30112 (US) | . |
Come Along With Me / A Sunday Kind Of Love |
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| 12/1962 | SP STAR ? (US) | . |
Understand (Buddy Carle & The Del Vikings) / Lackadaisical Me (Buddy Carle) |
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| 1963 | SP ABC PARAMOUNT 45-10425 (US) | . | Too Many Miles / Sorcerer's Apprentice | ||
| 1964 | SP GATEWAY 45-743 (US) | . | I've Got To Know / We Three | ||
| 04/1965 | SP DOT 45-133 (US) | . | |||
| 1966 | SP FEE BEE FB-206 (US) | . |
Down In Bermuda / Maggie |
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| 1969 | SP Jo Jo JO JO-107/8 (US) | . |
My Body Your Shadow / Keep On Walkin' |
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| 1972 | SP SCEPTER SCE-12367 (US) | . |
Come Go With Me
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| 1972 | SP GAMMA G-1154 (MEX) |
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| 1973 | SP LUN.IVERSE 110 (US) | . |
Heaven And Paradise / Your |
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| 1973 | SP LUN.IVERSE 113 (US) | . |
White Cliffs Of Dover / In The Still Of The Night |
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| 1973 | SP LUN.IVERSE 114 (US) | . |
There I Go / Girl, Girl |
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| 1973 | SP BIM BAM BOOM 113 (US) | . |
Watching The Moon / You Say You Love Me |
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| 1973 | SP BIM BAM BOOM 115 (US) | . |
Girl, Girl / I'm Spinning |
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| 1973 | SP BLUE SKY 104 (US) | . | Over The Rainbow / Hey Senorita | ||
| 1973 ? | SP ERA 047 (US) | . |
Whispering Bells
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| 1975 | SP BROADCAST 1123 (US) | . | You Are Invited / Heaven On Earth | ||
| 1976 | SP FEE BEE FB-227 (US) | . | Finger Poppin' Woman / Tell Me, Tell Me | ||
| 1977 | SP FEE BEE No.173 (US) | . | Hollywood And Vine / Welfare Blues | ||
| 197? | SP YUCCA Y-083 (US) | . |
Here She Comes
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| 1983 ? | SP RIPETE R45-167 (US) | . |
Come Go With Me
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| 1984 | SP Pinner PRM902 (US) | . |
Dance Me To Death (Hi-Liters) / Flat Tyre (Del-Vikings) |
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| 1985 | SP COLLECTABLES C-1253 (US) | . |
A Sunday Kind Of Love / Over The Rainbow |
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| 1986 | EP ALLIGATOR 53.0203 (S) |
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PIONEROS DEL ROCK & ROLL N° 3 - Flat Tire / Whacha Gotta Lose / Cool Shake / The White Cliff Of Dover |
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| 1988 | SP MCA 257 898-7 (US) |
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Who Put The Bomp (Barry Mann) / Come Go With Me (live) (Del Vikings) |
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| 1989 | SP Warwick W-605 (US) | . |
Come Go With Me
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| 1989 ? | SP ERIC 318 (US) | . | |||
| 198? | SP ERA BH-24 (US) | . |
Come Go With Me
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| 198? | SP Trip Oldies TR-166 (US) | . |
Come Go With Me (Dell-Vikings) / Blanche (Three Friends) |
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| 1991 | SP BVM 001 (US) | . | Rock 'n' Roll Remembered / My Heart | ||
| 1991 | SP BVM 003 (US) | . | Ain't No Place like The USA / Do You Remember | ||
| 1992 | SP COLLECTABLES COL 4823 (US) | . |
A Sunday Kind Of Love / Cool Shake |
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| 1992 | SP COLLECTABLES COL 4888 (US) | . |
You Cheated / I'm Spinning |
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| 19?? | SP COLLECTABLES C-12251 (US) | . |
Come Go With Me
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| 19?? | SP COLLECTABLES C-12252 (US) | . |
Whispering Bells
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| 19?? | SP DEL 5191X45 (US) (promo) | . |
String Along With Me / What Have You Done To Me / Bells / I Need Your Kisses |
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Unissued Tracks
| 1956 | Unissued | There I Go |
| 1956 | Unissued | Girl Girl |
| 1956 | Unissued | Cry Baby |
| 1957 | MERCURY unissued | The Gates Of Paradise |
| 1957 | MERCURY unissued | No Hu-Hu |
