Johnson's Dot group had an extra advantage-he had been discharged from the USAF and his group could tour freely, while the original group needed to seek military leave in order to tour. Only one single was released from these Luniverse overdubs-"Somewhere Over The Rainbow"/ "Hey Senorita". The overdubbed demo was included as a track on an eight-song album subsequently released by Luniverse. Johnson also sang lead vocals on the B-side "Don't Be A Fool".Īround this time, some old Fee Bee demo tracks had been sold to an up-and-coming record company, Luniverse, who overdubbed a backing track on these a capella songs, which included an early version of "Come Go with Me".
"Whispering Bells" was featured in the 1986 film Stand by Me and was included in the film's soundtrack. (The Dot label referred to Johnson as "Krips Johnson". The Dell-Vikings also released " Whispering Bells" in May of 1957, with Kripp Johnson singing lead vocals. This group recorded the Kripp Johnson-led " I'm Spinning", billing themselves as the Dell-Vikings. Kripp Johnson constructed a new group with the returning Don Jackson, Chuck Jackson, Arthur Budd, and Ed Everette. The original group replaced Johnson with Quick's friend William Blakely and recorded the Backus-led song "Cool Shake". Johnson, who was still bound to Fee Bee/Dot, stayed, thus creating two Del-Vikings groups. In 1957, under the direction of their manager, Alan Strauss, they left to record at Mercury Records. Having signed the contract as minors, they had the right to be released from it. Split Īll of the group members, other than Kripp Johnson, were under 21 when they signed their recording contract with Fee Bee (a tiny Pittsburgh label, which was later distributed by Dot Records). 447 on its list of the 500 greatest songs of all time. Rolling Stone listed "Come Go With Me" as no. The song was later featured in the films American Graffiti (1973), Diner (1982), Stand by Me (1986), Joe Versus the Volcano (1990), and Set It Up (2018). It sold over one million copies and was awarded a gold disc. The song became a hit, peaking at #5 on the Billboard Top 100 chart. In late January 1957, Dot Records re-released "Come Go With Me" as Dot 45-15538. Their first hit came in 1957 with " Come Go with Me", released on Fee Bee Records as catalog number FB-205. The name may also have originated from the popular Viking Press, publisher of paperbacks that group members liked to read. Some sources say that the band members had read about Vikings with the prefix "Del" being "added to give the group name an air of mystery." Another suggestion is that Clarence Quick had known of a basketball team in Brooklyn, New York, called the Vikings and had suggested the name. The band's name was created by Clarence Quick. Shortly after, Don Jackson left the band and was replaced by Gus Backus, the group's second white member. Wright had started a group with Lawrence "Prince" Lloyd called The Valverteens from Amarillo Air Force Base, Texas, before joining The Del-Vikings.
They were replaced by baritone David Lerchey, the group's first white member, and tenor Norman Wright. This happened soon after the group's forming when Paterson and Robertson were sent to Germany. Because all of the members were in the armed forces, the group constantly ran the risk of being disrupted by members being stationed in other places. The Del-Vikings were formed in 1955 by members of the United States Air Force stationed in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with Clarence Quick, Kripp Johnson, Don Jackson, Samuel Paterson, Bernard Robertson and guitarist Joe Lopes.
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