Del-Vikings Collection 1956-62 CD

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.

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 10. Somewhere Over the Rainbow 11. Hey, Senorita 12. Heaven in Paradise 13. I'll Remember 14. Yours 15. I'm Spinning 16. You Say You Love Me 17. Come Along with Me 18. What'cha Gotta Lose 19. Sunday Kind of Love 20. My Foolish Heart 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 30. Oh Tonight 31. The Big Beat 32. That's Why (I Love You So) 33. Oh Baby I Love You 34. Oh Baby (I Need Your Kisses) 35. There I Go (Falling in Love Again) 36. String Along 37. The Voodoo Man 38. Can't Wait 39. Down By the Stream 40. Margeritte 41. You Cheated 42. Pretty Little Things Called Girls 43. How Could You 44. Flat Tire 45. The Sun 46. Pistol Packin' Mama 47. Understand 48. I'll Never Stop Crying 49. Bring Back Your Heart 50. I Hear Bells (Wedding Bells) 51. Don't Get Slick on Me 52. Kiss Me 53. Face the Music 54. The Big Silence 55. One More River to Cross 56. Confession of Love 57. Kilimanjaro 58. It's Too Late 59. An Angel Up in Heaven 60. The Fishing Chant (Te Manu Pukarua)