The Dells discography
Encyclopedia
This is the discography documenting album
s and singles
released by American
R&B
/soul
vocal group The Dells
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Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
s and singles
Single (music)
In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...
released by American
United States
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R&B
Rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues, often abbreviated to R&B, is a genre of popular African American music that originated in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans, at a time when "urbane, rocking, jazz based music with a...
/soul
Soul music
Soul music is a music genre originating in the United States combining elements of gospel music and rhythm and blues. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of...
vocal group The Dells
The Dells
The Dells are an R&B and crossover musical group. Their successful recordings spanned more than four decades. Formed in 1952 after attending high school together, the Dells' repertoire has included doo-wop, jazz, soul, disco and contemporary rhythm and blues...
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Studio albums
| Year | Album | Chart positions | Record label | |||
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| US Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
US R&B Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999... |
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| 1959 | Oh, What a Nite | — | — | Vee-Jay Vee-Jay Records Vee-Jay Records is a record label founded in the 1950s, specializing in blues, jazz, rhythm and blues and rock and roll. It was owned and operated by African Americans.-History:... |
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| 1965 | It's Not Unusual | — | — | |||
| 1968 | There Is | 29 | 14 | Cadet Cadet Records Cadet Records was started as Argo Records in 1955 as the jazz subsidiary of Chess Records. Argo changed its name in 1965 to Cadet to avoid confusion with the similarly named label in the UK... |
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| 1969 | Musical Menu | 146 | 9 | |||
| Love Is Blue | 54 | 3 | ||||
| 1970 | Like It Is, Like It Was | 126 | 7 | |||
| 1971 | Freedom Means | 81 | 4 | |||
| 1972 | The Dells Sing Dionne Warwicke's Greatest Hits | 162 | 32 | |||
| Sweet as Funk Can Be | — | 33 | ||||
| 1973 | Give Your Baby a Standing Ovation | 99 | 10 | |||
| The Dells | 202 | 15 | ||||
| 1974 | The Dells vs. The Dramatics The Dramatics The Dramatics are an American soul music vocal group, formed in Detroit, Michigan in 1962. They are best known for their 1970s hit songs "In the Rain" and "Whatcha See is Whatcha Get", both of which were #1 R&B and Top 10 Pop hits.-Career:The Dramatics originally formed in 1962 recording as the... |
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| The Mighty Mighty Dells | 114 | 13 | ||||
| 1975 | We Got to Get Our Thing Together | 207 | 31 | |||
| 1976 | No Way Back | — | 47 | Mercury Mercury Records Mercury Records is a record label operating as a standalone company in the UK and as part of the Island Def Jam Motown Music Group in the US; both are subsidiaries of Universal Music Group. There is also a Mercury Records in Australia, which is a local artist and repertoire division of Universal... |
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| 1977 | They Said It Couldn't Be Done, But We Did It! | 208 | 40 | |||
| 1978 | Love Connection | 204 | 45 | |||
| New Beginnings | 169 | 55 | ABC ABC Records ABC Records was an American record label, founded in New York City in 1955 as ABC-Paramount Records. It originated as the main popular music label operated the Am-Par Record Corporation, the music subsidiary of the American Broadcasting Company . ABC-Paramount Records' first president was Samuel H.... |
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| 1979 | Face to Face | 203 | 71 | |||
| 1980 | I Touched a Dream | 137 | 23 | 20th Century Fox 20th Century Records 20th Century Fox Records, also known as 20th Fox Records and 20th Century Records, was a subsidiary of film studio 20th Century Fox.-History:It began in 1958 as 20th Fox Records. In 1963, 20th Fox Records became 20th Century-Fox Records... |
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| 1981 | Whatever Turns You On | — | — | |||
| 1984 | One Step Closer | — | 49 | Private I Columbia Records Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company... |
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| 1989 | The Second Time | — | 92 | Veteran Urgent! Records Urgent! Records was a record company owned by Tim Whitsett, based in Jackson, MS, and distributed by Atlanta based Ichiban Records.Label founder Whitsett produced albums for singer Jerry Butler and longtime associate Tommy Tate... |
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| 1992 | I Salute You | — | — | Philadelphia Int'l Philadelphia International Records Philadelphia International Records is a record label founded by writer-producers, Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff in 1971. It was famous for showcasing the sub-genre of Philadelphia soul music and released a string of worldwide hits during the decade.-History:... |
