THE DELLS
JANICE'S BLUES ALLEY PRESENTS
THE DELLS
After nearly four decades of recording an incredible legacy of hits, the Dells have made only one personnel change in their entire professional career. Perhaps that's why the venerable R&B vocal group can boast such a remarkably consistent track record.The quintet from Chicago's south suburbs has weathered stylistic shifts from doo wop and soul to disco and urban contemporary, and every permutation in between. Their harmony remains as striking as ever, with Marvin Junior's earthshaking lead enduring as the group's focal point.
Signing with Vee-Jay in 1955, their creamy vocal blend on "Oh, What a Night" gave the Dells their first major R&B hit the next year, but it would be nearly a decade before they returned to the winner's circle with another dreamy classic, "Stay in My Corner." By then Chicago's R&B sound had changed drastically -- doo wop was dead and soul was king -- but the Dells adapted effortlessly, regularly scaling the charts for the Chess subsidiary Cadet with "There Is," "Always Together," "Give Your Baby a Standing Ovation," and a marathon remake of "Stay in My Corner" that afforded Junior's booming baritone room to roam.
Seemingly an indestructible force (turning up on the R&B charts as recently as 1984), the succinct harmonies of the Dells span entire generations of R&B history. -- Bill Dahl All Music Guide
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Very Best of the Dells (2000)
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01. Oh What A Night 02. Dry Your Eyes 03. Baby Open Up Your Heart 04. Tell The World 05. Zing Zing Zing 06. My Best Girl 07. I'm Calling 08. Dance Dance Dance 09. Now I Pray 10. Time Makes You Change 11. Wedding Day 12. Dreams Of Contentment 13. Jo Jo |
14. I Can't Help Myself
15. She's Just An Angel 16. Q Bop She Bop 17. Restless Days 18. I Wanna Go Home 19. Pain In My Heart 20. Movin' On 21. My Dream 22. Distant Love 23. Why Do You Have To Go 24. It's Not Unusual 25. Stay In My Corner |
Reminiscing (2000)
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01. Dells Welcome/The Love We Had 02. Say That You'll Stay 03. You Were My 911 04. Reminiscing 05. Here 4 U |
06. Corner Cafe 07. The Whole Truth 08. Where Do We Go From Here 09. Baby Come Back 10. I Need You |
Passionate Breezes The Best of 1975-1991 (1995)
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01. A heart is a house for love 02. I touched a dream 03. Whatever turns you on 04. Betcha never been loved like this before 05. Slow motion 06. Stay in my corner 07. All about the paper 08. God helps those who help themselves |
09. Passionate Breezes 10. You don't care 11. Wasted tears 12. Could it be 13. Private property 14. We got to get our thing together 15. All your goodies are gone |
The Dells - I Salute You (40th anniversary, 1992)
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01. I salute you 02. Oh, my love 03. Listen up young brothers 04. I can't help myself 05. Babylon's rising |
06. Closer to you 07. Come and get it 08. I'm only a man 09. Don't go away mad 10. Somebody's gotta move |
Second Time (1988)
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01. Can We Skip That Part 02. You Can Depend on Me 03. My Lady, So Perfect for Me 04. No Win Situation |
05. Hott 06. That's How Heartaches Are Made 07. Thought of You Just a Little Too Much 08. Sweetness |
The Dells - Off The Record (1987)
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01. There is 02. Oh, what a Night 03. Love is blue/I can sing a rainbow 04. Always together 05. Stay in my corner 06. Bring back the love of yesterday |
07. The love we had stays on my mind 08. I wish it was me you loved 09. My pretending days are over 10. Open up my heart 11. Give your baby a standing ovation |
The Dells - Rockin' on Bandstand (compilation 1983)
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01. Jo-jo 02. Zing, zing, zing 03. I can't help myself 04. Dance, dance, dance 05. Baby do 06. Time makes you change 07. Wedding day 08. Oh, what a nite |
09. Come on baby 10. At the Bandstand 11. Cherry pie 12. Swinging teens 13. Baby open up your heart 14. Restless days, sleepless nights 15. I can't dream 16. I wanna go home |
Whatever Turns You on (1981)
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01. Happy Song 02. It Took a Woman Like You 03. Whatever Turns You On 04. How Can We Find the Love We Lost 05. When We Don't Know How It Got Away |
06. Ain't It a Shame 07. Heaven's Just a Step Away 08. Is It It? 09. Stay in My Corner |
I Touched A Dream (1980)
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01. So you are love 02. All about the paper 03. Passionate breezes 04. I touched a dream |
05. Just a little love 06. Look at us now 07. Your song |
Face to Face (1979)
New Beginnings (1978)
They Said It Could't Be Done But We Did It (1977)
Love Connection (1977)
No Way Back (1976)
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01. West Virginia symphony 02. When does the lovin' start 03. I'll make you my girl 04. Life is the time 05. Ain't no black and white in music |
06. No way back 07. Too late for love 08. You're the greatest adventure 10. Slow motion |
The Dells Greatest Hits (1975)
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01. Learning to love you was easy 02. If it ain't one thing it's another 03. The love we had (stays on my mind) 04. My pretending days are over 05. I can sing a rainbow/love is blue 06. Bring back the love of yesterday |
07. Run for cover 08. Hi diddley dee dum dum (it's a good, good feeling) 09. Give your baby a standing ovation 10. Good-bye Mary Ann 11. Oh, what a night |
We Got To Get Our Thing Together (1975)
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01. We got to get our thing together 02. Strike up the band 03. Reminiscing 04. I'll be waiting there for you 05. Thank God you're my lady |
06. Love is missing from our lives (w/Dramatics) 07. Overnight (something so right went so wrong) 08. Gotta get home to my baby 09. The power of love 10. You don't care |
The Mighty Mighty Dells (1974)
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01. Bring back the love of yesterday 02. Sweeter as the days go by 03. Bonified fool 04. Since I've been in love 05. Learning to love you was easy |
06. The way we were 07. Be for real with me 08. Nothing can stop me 09. That special someone 10. If you really love your girl (show her) |
Give Your Baby a Standing Ovation (1973)
Sweet As Funk Can Be (1972)
Come Together (1971)
Freedom Means (1971)
Oh, What a Night (1970)
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01. (You Bring Out) The Best in Me 02. Changed Man 03. Face to Face 04. Hooked on Loving You 05. Oh, What a Night |
06. Pain in My Heart 07. Please Don't Change Me 08. Wrapped up Tight 09. Super Woman 10. Choosing up on You |
Like It Is, Like It Was (1970)
The Dells (1969)
Love Is Blue (1969)
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01. Love is blue 02. Oh what a night 03. Dock of the bay 04. A little understanding 05. One mint julep |
06. A Whiter Shade Of Pale 07. A Summer Place 08. The Glory Of Love 09. Honey 10. Wichita Lineman/ By The Time I Get To Phoenix |
There Is (1968)
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01. There is 02. Stay in my corner 03. Wear it on your face 04. Please don't change me now 05. Show me 06. The changes we go through for love |
07. Higher and higher 08. Close your eyes 09. Run for cover 10. Love is so simple 11. When I'm in your arms 12. O-o , I love you |
Stay in My Corner (1968)
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01. Stay in My Corner 02. Always Together 03. Sing a Rainbow 04. Love Is Blue 05. Oh, What a Night |
It's Not Unusual (1965)
