The Del Vikings – Come Go With The Vikings: 1956-61

Vinyl LP pressing. The Del-Vikings were the first successful integrated doo-wop vocal group whose hugely promising career was blighted by contractual and personnel issues. Despite this they 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 - namely The 'Del'-Vikings and The 'Dell'-Vikings to add to the confusion. However, having had further hits they remained active into the '60s. This great LP collection brings together their best releases for a variety of labels - 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 doo-wop through to rock 'n' roll and arrangements of Great American Songbook standards, underline the fact that they were one of the most talented doo-wop groups of the time.

1. Come Go with Me
2. How Can I Find True Love
3. When I Come Home
4. Whispering Bells
5. Don't Be a Fool
6. Cool Shake
7. Somewhere Over the Rainbow
8. I'm Spinning
9. Come Along with Me
10. I'm Sitting on Top of the World
11. Oh Tonight
12. Pretty Little THNGS Called Girls
13. Flat Tire
14. The Sun
15. I Hear Bells (Wedding Bells)
16. Confession of Love
17. An Angel Up in Heaven

Label: Acrobat

Catalog: 1631

Genre: Soul/R & B