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The Dells grew up in Harvey, Illinois, and began singing together while attending Thornton Township High School.Forming in 1952 under the name the El-Rays, the group initially consisted of Marvin Junior, Michael McGill, Lucius McGill, Verne Allison, Chuck Barksdale, and Johnny Funches.
The Dells. Marvin Junior (baritone) Johnny Carter (tenor) Verne Allison (tenor) Mickey McGill (baritone) Chuck Barksdale (bass) Additional musicians. Charles Stepney – Fender Rhodes, piano, harpsichord, congas, percussion; Phil Upchurch & Roland Faulkner – guitar; Cash McCall – guitar (on I Just Don't Know) Art Hoyle & Robert Lewis ...
The Dells' original 1956 recording on the Vee-Jay label peaked at #4 on the R&B singles chart. In 1969, they refashioned it as a soul song on the Cadet label. The August 2, 1969 edition of Record World gave it a "Four Star Pick" review, stating: "This old, old, old, oldie sounds newer than tomorrow, via the Dells chartbreaker express.
The Dells Sing Dionne Warwicke's Greatest Hits: 162 32 — Sweet as Funk Can Be — 33 — 1973 Give Your Baby a Standing Ovation: 99 10 — 1974 The Dells — 15 — The Dells vs. The Dramatics: 156 15 — The Mighty Mighty Dells: 114 13 — 1975 We Got to Get Our Thing Together — 31 — 1976 No Way Back — 47 — Mercury: 1977 They Said It ...
The song was originally featured in the 1991 feature film The Five Heartbeats, which follows the lives of the fictional singing group of the same name.In the scene the song is featured in, the group is about to perform in a Battle of the Bands when the announcer, a cousin of another musician in the competition, tells them backstage that a new house rule demands they use a piano player hired by ...
Toni Basil was already a 38-year-old showbiz veteran when her bouncy hit “Mickey” was released in the U.S. in May 1982, and in many ways the song was just a blip on her dizzyingly lengthy ...
John E. Carter (June 2, 1934 – August 21, 2009) was an American doo-wop and R&B singer. He was a founding member of The Flamingos and a member of The Dells.Both groups have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, making Carter one of the few multiple inductees.
“Those songs just touched at a moment,” says Mickey Guyton of the back-to-back impact of her songs “Remember Her Name,” written shortly after the death of Breonna Taylor at the hands of ...