1. Whispering Bells
2. How Can I Find True Love
3. I'm Spinning
4. A Sunday Kind Of Love
5. I Want To Marry You
6. When I Come Home
7. Watching The Moon
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Side 1-1 , 1-4 , 2-4 : Norman Wright
Side 1-2 , 1-7 , 2-1 , 2-2 , 2-3 , 2-6 : Kripp Johnson
Side 1-3 : Joey Biscoe
Side 1-5 , 2-5 , 2-7 : Chuck Jackson
Side 1-6 : Frank Joseph
Dee Jay JDJX-LP 2060 "Del Vikings Swinging, Swinging Record Session"
The Del Vikings [1986]
Dee Jay Schallplatten GmbH
Cover Photo : clockwise from top
Kripp Johnson,David Lerchey,Norman Wright,Gus Backus
middle - Clarence Quick,1957
Side 1
Label Catalogue #
Release Date
1. The Big Beat
2. Oh Tonight
3. That's Why (I Love You So)
4. What You Have Done To Me
5. The Voodoo Man
6. Oh I Love You
7. Oh Baby
8. Friendly Moon
1. A Meeting Of The Eyes
2. There I Go (Falling In Love Again)
3. Nobody's Kisses But Yours
4. String Along
5. Pretty Little Things Called Girls
6. Heaven On Earth
7. The Bells
8. You Are Invited
※1:Harlem Hitparade LP HHP-5009,1973
※2:Dee Jay JDJX-LP 2060,1986
<leads>
Side 1-1 : Gus Backus
Side 1-2 : Norman Wright / David Lerchey
Side 1-5 : Clarence Quick
Side 1-6 : William Blakely
Side 2-5 : Norman Wright
Side 2-6 , 2-8 : Kripp Johnson
Dee Jay JDJX-LP 2063 "Del Vikings They Sing...The Swing"
The Del Vikings [1987]
Dee Jay Schallplatten GmbH
Side 1
Label Catalogue #
Release Date
1. A Sunday Kind Of Love
2. Come Along With Me
3. Yours
4. Down In Bermuda
5. I'm Sittin' On Top Of The World
6. The White Cliffs Of Dover
7. You Cheated
<leads>
Side 1-1 , 1-2 , 1-5 , 2-1 : Gus Backus
Side 1-3 , 1-6 , 2-2 , 2-4 , 2-5 : Norman Wright
Side 1-4 , 2-3 : Kripp Johnson
Side 1-7 , 2-6 : William Blakely
Pine 99 "Presenting The New ... Del Vikings"
The Del Vikings
Manufactured In Sweden
Cover Photo : left to right
Doug White,Ritzy Lee,Willie Glenn,Billy Woodruff,Kripp Johnson,1960
Side 1
Label Catalogue #
Release Date
1. I Hear Bells (Wedding Bells)
2. I'll Never Stop Crying
3. Face The Music
4. Too Many Miles
5. We Three
6. One More River To Cross
7. Kilimanjaro
8. Don't Get Slick On Me
1. The Sun
2. Bring Back Your Heart
3. An Angel Up In Heaven
4. Confession Of Love
5. Kiss Me
6. The Big Silence
7. Sorcerer's Apprentice
8. Pistol Packin' Mama
<leads>
Side 1-1 , 1-2 , 1-4 , 1-5 , 1-6 , 1-7 , 2-3 , 2-7 : Kripp Johnson
Side 1-3 , 2-2 , 2-4 , 2-6 : Willie Glenn
Side 1-8 , 2-5 : Ritzy Lee
Side 2-1 : Doug White / Billy Woodruff
Side 2-8 : Ritzy Lee / Willie Glenn
ずいぶん昔の話になりますが,日本で放送された米国テレビシリーズ ”The Midnight Special” なる深夜番組があって,このとき出演した
”The Del Viking” のライブパフォーマンス ”Come Go With Me” が とても印象に残っています.この番組には,たしか
”The Penguins” も出演していたように記憶しています.テレビ番組の話はさておき, ”The Del Vikings” に関する資料は,1979年に発刊されたDooWop/R&B研究誌
"Treasure Chest Of Musty Dusties” (権藤陽一郎氏編集)のNo.4に ”Come Go With The
Del Vikings” という秀逸な特集記事がありました.最も新しい資料は,“Marv Goldberg” のウェブサイト ”The Del
Vikings” (2011年)が参考になります.このウェブサイトにもある通り,"The Del Vikings",“The
Del-Vikings”, "The Dell Vikings","The Dell-Vikings"
などの名前が存在する複雑な経歴を持ったグループ.“Marv Goldberg” の資料は,長文で少し分かりにくいので,時系列的にメンバーの変遷と転機となった出来事を整理してみました.
