While serving in Amarillo, he formed a harmony group. Tenor Norman Wright, an 18-year-old Philadelphian, got his start singing pop tunes like "Mule Train" informally on streets and at his Air Force base in Amarillo, Texas. After Paterson and Robertson transferred to Germany, the remaining trio added two substitutes. Two less credible accounts of their naming suggests that they liked paperbacks published by Viking Press or followed a Brooklyn basketball team named the Vikings. The group derived its name from an interest in the Viking navigators of medieval history and appended "Del" to give the name more style.
Quick-began performing at the Pittsburgh Air Force Base camp hall in 1955 and won a base talent contest the next year. The original quintet-first tenor Corinthian "Kripp" Johnson, second tenor Don Jackson, baritones Bernard Robertson and Samuel Paterson, and bass Clarence E. One of the first R&B harmony groups to evolve doo wop from rock 'n' roll, they maintained a distinctive sound that jelled with "Come Go with Me" and "Whispering Bells," two chart-toppers that still appeal to a wide range of listeners. Box 770850, Orlando, FL 32877, phone: (407) 816-8960, fax: (407) 816-8959, e-mail: the most memorable doo wop songsters, the Del Vikings-also spelled Del-Vikings, Dell Vikings, or Dell-Vikings-epitomized the sweet, carefree sound of the 1950s with their phrase "Dom, dom, dom, dom, dom-dee-doobie, dom." While other groups rose and quickly passed into oblivion, the Del Vikings produced dozens of recordings, including two classic hits, and continued performing into 2001. 1944 in Brooklyn, NY) Norman Wright (born on October 31, 1937, in Philadelphia, PA). 1946 in New Albany, IN) Clarence Quick (born c. 1933 in Cambridge, MD died on June 22, 1990, in Pontiac, MI) Dave Lerchey (born c. 1942 in Southhampton, Long Island, NY) Chuck Jackson (born on July 22, 1937, in Winston-Salem, NC) Corinthian "Kripp" Johnson (born c. Members include Donald "Gus" Backus (born c.
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