| 1960 | ALPINE unissued | Hurricane Woman |
| 1960 | ALPINE unissued | Bull Fight |
| 1960 | ALPINE unissued | Have Patience, Have Love |
| 1962 | ALPINE unissued | Tiny Little Ants |
| 1962 | ALPINE unissued | When You're Asleep |
| 1962 | ABC unissued | A Sudden Attack Of Love |
| 1976 | FEE BEE unissued | Don't Hold Me Down |
| 1976 | FEE BEE unissued | I Know |
Albums
| 07/1957 | LP 12" LUNIVERSE LP-1000 (US) |
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COME GO WITH THE DEL-VIKINGS - Hey Senorita / Somewhere Over The Rainbow / Come Go With Me / Heaven In Paradise / (How Can I Find) True Love / Yours / I'll Remember (In The Still Of The Night) / White Cliffs Of Dover | ||
| 08/1957 | LP 12" MERCURY MG-20314 (US) |
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THEY SING... THEY SWING - A Sunday Kind Of Love / Come Along With Me / Yours / Down In Bermuda / I'm Sitting On Top Of The World / The White Cliffs Of Dover / You Cheated / Somewhere Over The Rainbow / Heart And Soul / Your Book Of Life /Summertime / Is It Any Wonder / My Foolish Heart / Now Is The Hour | ||
| 12/1957 | LP 12" MERCURY MG-20353 (US) |
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A SWINGING, SINGING RECORDS SESSION - The Big Beat / Oh Tonight / That's Why / What You Have Done To Me / The Voodoo Man / Oh I Love You / Oh Baby / Friendly Moon / A Meeting Of The Eyes / There I Go / Nobody's Kisses But Yours / String Along | ||
| 195? | LP 12" DOT DOT-1003 (US) |
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The Best Of The Dell Vikings - Whispering Bells / Down By The Stream / Down In Bermuda / How Can I Find True Love / When I Come Home / Girl, Girl / Come Go With Me / I Want To Marry You / What Made Maggie Run / Billy Boy / Don't Be A Fool / Willette / I'm Spinning |
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| 1963 | LP 12" CROWN CLP-5368 (mono) / CST-5368 (stereo) (US) |
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DEL VIKINGS AND THE SONNETS - DEL VIKINGS : Come Go With Me / True Love / Curley WILLIAMS : This Heart Of Mine / SOUNDS : So Unnecessary / MEADOWLARKS : Pass The Gin / DEL VIKINGS : Hey Senorita / There I Go / Curley WILLIAMS : Be Mine / SOUNDS : Cold Chills / MEADOWLARKS : L F M S T Blues | ||
| 1966 | LP 12" DOT DLP 3695 (US) |
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COME GO WITH ME - Come Go With Me / I Want To Marry You / What Made Maggie Run / Billy Boy / Don't Be A Fool / Willette / Whispering Bells / Down By The Stream / Down In Bermuda / How Can I Find True Love / When I Come Home / Girl, Girl | ||
| 1974 | LP 12" CONTOUR 2870 388 (UK) |
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COME GO WITH ME - Come Go With Me / I Want To Marry You / What Made Maggie Run / Billy Boy / Don't Be A Fool / Willette / Whispering Bells / Down By The Stream / Down In Bermuda / How Can I Find True Love / When I Come Home / Girl, Girl | ||
| 1976 ? | LP 12" Abc 27 360 XAT (GER) |
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The Story Of Rock And Roll - Come Go With Me / I Want To Marry You / What Made Maggie Run / Little Billy Boy / Don't Be A Fool / Willette / Whispering Bells / Down By The Stream / Down In Bermuda / How Can I Find True Love / When I Come Home / Girl, Girl |
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| 1985 | LP 12" MCA P-11578 (JAP) |
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Danny & The Juniors V.S. Dell-Vikings - Danny & The Juniors : At The Hop / Rock And Roll Is Here To Stay / Dottie / Crazy Cave / Sassy Fran / School Boy Romance / Playing Hard To Get / Sometimes (When I´m All Alone) / Dell Vikings : Come Go With Me / Whispering Bells / I Hear Bells / Don´t Get Slick On Me / Kiss Me / Face The Music / Willette / Down In Bermuda |
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| 1986 | CD MERCURY 830 283-2 M-1 (US) |
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The Vocal Group Collection - Platters - Penguins - Del Vikings - Danleers - Platters : Bark, Battle And Ball / Winner Take All / You'll Never, Never Know I Care / It Isn't Right / On My Word Of Honor / One In A Million / Helpless / Penguins : Be Mine Or Be A Fool / Don't Do It / It Only Happens With You / Walkin' Down Broadway / Devil That I See / Promises, Promises, Promises / She's Gone, Gone / Del Vikings : Cool Shake / Come Along With Me / A Sunday Kind Of Love / When I Come Home / You Cheated / Flat Tire / How Could You / Danleers : One Summer Night / Wheelin' And A-Dealin' / I Really Love You / My Flaming Heart / A Picture Of You / Prelude To Love / You Love | ||
