The Dells’ Cadet years went on to contain several more major hits, after which they recorded for Mercury, ABC and other labels, logging their final chart entry in 1992.
It also gave the group what was, lamentably, their only UK singles chart entry, reaching No. ‘I Can Sing A Rainbow/Love Is Blue’ entered the R&B chart at No. ‘L’Amour Est Bleu’ was Anglicised by lyricist Brian Blackburn, and the Dells gave it their impassioned and deeply soulful treatment as part of their Cadet medley. It was a medley of ‘I Can Sing A Rainbow’ - popularised by in the 1955 film Pete Kelly’s Blues and covered thereafter by Andy Williams, Cilla Black and others - and ‘Love Is Blue.’ The history of the latter song included selection as Luxembourg’s 1967 Eurovision Song Contest entry, sung by Vicky Leandros as ‘L’Amour Est Bleu.’ For the record, it finished fourth, in the year that the UK’s Sandie Shaw was triumphant with ‘Puppet On A String.’ The song was covered as an instrumental by French orchestra leader Paul Mauriat, who took it all the way to No. Just before the revival of ‘Oh, What A Night,’ as it was now spelt, the Dells entered Billboard’s Bestselling Rhythm & Blues Singles chart on with. And what years they were, including the remarkable achievement of landing soul chart-toppers with remakes of both of those Vee-Jay hits. But the group returned to Chess in 1966 under the auspices of its Cadet label, which would be their home for eight years. The first hit version of ‘Oh What A Nite,’ and the charming follow-up ‘Stay In My Corner,’ had been on Vee-Jay. 1s, and considerable pop crossover success. A year later, they made their record debut on Checker, the Chess subsidiary, but it wasn’t until 1956 that they hit paydirt with the glorious ‘Oh What A Nite.’ We’re remembering a track from their heyday of the late ’60s, a decade that brought them a dozen more R&B chart entries, two of them No. The history of soul vocal stylists the Dells started in 1952, when they were formed in high school in Harvey, Illinois. Two of those, and, were debuting in their entirety for the first time anywhere, and 38 of the bonus tracks included had also previously gone unreleased. The packaging noted that it includes 67 albums that have been remastered, several of which were being made available on for the first time. Length 47: 25: 00 chronology (2017) The Voice of Romance: The Columbia Original Album Collection (2017) The Voice of Romance: The Columbia Original Album Collection is a 68-disc by American pop singer that was released on December 8, 2017, by, a division of.» Forums » Keyboard Magazine Forums » The Keyboard Corner » Love Is Blue Register User Forum List Calendar FAQ of 2.
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