Discography and Biography of The Dells. Listen to all their hits.

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1	record label: Cadet 5649 chart position: RandB #1, US #10 written by: Marvin Junior & Johnny Funches album: Love Is Blue comments: [ballad]	The Dells	Oh, What a Night	1969	Cadet
2	record label: Cadet 5641 chart position: RandB #5, US #22, UK #15 written by: Arthur Hamilton, Bryan Blackburn, Andre Popp & Pierre Cour album: Love Is Blue / The Best of The Dells comments: [ballad]	The Dells	I Can Sing a Rainbow -- Love Is Blue	1969	Cadet
3	record label: Cadet 5612 chart position: RandB #1, US #10 written by: Wade Flemons, Bobby Miller & Barrett Strong album: There Is... / The Best of The Dells comments: [love ballad]	The Dells	Stay in My Corner	1968	Cadet
4	record label: Cadet 5621 chart position: RandB #3, US #18 written by: Bobby Miller album: The Dells Musical Menu/Always Together / The Best of The Dells comments: [love ballad]	The Dells	Always Together	1968	Cadet
5	record label: Cadet 5590 chart position: RandB #11, US #20 written by: Raynard Miner & Bobby Miller album: There Is... / The Best of The Dells comments: [northern soul]	The Dells	There Is	1968	Cadet
6	record label: Cadet 5683 chart position: RandB #8, US #30 written by: Terry Callier & Larry Wade album: Freedom Means / The Best of The Dells comments: [ballad]	The Dells	The Love We Had (Stays on My Mind)	1971	Cadet
7	record label: Cadet 5696 chart position: RandB #3, US #34 written by: Henry Williams & Marv Johnson album: Give Your Baby a Standing Ovation comments: [ballad]	The Dells	Give Your Baby a Standing Ovation	1973	Cadet
8	record label: Cadet 5667 chart position: RandB #5, US #51 written by: Bobby Miller & Allen Freed album: Like It Is, Like It Was / The Best of The Dells comments: [love ballad]	The Dells	Nadine	1970	Cadet
9	record label: Cadet 5667 chart position: RandB #5, US #51 written by: Bobby Miller and Allen Freed album: Like It Is, Like It Was comments: [ballad]	The Dells	Open Up My Heart	1970	Cadet
10	record label: Vee Jay 204 chart position: RandB #4 written by: Marvin Junior and Johnny Funches album: Oh, What A Nite comments: [ballad]	The Dells	Oh, What A Nite	1956	Vee Jay
11	record label: Cadet 5700 chart position: RandB #18 US #60 written by: Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff album: The Dells	The Dells	I Miss You	1974	Cadet
12	record label: Cadet 5663 chart position: RandB #10, US #43 written by: Mitchell McGill album: Like It Is, Like It Was / The Best of The Dells comments: [northern soul]	The Dells	Oh What a Day	1970	Cadet
13	record label: Cadet 5698 chart position: RandB #10, US #51 written by: Don Davis, Herbert Ross and James Dean album: The Dells	The Dells	My Pretending Days Are Over	1973	Cadet
14	record label: Cadet 5658 chart position: RandB #13, US #42 written by: Otis Redding and Steve Cropper album: Love Is Blue	The Dells	(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay	1969	Cadet
15	record label: Cadet 5702 chart position: RandB #11, US #94 written by: Jackie Avery album: The Dells vs. The Dramatics	The Dells	I Wish It Was Me You Loved	1974	Cadet
16	record label: Cadet 5631 chart position: RandB #15, US #38 written by: Bobby Miller album: The Dells Musical Menu/Always Together	The Dells	Does Anybody Know I'm Here	1968	Cadet
17	record label: Virgin 1610 chart position: RandB #13 written by: Tristin Sigerson, Davitt Sigerson and Bob Thiele album: The Five Heartbeats: Music from the Motion Picture comments: [ballad]	The Dells	A Heart Is a House for Love	1991	Virgin
18	record label: Mercury 73723 chart position: RandB #17, US #104 written by: Calvin Arlin, Jackie Avery and James Dean	The Dells	We Got to Get Our Thing Together	1975	Mercury
19	record label: Cadet 5636 chart position: RandB #20, US #98 written by: Bobby Miller album: The Dells Musical Menu/Always Together	The Dells	I Can't Do Enough	1969	Cadet
20	record label: Cadet 5574 chart position: RandB #22 written by: Bobby Miller album: There Is... / The Best of The Dells comments: [love ballad]	The Dells	O-o, I Love You	1967	Cadet
21	record label: 20th Century Fox 2463 chart position: RandB #17 written by: Eugene Record album: I Touched a Dream	The Dells	I Touched a Dream	1980	20th Century Fox