| 1986 | LP 12" MERCURY 826 960-1 (GER) |
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A SWINGING, SINGING RECORDS SESSION - The Big Beat / Oh Tonight / That's Why (I Love You So) / What You Have Done To Me / The Voodoo Man / Oh I Love You / Oh Baby / Friendly Moon / A Meeting Of The Eyes / There I Go (Falling In Love Again) / Nobody's Kisses But Yours / String Alone / Pretty Little Things Called Girls / Heaven On Earth / The Bells / You Are Invited | ||
| 1987 | LP 12" DEE JAY DJX-LP 2064 (GER) |
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Cool Shake - Cool Shake / What'cha Gotta Lose / Somewhere Over The Rainbow (alt. version) / How Could You / No Ha Ha / Gates Of Paradise / Can't Wait / Jitterbug Mary / Flat Tire / You Cheated / Snow Bound / When I Come Home / I'm Spinning / There I Go (alt. version) |
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| 1988 | CD COLLECTABLES 5010 (US) |
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GOLDEN CLASSICS - Come Go With Me / Don't Be A Fool / What Made Maggie Run / Over The Rainbow / Willette / Down In Bermuda / You Say You Love Me / Whispering Bells / How Can I Find True Love / I'm Spining / Girl, Girl / I Want To Marry You / When I Come Home / Watching The Moon | ||
| 1988 | CD Spectrum U 4066 (UK) |
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Come Go With Me - Come Go With Me / Cool Shake / Sunday Kind Of Love / Down In Bermuda / Bring Back Your Heart / Whispering Bells / Pretty Little Things Called Girls / Wedding Bells / True Love / Come Along With Me |
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| 04/1991 | CD FLYRIGHT FLY CD 34 (UK) |
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COME GO WITH ME - Come Go With Me / Don't Be A Fool / What Made Maggie Run / Over The Rainbow / Willette / Down In Bermuda / You Say You Love Me / I'm Spinning / I Want To Marry You / When I Come Home / Watching The Moon / Down By The Stream / White Cliffs Of Dover / Over The Rainbow / Come Go With Me / How Can I Find True Love / Yours / Heaven And Paradise / There I Go / Hey Senorita / In The Still Of The Night | ||
| 1991 | LP 12" BMV BVM62963 (US) |
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Rock n' Roll Remembered - Rock n' Roll Remembered / My Heart / Ooh Baby, Baby / Been So Long / Sunday Kind Of Love / Come Go With Me / Rockin' n Reelin' / Cruisin' The Night / Whispering Bells / I Only Have Eyes For You / So Young / Cool Jerk / You Make Me Feel Brand New / Cruisin' The Night (instr.) |
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| 11/1992 | CD FLYRIGHT FLY CD 53 (UK) |
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DELL VIKINGS - VOL. II - Woke Up This Morning / Girl Girl Girl / Hurricane Woman / Willette / Love Only Me / Down By The Stream / Billy Boy / Broken Heart / Please Say You'll Be Mine / Marguerite / Cold Feet / You Send Me / Stay Here With Me / Dance All Night / Baby Let Me Be / Young And Foolish Heart / Little Girl / Half Moon / Speedilac / Woke Up This Morning | ||
| 11/1992 | 2 CD COLLECTABLES 8809 (US) |
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DELL VIKINGS FOR COLLECTORS ONLY :
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| 1992? | LP 12" Star-Club STAR-CLUB 338045 (SWE) |
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Come Go With Us - Come Go With Me / Whispering Bells / What Made Maggie Run / Down By The Stream / Woke Up This Morning / Billy Boy / I'm Spinning / Down In Bermuda / When I Come Home / Pistol Packin' Mama / The Sun /I Hear Bells / Don't Get Slick On Me / Kiss Me / Face The Music / Confession Of Love / An Angel Up In Heaven / Sorcerer's Apprentice |
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| 1993 | LP 12" COLLECTABLES PDR 5001 (US) (picture disc) |
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| 1993 | CD COLLECTABLES COL-CD-5001 (US) |
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1956 AUDITION TAPES - The White Cliffs Of Dover / Over The Rainbow / Come Go With Me / How Can I Find True Love / Yours / Heaven And Paradise / There I Go / Hey Senorita / In The Still Of The Night | ||
