The Del-Vikings were a doowop and R&B vocal group whose hugely promising career was blighted by contractual and other personnel issues but who had major landmark R&B and pop hits like "Come Go With Me", "Whispering Bells" and "Cool Shake" along the way. As Bruce Eder writes at www. Allmusic. com "the story of the Dell-Vikings is one of the most glorious, complicated, and frustrating of any successful doo wop group in music history". The group consisted of serving members of the US Air Force, who shot to fame with their 1957 R&B No. 2 and pop No. 4 "Come Go With Me", which has become a much-played favourite. Subsequent management issues and fractures even resulted at one stage in two different incarnations of the group performing simultaneously. However, having had further hits they remained active into the '60s, and this great-value 60-track collection brings together A & B sides of their releases for a variety of labels - Fee Bee, Dot, Mercury, Luniverse, Alpine, Starr & ABC-Paramount - plus selected titles from their Luniverse album "The Del-Vikings" and their Mercury albums "They Sing... They Swing - Del Vikings" and "The Swinging, Singing Del Vikings Record Session". It naturally includes their hits, which along with their varied work across the years, ranging from pure doowop through to rock & roll and arrangements of Great American Songbook standards, underline the fact that they were one of the most talented outfits in the genre.
The Del-Vikings were a doowop and R&B vocal group whose hugely promising career was blighted by contractual and other personnel issues but who had major landmark R&B and pop hits like "Come Go With Me", "Whispering Bells" and "Cool Shake" along the way. As Bruce Eder writes at www. Allmusic. com "the story of the Dell-Vikings is one of the most glorious, complicated, and frustrating of any successful doo wop group in music history". The group consisted of serving members of the US Air Force, who shot to fame with their 1957 R&B No. 2 and pop No. 4 "Come Go With Me", which has become a much-played favourite. Subsequent management issues and fractures even resulted at one stage in two different incarnations of the group performing simultaneously. However, having had further hits they remained active into the '60s, and this great-value 60-track collection brings together A & B sides of their releases for a variety of labels - Fee Bee, Dot, Mercury, Luniverse, Alpine, Starr & ABC-Paramount - plus selected titles from their Luniverse album "The Del-Vikings" and their Mercury albums "They Sing... They Swing - Del Vikings" and "The Swinging, Singing Del Vikings Record Session". It naturally includes their hits, which along with their varied work across the years, ranging from pure doowop through to rock & roll and arrangements of Great American Songbook standards, underline the fact that they were one of the most talented outfits in the genre.
824046325527

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Format: CD
Label: ACROBAT
Rel. Date: 07/06/2018
UPC: 824046325527

Collection 1956-62
Artist: The Del-Vikings
Format: CD
New: Available to Order 16.99
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CD
$16.99
DISC: 1

1. Come Go with Me
2. How Can I Find True Love
3. What Made Maggie Run
4. When I Come Home
5. Little Billy Boy
6. Whispering Bells
7. Don't Be a Fool
8. Cool Shake
9. Jitterbug Mary 1
10. Somewhere Over the Rainbow 1
11. Hey, Senorita 1
12. Heaven in Paradise 1
13. I'll Remember 1
14. Yours 1
15. I'm Spinning 1
16. You Say You Love Me 1
17. Come Along with Me 1
18. What'cha Gotta Lose 1
19. Sunday Kind of Love 2
20. My Foolish Heart 2
21. (There'll Be Bluebirds Over) the White Cliffs of Dover 2
22. Down in Bermuda 2
23. I'm Sitting on Top of the World 2
24. When I Come Home 2
25. I'm Spinning 2
26. Your Book of Life 2
27. Snowbound 2
28. Willette 2
29. Woke Up This Morning 3
30. Oh Tonight 3
31. The Big Beat 3
32. That's Why (I Love You So) 3
33. Oh Baby I Love You 3
34. Oh Baby (I Need Your Kisses) 3
35. There I Go (Falling in Love Again) 3
36. String Along 3
37. The Voodoo Man 3
38. Can't Wait 3
39. Down By the Stream 4
40. Margeritte 4
41. You Cheated 4
42. Pretty Little Things Called Girls 4
43. How Could You 4
44. Flat Tire 4
45. The Sun 4
46. Pistol Packin' Mama 4
47. Understand 4
48. I'll Never Stop Crying 4
49. Bring Back Your Heart 5
50. I Hear Bells (Wedding Bells) 5
51. Don't Get Slick on Me 5
52. Kiss Me 5
53. Face the Music 5
54. The Big Silence 5
55. One More River to Cross 5
56. Confession of Love 5
57. Kilimanjaro 5
58. It's Too Late 5
59. An Angel Up in Heaven 6
60. The Fishing Chant (Te Manu Pukarua)

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The Del-Vikings were a doowop and R&B vocal group whose hugely promising career was blighted by contractual and other personnel issues but who had major landmark R&B and pop hits like "Come Go With Me", "Whispering Bells" and "Cool Shake" along the way. As Bruce Eder writes at www. Allmusic. com "the story of the Dell-Vikings is one of the most glorious, complicated, and frustrating of any successful doo wop group in music history". The group consisted of serving members of the US Air Force, who shot to fame with their 1957 R&B No. 2 and pop No. 4 "Come Go With Me", which has become a much-played favourite. Subsequent management issues and fractures even resulted at one stage in two different incarnations of the group performing simultaneously. However, having had further hits they remained active into the '60s, and this great-value 60-track collection brings together A & B sides of their releases for a variety of labels - Fee Bee, Dot, Mercury, Luniverse, Alpine, Starr & ABC-Paramount - plus selected titles from their Luniverse album "The Del-Vikings" and their Mercury albums "They Sing... They Swing - Del Vikings" and "The Swinging, Singing Del Vikings Record Session". It naturally includes their hits, which along with their varied work across the years, ranging from pure doowop through to rock & roll and arrangements of Great American Songbook standards, underline the fact that they were one of the most talented outfits in the genre.

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