22	record label: Cadet 5703 chart position: RandB #18 written by: Jimmy Roach album: The Mighty Mighty Dells	The Dells	Learning to Love You Was Easy (It's So Hard Trying to Get Over You)	1974	Cadet
23	record label: Cadet 5689 chart position: RandB #23, US #94 written by: Terry Callier and Larry Wade album: Freedom Means	The Dells	It's All Up to You	1972	Cadet
24	record label: Vee Jay 674 chart position: RandB #23, US #122 written by: Miller, Flemons, Strong	The Dells	Stay In My Corner	1965	Vee Jay
25	record label: ABC 12386 chart position: RandB #24, US #108 written by: Brian Spears and Roger Joyce album: New Beginnings	The Dells	Super Woman	1978	ABC
26	record label: Private I 04343 chart position: RandB #23, US #107 written by: Chuck Jackson and Marvin Yancey album: One Step Closer	The Dells	You Just Can't Walk Away	1984	Private I
27	record label: Mercury 73909 chart position: RandB #20 written by: Allan Felder, Ron Tyson (as Ronald Tyson) and T.G. Conway album: They Said It Couldn't Be Done, But We Did It!	The Dells	Our Love	1977	Mercury
28	record label: Cadet 5599 chart position: RandB #27, US #44 written by: Bobby Miller album: There Is... / The Best of The Dells	The Dells	Wear It on Our Face	1968	Cadet
29	record label: Cadet 5672 chart position: RandB #27, US #74 written by: Bernice Davis, Mimi Uniman, Douglas Henderson and Lee Andrews album: Like It Is, Like It Was comments: [ballad]	The Dells	Long Lonely Nights	1970	Cadet
30	record label: Cadet 5679 chart position: RandB #30, US #92 written by: William Hill album: Love Is Blue	The Dells	The Glory of Love	1971	Cadet
31	record label: Mercury 73901 chart position: RandB #29 written by: Allan Felder, Norman Harris, Ron Kersey and Ron Tyson (as Ronald Tyson album: They Said It Couldn't Be Done, But We Did It!	The Dells	Betcha Never Been Loved (Like This Before)	1977	Mercury
32	record label: Chess 6145 037 chart position: US #87 written by: Willie Schofield album: The Mighty Mighty Dells	The Dells	Bring Back the Love of Yesterday	1974	Chess
33	record label: Mercury 73807 chart position: RandB #49, US #102 written by: Ivy Hunter, Andre Moore and Charles Leverett album: No Way Back	The Dells	Slow Motion	1976	Mercury
34	record label: ABC 12440 chart position: RandB #34 written by: Darryl Carter and Jonah Ellis album: Face to Face	The Dells	(You Bring Out) The Best in Me	1979	ABC
35	record label: Cadet 5694 chart position: RandB #35 written by: Terry Callier and Larry Wade album: Sweet As Funk Can Be / The Best of The Dells	The Dells	Just As Long As We're in Love	1972	Cadet
36	record label: Cadet 5689 chart position: RandB #36 written by: Terry Callier and Larry Wade comments: B side to It's All Up to You	The Dells	Oh, My Dear	1972	Cadet
37	record label: Argo 5428 chart position: Cashbox R&B #38 written by: Davis, Hall	The Dells	The (Bossa Nova) Bird	1962	Argo
38	record label: Cadet 5551 chart position: Cashbox R&B #39 written by: Davis, Miner, Smith, Jackson album: There Is...	The Dells	Run for Cover	1966	Cadet
39	record label: Cadet 5636 chart position: RandB #44, US #92 written by: Bobby Miller album: The Dells Musical Menu/Always Together	The Dells	Hallways of My Mind	1969	Cadet
40	record label: Cadet 5691 chart position: Cashbox RandB #40 written by: B. Bacharach, H. David album: The Dells Sing Dionne Warwicke's Greatest Hits	The Dells	Walk On By	1972	Cadet
41	record label: Private I 04448 chart position: RandB #46 written by: Chuck Jackson and Marvin Yancy album: One Step Closer comments: [disco dance]	The Dells	One Step Closer	1984	Private I
42	record label: Cadet 5658 chart position: US #108 written by: Bobby Miller album: There Is...	The Dells	When I'm in Your Arms	1969	Cadet
43	record label: Mercury 73759 chart position: RandB #58, US #106 written by: Lawton Williams	The Dells	The Power of Love	1976	Mercury
44	record label: Mercury 537 chart position: RandB #57 written by: Edward Moore and Ron Tyson	The Dells	Private Property	1978	Mercury
45	record label: Cadet 5707 chart position: RandB #59 weeksinr&bchart: 7 written by: Bobby Miller, William Hill	The Dells	You're The Greatest -- The Glory Of Love	1975	Cadet
46	record label: Private I 04540 chart position: RandB #60 written by: Chuck Jackson, Marvin Yancy and Tony Coleman album: One Step Closer	The Dells	Love On	1984	Private I
47	record label: P.I.R. 72445 chart position: RandB #62 album: I Salute You	The Dells	Come and Get It	1992	P.I.R.