| 1993 | LP 12" COLLECTABLES COL 5010 (US) |
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Come Go With Me, Whispering Bells, Plus Many More - Come Go With Me / Don't Be A Fool / What Made Maggie Run / Over The Rainbow / Willette / Down In Bermuda / You Say You Love Me / Whispering Bells / How Can I Find True Love / I'm Spining / Girl, Girl / I Want To Marry You / When I Come Home / Watching The Moon |
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| 1993 | LP 12" COLLECTABLES PDR 5010 (US) (picture disc) |
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| 1993 | CD Sting Music S-8239 (SWE) |
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The Lost Tapes - Come Go With Me / An Angel Up In Heaven / I Hear Bells / The Sun / Kiss Me / I'll Never Stop Crying / I've Got To Know / Bring Back Your Heart / Face The Music / Hurricane Woman / Confession Of Love / Sorcerer's Apprentice / We Three / Pistol Packin' Mama / Don't Get Slick On Me / One More River To Cross / Fishing Chant / Too Many Miles / When You're Asleep / The Big Silence |
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| 1995 | CD SPARKLETONE SP-CD 99001 (DK) |
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The Big Beat - The Big Beat / Oh Tonight / That's Why (I Love You So) / What You Have Done To Me / The Voodoo Man / Oh I Love You / Oh Baby / Friendly Moon / A Meeting Of The Eyes / There I Go (Falling In Love Again) / Nobody's Kisses But Yours / String Along / Pretty Little Things Called Girls / Heaven On Earth / The Bells / You Are Invited / Jitterbug Mary / Somewhere Over The Rainbow / You Cheated / Snow Bound / When I Come Home / I'm Spinning |
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| 1995 | CD SPARKLETONE SP 99002 (DK) |
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COOL SHAKE - A Sunday Kind Of Love / Come Along With Me / Yours / Down In Bermuda / I'm Sitting On Top Of The World / The White Cliffs Of Dover / You Cheated / Somewhere Over The Rainbow / Heart And Soul / Your Book Of Life / Summertime / Is It Any Wonder / My Foolish Heart / Now Is The Hour / Cool Shake / What'Cha Gotta Lose / Flat Tire / How Could You / No Ha Ha / Gates Of Paradise / I Can't Wait / There I Go | ||
| 06/1996 | CD MERCURY 314-532 733-2 (US) |
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THE BEST OF THE DEL VIKINGS - THE MERCURY YEARS - Cool Shake / Jitterbug Mary / Come Along With Me / Somewhere Over The Rainbow / The Voodoo Man / Can't Wait / A Sunday Kind Of Love / I'm Sittin' On Top Of The World / Oh Baby (I Need Your Kisses) / The Big Beat / There I Go (Falling In Love Again) / I'm Spinning / When I Come Home / Nobody's Kisses But Yours / A Meeting Of The Eyes / Friendly Moon / Oh Tonight / That's Why (I Love You So) / You Are Invited / The Bells / Heaven On Earth / Flat Tire | ||
| 1996 | CD Elap Music 16275 CD (EUR) |
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Come Go With Me - Come Go With Me / Whispering Bells / Cool Shake / A Sunday Kind Of Love / Bring Back Your Heart / Down In Bermuda / Pretty Little Things Called Girls / Wedding Bells / How Can I Find True Love / Come Along With Me |
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| 06/1997 | CD HIP-O HIPD-40059 (US) |
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COME GO WITH ME - THE BEST OF THE DEL-VIKINGS - THE DOT/ABC RECORDINGS - Come Go With Me / How Can I Find True Love / Whispering Bells / Don't Be A Fool / I'm Spinning / When I Come Home / Bring Back Your Heart / I'll Never Stop Crying / I Hear Bells / Face The Music / Kiss Me / The Big Silence / One More River To Cross / Confession Of Love / An Angel Up In Heaven / Sorcerer's Apprentice | ||
| 06/1998 | CD HOT PRODUCTIONS 66150 (US) |
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COME GO WITH ME - Hey Senorita / Somewhere Over The Rainbow / Come Go With Me / Heaven In Paradise / (How Can I Find) True Love / Yours / I'll Remember (Still Of The Night) / White Cliffs Of Dover | ||
| 19?? | LP 12" LUNIVERSE LP-1000 (US) (reissue) |
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Come Go With The Del Vikings - Hey Senorita / Somewhere Over The Rainbow / Come Go With Me / Heaven In Paradise / Willette / (How Can I Find) True Love / Yours / I'll Remember (In The Still Of The Night) / White Cliffs Of Dover / Down By The Stream |
