Does anyone know anything about the DelVikings?

[EstimatedProphet]

Like the song "Come and Go"?

[HEyHEY]

1. Dum dum dum dum dum be do be dum

Wa wa wa waaaaa--aaaa

[flamingyouth]

2. Behold the almighty online All-Music Guide

I must check this thing at least five times a week, I swear. I love it.:hi:
http://allmusic.com/

[Dees]

3. Whispering Bells....a classic

[SmileyBoy]

4. Comma-dooby-dum-dum-dum-dum-duuuum....

Comma-dooby-dum-dum-dum-dum-duuuum....

[H2O Man]

5. "Come Go With Me"

Performed on the Ed Sullivan Shoe: "Love, love me, darlin'
Come and go with me...."
Lezra Martin, the young man from the book "Lazarus & the Hurricane" and the movie "The Hurricane" was the son of Earl Martin, of the Del Vikings.

[OneBlueSky]

6. here ya go . . .

http://www.destinationdoowop.com/delvikings.htm

"Dom, dom, dom, dom, dom-dee-doobie, dom......" Probably the most familar phrase in all of doo-wop and maybe music fromt the 1950's. A phrase created by the legendary Del Vikings (also spelled Dell-Vikings and Del-Vikings) - one of the most successful doo-wop groups of all time. Unlike many other original groups, the Del Vikings had two big hits and continued staying power for years. They recorded dozens of records. However, after tasting initial success, the group later struggled to overcome internal strife which ended up keeping them from reaching even greater success. This is the story of one of the most popular and interesting group harmony artists.

The Del Vikings were one of the first rhythm and blues groups to take elements of rock and roll and introduce it to the musical format of doo-wop. They successfully blended the rock and roll sound into doo-wop without destroying the rhythm and blues sould of doo-wop. This is evident on many of their records like Come Go With Me and Whispering Bells and why they are considered to be real ground breakers in the world of group harmony. It probably also explains their wide-ranging appeal both in the original days of doo-wop and now.

The group formed in 1955 at 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 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. By that time, they were starting to attract local attention, most notably from disc jockey Barry Kaye in Pittsburgh who wanted to record them. Although historians are not completely sure, their name probably came from stories the group members had been reading about Vikings and the word “Del” added to give the group name an air of mystery. It may also have come from the the publisher of some of the paperbacks that the group members liked to read - the Viking Press.

- more . . .

http://www.destinationdoowop.com/delvikings.htm