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The band's name was created by Clarence Quick. Some sources say that band members had read about Vikings [5] [6] with the prefix "Del" being "added to give the group name an air of mystery." [6] Another suggestion is that Clarence Quick had known of a basketball team in Brooklyn, New York, called the Vikings and had suggested the name. [5]
Fee Bee Records was a record label started by Joe Averbach in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.The label is notable for recording The Del-Vikings hit "Come Go With Me" in 1957.Other Del-Viking songs recorded on the Fee Bee label include "How Can I Find True Love," "Whispering Bells", "I'm Spinning", and "You Say You Love Me." "Come Go With Me" was quickly released to Dot Records for national ...
This is a list of doo-wop musicians. Contents: Top 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A The Accents The Ad Libs The Alley Cats Lee Andrews ...
Between 1957 and 1959, he was a member of The Del-Vikings, [4] singing lead on the 1957 release "Willette". After leaving the group, he was "discovered" by Luther Dixon when he opened for Jackie Wilson at the Apollo Theater. He signed a recording contract with Scepter Records subsidiary Wand Records. [4]
The Del-Vikings; The Dells; The Delicates; Jackie DeShannon; Devo; Neil Diamond; The Diamonds; Dick and Dee Dee; Dino, Desi & Billy; Dion and the Belmonts; Dion DiMucci (solo) Disco-Tex and the Sex-O-Lettes; Dokken; Dolenz, Jones, Boyce & Hart; Fats Domino; Troy Donahue; Bo Donaldson and The Heywoods; Donovan; The Doors; Ronnie Dove; The ...
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"Come Go with Me" is a song written by C. E. Quick (a.k.a. Clarence Quick), an original member (bass vocalist) of the American doo-wop vocal group the Del-Vikings. [1] The song was originally recorded by The Del-Vikings (lead singer Norman Wright) in 1956 but not released until July 1957 on the Luniverse LP Come Go with the Del Vikings. The ...
Backus was born on Long Island and started his music career with the Del-Vikings, the first notable doo-wop group with both black and white members which had two Billboard Hot 100 Top Ten hits. After he was stationed as an Airman in the U.S. Air Force at Wiesbaden Air Base in 1957, Backus had to leave The Del-Vikings and started singing ...