The 4 Deuces
(+) Kripp Johnson (first tenor)
(+) Samuel Patterson (first tenor)
(+) Donald Jackson (baritone)
(+) Clarence Quick (bass)
11/1955
The Del Vikings
Kripp Johnson (first tenor)
Samuel Patterson (first tenor)
(+) David Lerchey (second tenor/baritone)
Donald Jackson (baritone)
Clarence Quick (bass)
(+) Joe Lopes (guitar)
1956
The Del Vikings
Kripp Johnson (first tenor)
David Lerchey (second tenor/baritone)
(+) Norman Wright (baritone)
Donald Jackson (baritone)
Clarence Quick (bass)
Joe Lopes (guitar)
(-) Samuel Patterson (first tenor)
10/1956
"Come Go With Me"
(a cappella)
Date
Ⅱ.The Fee Bee Group
Release Date/Songs
12/1956
The Del Vikings
Kripp Johnson (first tenor)
Norman Wright (first tenor)
David Lerchey (second tenor/baritone)
Donald Jackson (baritone)
Clarence Quick (bass)
Joe Lopes (guitar)
12/1956
"Come Go With Me"
<Fee Bee Records>
2/1957
The Del Vikings
Kripp Johnson (tenor)
Norman Wright (tenor)
(+) Gus Backus (tenor)
David Lerchey (baritone)
Clarence Quick (bass)
Joe Lopes (guitar)
The Del Vikings
Norman Wright (tenor)
Gus Backus (tenor)
(+) William Blakely (tenor)
David Lerchey (baritone)
Clarence Quick (bass)
Joe Lopes (guitar)
(ー) Kripp Johnson (tenor)
5/1957
"Cool Shake"
<Mercury Records>
8/1957
The Del Vikings
Norman Wright (tenor)
William Blakely (tenor)
David Lerchey (baritone)
Joe Lopes (second tenor/baritone)
Clarence Quick (bass)
(ー) Gus Backus (first tenor)
The Dell-Vikings
(*) Kripp Johnson (first tenor)
(+) Chuck Jackson (first tenor)
(+) Arthur Budd (second tenor)
(*) Donald Jackson (baritone)
(+) Edward Everette
(baritone/bass)
7/1957
"Luniverse LP-1000"
2/1958
The Versatiles
(Pittsburgh,Pa.)
(+) Sonny Day (lead)
(+) Jerry Sheely (lead)
Kripp Johnson (first tenor)
Chuck Jackson (first tenor)
Arthur Budd (second tenor)
Donald Jackson (baritone)
Edward Everette (baritone/bass)
(The Versatiles is actually
The Dell-Vikings)
7/1958
The Del Vikings
(*) Kripp Johnson (first tenor)
Norman Wright (tenor)
David Lerchey (baritone)
Joe Lopes (second tenor/baritone)
Clarence Quick (bass)
(ー) William Blakely (tenor)
Date
Ⅴ.The New Del Vikings
Release Date/Songs
1960
The Del Vikings
Kripp Johnson (tenor)
(+) Billy Woodruff (tenor)
(+) Willie Glenn (tenor)
(+) Ritzy Lee (second tenor/baritone)
(+) Doug White (bass)
Clarence Quick (bass)
1957年7月,ピッツバーグのDJ ”Barry Kaye” の地下室で録音されたアカペラのオーディション・テープが浮上, "Luniverse
Records" は "Come Go With Me" を含むアカペラのトラックに演奏をオーバーダビングしてリリース.このLPレコード(Luniverse
LP-1000)は,"Dot Records" から訴えられ,市場から排除された.
Come Go With Me - The Del Vikings (Live, 1973)
URL _ https://youtu.be/32OyBMNeDvg
"The Midnight Special" の "The Del Vikings" は,1973年でしたか... なんとも懐かしい映像をアップロードしていただき感謝の限りです."The
Del Vikings" のメンバーは,左から "Billy Woodruff","Ritzy Lee",
"Clarence Quick","Kripp Johnson".キーボードは,"Terry
Young" とあります.司会は,確かに "Jerry Lee Lewis" でした.