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.
21 (There'll Be Bluebirds Over) the White Cliffs of Dover
22 Down in Bermuda
23 I'm Sitting on Top of the World
24 When I Come Home
25 I'm Spinning
26 Your Book of Life
27 Snowbound
28 Willette
29 Woke Up This Morning
- Disc 2 -
1 Oh Tonight
2 The Big Beat
3 That's Why (I Love You So)
4 Oh Baby I Love You
5 Oh Baby (I Need Your Kisses)
6 There I Go (Falling in Love Again)
7 String Along
8 The Voodoo Man
9 Can't Wait
10 Down By the Stream
11 Margeritte
12 You Cheated
13 Pretty Little Things Called Girls
14 How Could You
15 Flat Tire
16 The Sun
17 Pistol Packin' Mama
18 Understand
19 I'll Never Stop Crying
20 Bring Back Your Heart
21 I Hear Bells (Wedding Bells)
22 Don't Get Slick on Me
23 Kiss Me
24 Face the Music
25 The Big Silence
26 One More River to Cross
27 Confession of Love
28 Kilimanjaro
29 It's Too Late
30 An Angel Up in Heaven
31 The Fishing Chant (Te Manu Pukarua)
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.