Dick & Dee Dee
Biography
A difficult-to-categorize male-female duo from L.A., Dick & Dee Dee had pretty fair success with material that drew from doo wop, teen idol fare, pop, and even soul/R&B in the first half of the 1960s. The pair's biggest and best hit was their first, the moody, minor-key mid-tempo ballad "The Mountain's High," which reached number two in 1961. Much of their material (including "The Mountain's High") was written by Dick (full name Dick St. John), and the high, screechy (in a positive sense) vocals of Dee Dee in particular led some listeners to incorrectly assume they were black. They reached the Top 30 with a few more pop-oriented follow-ups — "Young and in Love," "Turn Around," and "Tell Me" — in the next couple of years, but got their second biggest smash with their toughest number, the blue-eyed soul-ish "Thou Shalt Not Steal," in 1964. A popular touring act in their day (appearing with the Beach Boys and Rolling Stones among others), they faded from view after the mid-'60s. . A difficult-to-categorize male-female duo from L.A., Dick & Dee Dee had pretty fair success with material that drew from doo wop, teen idol fare, pop, and even soul/R&B in the first half of the 1960s. The pair's biggest and best hit was their first, the moody, minor-key mid-tempo ballad "The Mountain's High," which reached number two in 1961. Much of their material (including "The Mountain's High") was written by Dick (full name Dick St. John), and the high, screechy (in a positive sense) vocals of Dee Dee in particular led some listeners to incorrectly assume they were black. They reached the Top 30 with a few more pop-oriented follow-ups — "Young and in Love," "Turn Around," and "Tell Me" — in the next couple of years, but got their second biggest smash with their toughest number, the blue-eyed soul-ish "Thou Shalt Not Steal," in 1964. A popular touring act in their day (appearing with the Beach Boys and Rolling Stones among others), they faded from view after the mid-'60s.
Top Albums |
1. Thou Shalt N..
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Top Songs |
| Name | Album | Time | Price | |
1. | Mountain's High | Lost Hits of the 60's | 2:15 | $1.29 | |
2. | Mountain's High | Rock & Roll Doo Wop, Vo.. | 2:15 | $0.99 | |
3. | Tell Me | Lost Hits of the 60's, .. | 2:15 | $1.29 | |
4. | Just the Way You Are | Rebirth - EP | 3:23 | $0.99 | |
5. | Stay | Rebirth - EP | 3:44 | $0.99 | |
6. | If I Lose Myself Tonight | Rebirth - EP | 2:28 | $0.99 | |
7. | Next to Me | Rebirth - EP | 3:25 | $0.99 | |
8. | Mountain's High | It's Pop & Doo Wop,.. | 2:17 | $0.99 | |
9. | Young and in Love | Jukebox Hits, Vol. 5 | 2:19 | $0.99 | |
10. | Mountain's High | Heart & Soul of Rock N&.. | 2:12 | $0.99 | |
11. | Sha-La | Doo-Wop Diner 10 | 2:15 | $0.99 | |
12. | Tell Me | Classic Essential Hits, Vol.. | 2:11 | $0.99 | |
13. | Young and in Love | Jukebox & Doo Wop Hits,.. | 2:19 | $0.99 | |
14. | Mountain's High | Great Rock & Roll, Vol... | 2:19 | $0.99 | |
15. | Mountain's High | Hits of 1961, Vol. 1 | 2:18 | $0.99 | |
16. | Tell Me | Doo Wop & Pop Hits, Vol.. | 2:11 | $0.99 | |
17. | Thou Shalt Not Steal | Oldie Hits Vol 3 | 2:01 | $0.99 | |
18. | Young and In Love | Popular Gold Hits, Vol. 4 | 2:21 | $0.99 | |
19. | Remember When | It's Rare Doo Wop Vol 8 | 2:11 | $0.99 | |
20. | Mountain's High | Rock & Roll Pop Vol 1 | 2:20 | $0.99 | |
21. | Tell Me | Rare Rock N' Roll Maste.. | 2:16 | $0.99 | |
22. | Mountains High | Pop Megahits of the 1960.. | 2:12 | $0.99 | |
23. | Thou Shalt Not Steal (Re-Recorded Ve.. | 60's Jukebox Hits - Vol.. | 1:53 | $0.99 | |
24. | Wee-Oop | Thou Shalt Not Steal | 2:02 | $0.69 | |
25. | Where Did the Good Times Go (aka Whe.. | Thou Shalt Not Steal | 2:43 | $0.69 | |