48	record label: Veteran 9308 chart position: RandB #66 written by: Andre Miller, Cornell Ward, Harold Currington and Otis Leavil album: The Second Time comments: [ballad]	The Dells	Thought of You a Little Too Much	1989	Veteran
49	record label: Mercury 73842 chart position: RandB #68 written by: Andrew Terry, Robert Emanuel Brooks and Walter Morris	The Dells	No Way Back	1976	Mercury
50	record label: 20th Century Fox 2475 chart position: RandB #76 written by: Chuck Jackson and Marvin Yancey album: I Touched a Dream	The Dells	Passionate Breezes	1980	20th Century Fox
51	record label: P.I.R. 72445 chart position: RandB #81 album: I Salute You comments: [love ballad]	The Dells	Oh My Love	1992	P.I.R.
52	record label: 20th Century 2463 chart position: US Dance #72 written by: Clarence McDonald and Lowrell Simon album: I Touched a Dream	The Dells	All About the Paper	1980	20th Century
--	record label: MCA 41051 written by: Russ Stringer album: Face To Face	The Dells	Plastic People	1979	MCA
--	record label: ABC 12422 written by: George Clinton, Deron Taylor album: New Beginnings	The Dells	I Wanna Testify	1978	ABC
--	record label: Vee Jay 376 written by: Carter, Allison, Barksdale	The Dells	Swingin' Teens	1961	Vee Jay
--	record label: Mercury 11145 written by: Allan Felder, Norman Harris, Ron Tyson album: They Said It Couldn't Be Done, But We Did It!	The Dells	Teaser	1977	Mercury
--	record label: Vee Jay 324 written by: V. Allison	The Dells	Dry Your Eyes	1959	Vee Jay
--	record label: Argo 5415 written by: Herzog	The Dells	God Bless The Child	1962	Argo
--	record label: 20th Century Fox 2602 written by: Bobby Miller, Wade Flemons, Barrett Strong album: Whatever Turns You On comments: [re recording]	The Dells	Stay In My Corner	1981	20th Century Fox
--	record label: Urgent 613 written by: Cornell Ward, Andre Miller album: The Second Time	The Dells	Sweetness	1988	Urgent
--	record label: Veteran 9308 written by: Andre Miller, Cornell Ward, Harold Currington, Otis Leavil album: The Second Time comments: [slow jam]	The Dells	Thought Of You Just A Little Too Much	1988	Veteran
--	record label: Veteran 101 written by: Vern A. Allison album: The Second Time comments: [ballad]	The Dells	Can We Skip That Part?	1988	Veteran
--	record label: Vee Jay 292 written by: M. McGill	The Dells	I'm Calling	1958	Vee Jay
--	record label: Urgent 615 written by: B. Hayley, B. Raleigh album: The Second Time	The Dells	That's How Heartaches Are Made	1991	Urgent
--	record label: Urgent 91 613 written by: Ivan Dupee, James Glover album: The Second Time comments: [ballad]	The Dells	My Lady So Perfect For Me	1988	Urgent
--	record label: Private I 04343 written by: D. Williams album: One Step Closer	The Dells	Don't Want Nobody	1984	Private I
--	record label: 20th Century 2478 (UK) written by: Womack, Davis album: I Touched A Dream	The Dells	Your Song	1980	20th Century
--	record label: Mercury 73842 written by: A. Terry, R. Brooks album: No Way Back comments: [ballad]	The Dells	Too Late For Love	1976	Mercury
--	record label: 20th Century Fox 133 written by: Lowell Simon, Jimmy Levine album: Whatever Turns You On	The Dells	Happy Song	1981	20th Century Fox
--	record label: Vee Jay 300 written by: M. McGill	The Dells	Wedding Day	1959	Vee Jay
--	record label: Vee Jay 338 written by: Marvin Junior album: Oh, What A Nite	The Dells	I Wanna Go Home	1959	Vee Jay
--	record label: Mercury 73759 written by: Norma Toney album: We Got To Get Our Thing Together	The Dells	Gotta Get Home To My Baby	1975	Mercury
--	record label: Vee Jay 324 written by: M. McGill	The Dells	Baby, Open Up Your Heart	1958	Vee Jay
--	record label: Vee Jay 230 written by: V. Allison	The Dells	Movin' On	1957	Vee Jay