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| 2000 | Reminiscing | — | — | Volt Stax Records Stax Records is an American record label, originally based in Memphis, Tennessee.Founded in 1957 as Satellite Records, the name Stax Records was adopted in 1961. The label was a major factor in the creation of the Southern soul and Memphis soul music styles, also releasing gospel, funk, jazz, and... |
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| 2002 | Open Up My Heart: The 9/11 Album | — | — | Devine | ||
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Compilation albums
| Year | Album | Chart positions | Record label | |||
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| US Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
US R&B Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999... |
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| 1969 | Greatest Hits | 102 | 9 | Cadet Cadet Records Cadet Records was started as Argo Records in 1955 as the jazz subsidiary of Chess Records. Argo changed its name in 1965 to Cadet to avoid confusion with the similarly named label in the UK... |
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| 1975 | Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 | 210 | 47 | |||
| 1992 | On Their Corner: The Best of the Dells | — | — | Chess Chess Records Chess Records was an American record label based in Chicago, Illinois. It specialized in blues, R&B, soul, gospel music, early rock and roll, and occasional jazz releases.... |
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| 1993 | Dreams of Contentment | — | — | Vee-Jay Vee-Jay Records Vee-Jay Records is a record label founded in the 1950s, specializing in blues, jazz, rhythm and blues and rock and roll. It was owned and operated by African Americans.-History:... |
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| 1994 | Oh, What a Night | — | — | MCA MCA Records MCA Records was an American-based record company owned by MCA Inc., which later gave way to the larger MCA Music Entertainment Group , of which MCA Records was still part. MCA Records was absorbed by Geffen Records in 2003... |
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| 1995 | Passionate Breezes: The Best of the Dells 1975-1991 | — | — | Mercury Mercury Records Mercury Records is a record label operating as a standalone company in the UK and as part of the Island Def Jam Motown Music Group in the US; both are subsidiaries of Universal Music Group. There is also a Mercury Records in Australia, which is a local artist and repertoire division of Universal... |
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| 1996 | Bring Back the Love: Classic Dells Soul | — | — | Chess | ||
| 1998 | Oh What a Night! The Great Ballads | — | — | MCA | ||
| 1999 | Anthology | — | — | Hip-O Hip-O Records Hip-O Records is a record label, currently part of Universal Music Group, which specializes in reissues and compilations. Their Hip-O Select label is currently in the midst of releasing the Complete Motown Singles, a series of fourteen box sets which include both sides of every 45 from Motown... |
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| 2000 | The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Dells | — | — | Chess | ||
| 2001 | The Best of the Dells | — | — | PolyGram PolyGram PolyGram was the name of the major label recording company started by Philips from as a holding company for its music interests in 1945. In 1999 it was sold to Seagram and merged into Universal Music Group.-Hollandsche Decca Distributie , 1929-1950:... |
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| 2004 | Ultimate Collection | — | — | Hip-O | ||
| 2007 | Standing Ovation: The Very Best of the Dells | — | — | Chess | ||
| The Best of the Vee-Jay Years | — | — | Shout! Factory Shout! Factory Shout! Factory is an entertainment company founded in 2003 that was started by Richard Foos , Bob Emmer and Garson Foos initially as a specialty music label... |
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Singles
| Year | Single | Chart positions | |||||
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| US Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
US R&B Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,... |
UK UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
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| 1955 | "Tell the World" | — | — | — | |||
| "Zing, Zing, Zing" | — | — | — | ||||
| 1956 | "Oh What a Nite Oh, What a Night (song) "Oh, What a Night" is a song first recorded by the doo-wop group The Dells and released in 1956, originally under the title "Oh What a Nite". The Dells' recording peaked at number four on the R&B singles chart and was released on the Vee Jay Records label. Re-released in 1969, the song was... " |
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| "I Wanna Go Home" | — | — | — | ||||
| 1957 | "Why Do You Have to Go" | — | — | — | |||
| "A Distant Love" | — | — | — | ||||
| "Pain in My Heart" | — | — | — | ||||
| 1958 | "What You Say Baby" | — | — | — | |||
| "I'm Calling" | — | — | — | ||||
| "My Best Girl" | — | — | — | ||||
| 1959 | "Baby, Open Up Your Heart" | — | — | — | |||
| 1960 | "Oh What a Nite" (re-release) | — | — | — | |||
| 1961 | "Swingin' Teens" | — | — | — | |||
| 1962 | "God Bless the Child God Bless the Child God Bless the Child may refer to:In music:* God Bless the Child , an album by Guerilla Black* God Bless the Child, an album by Kenny Burrell* "God Bless the Child" , covered by many artists... " |
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| "(Bossa Nova) Bird" | 97 | — | — | ||||