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| 1998 | CD FIREBALL XL5CD 5 (UK) |
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IN HARMONY - Come Go With Me (DOT recording) / Whispering Bells (DOT recording) / Up On The Roof / String Along / Is It Any Wonder / Life Is But A Dream / That's Why / Sunday Kind Of Love / Searchin' / That's My Dersire / Pretty Little Things Called Girls / Come Go With Me / Whispering Bells / Stormy Weather / Baby Come Back To Me / What You Have Done To Me / Jitterbug Mary / Heart And Soul / Whispering Bells (live) / Come Go With Me | ||
| 19?? | LP 12" PINE 99 (SWE) |
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Presenting The New... DEL VIKINGS - I Hear Bells (Wedding Bells) / I'll Never Stop Crying / Face The Music / Too Many Miles / We Three / One More River To Cross / Killimanjaro / Don't Get Slick On Me / The Sun / Bring Back Your Heart / An Angel In Heaven / Confessions Of Love / Kiss Me / The Big Silence / Sorcerer's Apprentice / Pistol Packing' Mama |
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| 19?? | LP 12" NOT ON LABEL Mer-1000 (?) |
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The Best Of The Del Vikings - Flat Tire / How Could You / You Cheated / Pretty Little Things Called Girls / Cool Shake / Jitterbug Mary / Whatt' Cha Gotta Lose / Can't Wait / Your Book Of Life / Snowbound / When I Come Home / I'm Spinning |
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| 06/2000 | CD CLASSIC WORLD 9992 (US) |
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# ONE SONGS - Come Go With Me / Bring Back Your Heart / Down In Bermuda / Pretty Little Things Called Girls / I Hear Bells (Wedding Bells) / Come Along With Me / Whispering Bells / Cool Shake / How Can I Find True Love / A Sunday Kind Of Love | ||
| 2001 | CD KRYPTON KR-6000 (US) |
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Vintage Acappella Album - String Along / Is It Any Wonder / That's My Desire / Jitterbug Mary / At Night / Stormy Weather / A Sunday Kind Of Love / Lover Where Can You Be / Life Is But A Dream / Pretty Little Things / What You Have Done To Me / Searchin' / That's Why (I Love You So) / The Glory Of Love / Come Go With Me / On The Street Where You Live / At Night (version 2) |
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| 03/2004 | CD HIP-O / GEFFEN / MERCURY B0001591-02 (US) |
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20TH CENTURY MASTERS - THE MILLENIUM COLLECTION : THE BEST OF THE DEL VIKINGS - Come Go With Me / Don't Be A Fool / Whispering Bells / Cool Shake / A Sunday Kind Of Love / Come Along With Me / When I Come Home / I'm Spinning / The Big Beat / The Voodoo Man / I Hear Bells (Wedding Bells) / Bring Back Your Heart | ||
| 06/2005 | CD COLLECTABLES COL-CD-8035 (US) |
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THE BEST OF THE DEL VIKINGS - Come Go With Me / I'm Spinning / How Can I Find True Love / What Made Maggie Run / In The Still Of The Night / White Cliffs Of Dover / Watching The Moon / Heaven And Paradise / Girl Girl / Over The Rainbow | ||
| 06/2009 | CD JASMINE JASCD 508 (UK) |
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COOL SHAKE - THE VERY BEST OF... THE DEL VIKINGS - Oh I Love You / Oh Tonight / That's Why / The Big Beat / The Voodoo Man / What You Have Done To Me / A Meeting Of The Eyes / Friendly Moon / Nobody's Kisses But Yours / Oh Baby / String Along / There I Go / Flat Tire / Can't Wait / I'm Sitting On Top Of The World / Jitterbug Mary / Somewhere Over The Rainbow / Heaven On Earth / The Bells / You Are Invited / Come Go With Me / Don't Be A Fool / Whispering Bells / A Sunday Kind Of Love / Cool Shake / I'm Spinning / When I Come Home / Come Along With Me | ||
| 08/2009 | CD COLLECTABLES COLCD 1401 (US) |
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THE DELL VIKINGS MEET THE DUPREES - DEL VIKINGS : Come Go With Me / Whispering Bells / What Made Maggie Run / Over The Rainbow / How Can I Find True Love / THE DUPREES : You Belong To Me / Have You Heard / My Own True Love / Why Don't You Believe Me / Take Me As I Am |
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| 2018 | 2 CD Acrobat ADDCD3255 (US) |
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The Del-Vikings Collection 1956-62 :
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