--	record label: Cadet 5563 written by: B. Davis	The Dells	You Belong To Someone Else	1967	Cadet
--	record label: Cadet 5672 written by: M. McGill album: Love Is Blue	The Dells	A Little Understanding	1970	Cadet
--	record label: Chess 5663 written by: DeMell, DeSanto album: There Is...	The Dells	The Change We Go Thru (For Love)	1966	Chess
--	record label: Vee Jay 236 written by: V. Allison	The Dells	Why Do You Have To Go	1957	Vee Jay
--	record label: Cadet 5599 written by: Bobby Miller album: There Is... / The Best of The Dells	The Dells	Please Don't Change Me Now	1968	Cadet
--	record label: Cadet 804 written by: Willis album: There Is... comments: [ballad album cut]	The Dells	Close Your Eyes	1968	Cadet
--	record label: Cadet 804 written by: Smith, Miner album: There Is... comments: [album cut]	The Dells	Higher and Higher	1968	Cadet
--	record label: Vee Jay 251 written by: J. Bracken, C. Carter	The Dells	Q-Bop She-Bop	1957	Vee Jay
--	record label: Vee Jay 258 written by: M. Junior, J. Funches	The Dells	Pain In My Heart	1957	Vee Jay
--	record label: Cadet 5612 written by: B. Miller album: There Is... / The Best of The Dells	The Dells	Love Is So Simple	1968	Cadet
--	record label: Cadet 5538 written by: Davis, Smith, Miner	The Dells	Thinkin About You	1966	Cadet
--	record label: Cadet 5683 written by: Charles Stepney, Terry Callier, L. Wade album: Freedom Means	The Dells	Freedom Means	1971	Cadet
--	record label: Argo 5442 written by: V. Allison, M. McGill	The Dells	If It Ain't One Thing It's Another	1963	Argo
--	record label: Argo 5456 written by: M. Wilkin, F. Burch, O. Wilson	The Dells	Good-Bye Mary Ann	1963	Argo
--	record label: Argo 5428 written by: Green, Funches, McGill	The Dells	Eternally	1962	Argo
--	record label: Cadet 5590 written by: Jackson, Miner album: There Is...	The Dells	Show Me	1968	Cadet
--	record label: Argo 5415 written by: McGill, McGill	The Dells	I'm Going Home	1962	Argo
--	record label: Vee Jay 595 written by: L. Graves, McGill	The Dells	Shy Girl	1964	Vee Jay
--	record label: Vee Jay 595 written by: Carter, Graves, McGill	The Dells	What Do We Prove	1964	Vee Jay
--	record label: Cadet 5694 written by: Terry Callier, Larry Wade album: Freedom Means	The Dells	I'd Rather Be With You	1972	Cadet
--	record label: Vee Jay 274 written by: B. Kier	The Dells	The Springer	1958	Vee Jay
--	record label: Vee Jay 712 written by: Rudy Clark	The Dells	Hey Sugar (Don't Get Serious)	1965	Vee Jay
--	record label: Vee Jay 674 written by: Gordon Mills, Les Reed album: It's Not Unusual comments: [northern soul]	The Dells	It's Not Unusual	1965	Vee Jay
--	record label: Cadet 50046 written by: James Dean album: The Dells comments: [album cut]	The Dells	If You Move I'll Fall	1973	Cadet
--	record label: Mercury 1084 written by: Bobby Miller album: No Way Back comments: [ballad album cut]	The Dells	I'll Make You My Girl	1976	Mercury

The Dells were an American R&B vocal group. Formed in high school in 1952 by founding members Marvin Junior, Verne Allison, Johnny Funches, Chuck Barksdale, and Mickey and Lucius McGill, under the name the El-Rays, they released their first recording in 1954, and two years later, had their first R&B hit with "Oh What a Night". After disbanding due to a near-fatal car crash in 1958, the band reformed in 1960 with Funches being replaced by Johnny Carter. This lineup remained together until Carter's 2009 death. The Dells were inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2004. The band performed until illness forced longtime lead singer Marvin Junior and bass vocalist Chuck Barksdale into retirement, ending the group's 60-year run.

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