| 1963 | "If It Ain't One Thing, It's Another" | — | — | — | |||
| "Goodbye Mary Anne" | — | — | — | ||||
| 1964 | "Shy Girl" | — | — | — | |||
| "Oh, What a Good Nite" | — | — | — | ||||
| 1965 | "Stay in My Corner Stay in My Corner Stay in My Corner is a 1965 soul single by The Dells. It was recorded under the Vee-Jay label and peaked in the top 30 on the R&B singles chart. Three years later, The Dells rerecorded, "Stay in My Corner on the Cadet label and took the new version of the song to number one for three weeks on... " |
122 | 23 | — | |||
| "Hey Sugar (Don't Get Serious)" | — | — | — | ||||
| 1966 | "Thinkin' About You" | — | — | — | |||
| "Over Again" | — | — | — | ||||
| 1967 | "Inspiration" | — | — | — | |||
| "O-O, I Love You" | 61 | 22 | — | ||||
| 1968 | "There Is" | 20 | 11 | — | |||
| "Wear It on Our Face" | 44 | 27 | — | ||||
| "Stay in My Corner Stay in My Corner Stay in My Corner is a 1965 soul single by The Dells. It was recorded under the Vee-Jay label and peaked in the top 30 on the R&B singles chart. Three years later, The Dells rerecorded, "Stay in My Corner on the Cadet label and took the new version of the song to number one for three weeks on... " (re-recorded version) |
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| "Always Together" | 18 | 3 | — | ||||
| "Does Anybody Know I'm Here" | 38 | 15 | — | ||||
| 1969 | "Hallways of My Mind" (A-side) | 92 | 44 | — | |||
| "I Can't Do Enough" (B-side) | 98 | 20 | — | ||||
| "I Can Sing a Rainbow I Can Sing a Rainbow "I Can Sing a Rainbow" is a popular song written by Arthur Hamilton. It was featured in the 1955 film Pete Kelly's Blues where it was sung by Peggy Lee... /Love is Blue" (medley) |
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| "Oh, What a Night Oh, What a Night (song) "Oh, What a Night" is a song first recorded by the doo-wop group The Dells and released in 1956, originally under the title "Oh What a Nite". The Dells' recording peaked at number four on the R&B singles chart and was released on the Vee Jay Records label. Re-released in 1969, the song was... " (re-recorded version) |
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| "On the Dock of the Bay (Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay " The Dock of the Bay" is a song co-written by soul singer Otis Redding and guitarist Steve Cropper. It was first recorded by Otis Redding in 1967, just days before his death. It was released posthumously on Stax Records' Volt label in 1968, becoming the first posthumous number-one single in U.S... " (A-side) |
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| "When I'm in Your Arms" (B-side) | 108 | — | — | ||||
| 1970 | "Oh What a Day | 43 | 10 | — | |||
| "Open Up My Heart" | 51 | 5 | — | ||||
| "Nadine" | — | ||||||
| "Long Lonely Nights" | 74 | 27 | — | ||||
| 1971 | "The Glory of Love" | 92 | 30 | — | |||
| "The Love We Had (Stays on My Mind)" | 30 | 8 | — | ||||
| 1972 | "Oh, My Dear" (A-side) | — | 36 | — | |||
| "It's All Up to You" (B-side) | 94 | 23 | — | ||||
| "Walk On By" | — | — | — | ||||
| "Just as Long as We're in Love" | — | 35 | — | ||||
| 1973 | "Give Your Baby a Standing Ovation" | 34 | 3 | — | |||
| "My Pretending Days Are Over" | 51 | 10 | — | ||||
| "I Miss You" | 60 | 8 | — | ||||
| 1974 | "I Wish It Was Me You Loved" | 94 | 11 | — | |||
| "Learning to Love You Was Easy (It's So Hard Trying to Get Over You)" (A-side) | — | 18 | — | ||||
| "Bring Back the Love of Yesterday" (B-side) | — | 87 | — | ||||
| 1975 | "The Glory of Love" (re-release) | — | 59 | — | |||
| "Love Is Missing from Our Lives" (with The Dramatics The Dramatics The Dramatics are an American soul music vocal group, formed in Detroit, Michigan in 1962. They are best known for their 1970s hit songs "In the Rain" and "Whatcha See is Whatcha Get", both of which were #1 R&B and Top 10 Pop hits.-Career:The Dramatics originally formed in 1962 recording as the... ) |
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| "We Got to Get Our Thing Together" | 104 | 17 | — | ||||
| 1976 | "Power of Love" | 106 | 58 | — | |||
| "Slow Motion" | 102 | 49 | — | ||||
| "No Way Back" | — | 68 | — | ||||
| 1977 | "Our Love" | — | 20 | — | |||
| "Betcha Never Been Loved (Like This Before)" | — | 29 | — | ||||
| 1978 | "Private Property" | — | 57 | — | |||
| "Super Woman" | 108 | 24 | — | ||||
| "(I Wanna) Testify" | — | — | — | ||||
| 1979 | "(You Bring Out) The Best in Me" | — | 34 | — | |||
| "Thought I Could" | — | — | — | ||||
| 1980 | "I Touched a Dream" | — | 17 | — | |||
| "Passionate Breezes" | — | 76 | — | ||||
| 1981 | "Happy Song" | — | — | — | |||
| "Stay in My Corner" (re-recorded version) | — | — | — | ||||
| 1984 | "You Just Can't Walk Away" | 107 | 23 | — | |||
| "One Step Closer" | — | 46 | — | ||||
| "Love On" | — | 60 | — | ||||
| 1989 | "Thought of You a Little Too Much" | — | 66 | — | |||
| 1991 | "A Heart Is a House for Love A Heart Is a House for Love "A Heart Is a House for Love" is a 1991 hit soul and R&B song composed by Tristin and Davitt Sigerson, and Bob Thiele and recorded by The Dells originally featured in the movie and on the soundtrack of The Five Heartbeats film "A Heart Is a House for Love" (title often confused with "A Heart Is A... " |
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| "My Lady, So Perfect for Me" | — | — | — | ||||
| 1992 | "Come and Get It" | — | 62 | — | |||
| "Oh My Love" | — | 81 | — | ||||
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