Dick and Dee Dee, the Glossary
Dick and Dee Dee (or Dick and Deedee) are an American singer-songwriter duo who reached popularity in the early to mid-1960s.[1]
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82 relations: A-side and B-side, Adult Contemporary (chart), All My Trials, American Bandstand, Andrew Loog Oldham, BBC Radio, Ben E. King, Big Sur, Billboard Hot 100, Blue Turns to Grey, Brooklyn Paramount Theater, Charles Dickens, Dan Castellaneta, Dee Dee Phelps, Dick Clark, Dick Clark Productions, Dionne Warwick, Don Ralke, Don't Think Twice, It's All Right, Doo-wop, Dot Records, Duet, Falsetto, Folk music, Harmony, Harry Belafonte, Hit song, Ike & Tina Turner, Jack Good (producer), Jackie Wilson, Jan and Dean, Jim Price (musician), John Lennon, Johnny Tillotson, Juilliard School, Keith Richards, Liberty Records, Long Lonely Nights, Malvina Reynolds, Mick Jagger, Murray the K, Nashville, Tennessee, New Orleans (Gary U.S. Bonds song), Not Fade Away (song), One-Trick Pony (film), Patti LaBelle, Paul Revere & the Raiders, Paul Simon, Ready Steady Go!, Rhythm and blues, ... Expand index (32 more) »
A-side and B-side
The A-side and B-side are the two sides of phonograph records and cassettes, and the terms have often been printed on the labels of two-sided music recordings.
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Adult Contemporary (chart)
The Adult Contemporary chart is published weekly by Billboard magazine and lists the most popular songs on adult contemporary radio stations in the United States.
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All My Trials
"All My Trials" is a folk song which became popular during the social protest movements of the late 1950s and 1960s.
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American Bandstand
American Bandstand (AB) is an American music-performance and dance television program that aired regularly in various versions from 1952 to 1989, and was hosted from 1956 until its final season by Dick Clark, who also served as the program's producer.
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Andrew Loog Oldham
Andrew Loog Oldham (born 29 January 1944) is an English record producer, talent manager, impresario and author.
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BBC Radio
BBC Radio is an operational business division and service of the public service broadcast outlet British Broadcasting Corporation (which has operated in the United Kingdom under the terms of a royal charter since 1927).
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Ben E. King
Benjamin Earl King (né Nelson; September 28, 1938 – April 30, 2015) was an American soul and R&B singer and record producer.
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Big Sur
Big Sur is a rugged and mountainous section of the Central Coast of the U.S. state of California, between Carmel Highlands and San Simeon, where the Santa Lucia Mountains rise abruptly from the Pacific Ocean.
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Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the music industry standard record chart in the United States for songs, published weekly by Billboard magazine.
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Blue Turns to Grey
"Blue Turns to Grey" is a song that was written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.
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Brooklyn Paramount Theater
The Brooklyn Paramount Theater is a concert venue and former movie palace at 1 University Plaza at the intersection of Flatbush and DeKalb Avenues in Downtown Brooklyn, New York City.
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Charles Dickens
Charles John Huffam Dickens (7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English novelist, journalist, short story writer and social critic.
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Dan Castellaneta
Daniel Louis Castellaneta (born October 29, 1957) is an American actor and writer.
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Dee Dee Phelps
Dee Dee Phelps (born Mary Sperling) is a singer-songwriter and author from Santa Monica, California, best known as half the popular 1960s musical duo Dick and Dee Dee.
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Dick Clark
Richard "Dick" Wagstaff Clark (November 30, 1929April 18, 2012) was an American television and radio personality and television producer who hosted American Bandstand from 1956 to 1989.
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Dick Clark Productions
Dick Clark Productions (DCP, stylized in lowercase as dick clark productions or dcp) is an American multinational television production company founded by radio and TV host Dick Clark.
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Dionne Warwick
Marie Dionne Warwick (born Warrick; December 12, 1940) is an American singer, actress, and television host. Dick and Dee Dee and Dionne Warwick are Warner Records artists.
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Don Ralke
Don Ralke (full name: Donald Edward Ralke) (July 13, 1920 – January 26, 2000) was an American music arranger, composer, and record producer, working for four decades in the Hollywood studio system in films, television, and pop recordings.
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Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
"Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" is a song written by Bob Dylan in 1962 and released the following year on his album The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan and as the B-side of the single "Blowin' in the Wind".
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Doo-wop
Doo-wop (also spelled doowop and doo wop) is a subgenre of rhythm and blues music that originated in African-American communities during the 1940s, mainly in the large cities of the United States, including New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Chicago, Baltimore, Newark, Detroit, Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles.
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Dot Records
Dot Records was an American record label founded by Randy Wood and Gene Nobles that was active between 1950 and 1978.
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Duet
A duet is a musical composition for two performers in which the performers have equal importance to the piece, often a composition involving two singers or two pianists.
Falsetto
Falsetto (Italian diminutive of falso, "false") is the vocal register occupying the frequency range just above the modal voice register and overlapping with it by approximately one octave.
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Folk music
Folk music is a music genre that includes traditional folk music and the contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival.
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Harmony
In music, harmony is the concept of combining different sounds together in order to create new, distinct musical ideas.
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Harry Belafonte
Harry Belafonte (born Harold George Bellanfanti Jr.; March 1, 1927 – April 25, 2023) was an American singer, actor, and civil rights activist who popularized calypso music with international audiences in the 1950s and 1960s.
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Hit song
A hit song, also known as a hit record, hit single or simply hit, is a recorded song or instrumental that becomes broadly popular or well-known.
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Ike & Tina Turner
Ike & Tina Turner were an American musical duo consisting of husband and wife Ike Turner and Tina Turner. Dick and Dee Dee and Ike & Tina Turner are Liberty Records artists, Male–female musical duos, musical groups established in 1960 and Warner Records artists.
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Jack Good (producer)
Jack Good (7 August 1931 – 24 September 2017) was a British television producer, musical theatre producer, record producer, musician and painter of icons.
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Jackie Wilson
Jack Leroy Wilson Jr. (June 9, 1934 – January 21, 1984) was an American singer of the 1950s and 1960s.
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Jan and Dean
Jan and Dean were an American rock duo consisting of William Jan Berry (April 3, 1941 – March 26, 2004) and Dean Ormsby Torrence (born March 10, 1940). Dick and Dee Dee and Jan and Dean are Liberty Records artists and musical duos from California.
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Jim Price (musician)
James William Price (born July 25, 1945, Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.) is an American session musician.
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John Lennon
John Winston Ono Lennon (born John Winston Lennon; 9 October 19408 December 1980) was an English singer, songwriter and musician.
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Johnny Tillotson
Johnny Tillotson (born April 20, 1938) is an American singer-songwriter.
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Juilliard School
The Juilliard School is a private performing arts conservatory in New York City.
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Keith Richards
Keith Richards (born 18 December 1943) is an English musician, songwriter, singer and record producer who is an original member, guitarist, secondary vocalist, and co-principal songwriter of the Rolling Stones.
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Liberty Records
Liberty Records was a record label founded in the United States by chairman Simon Waronker in 1955 with Alvin Bennett as president and Theodore Keep as chief engineer.
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Long Lonely Nights
"Long Lonely Nights" is a song that was originally released by Lee Andrews & the Hearts in 1957.
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Malvina Reynolds
Malvina Reynolds (August 23, 1900 – March 17, 1978) was an American folk/blues singer-songwriter and political activist, best known for her songwriting, particularly the songs "Little Boxes", "What Have They Done to the Rain" and "Morningtown Ride".
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Mick Jagger
Sir Michael Philip Jagger (born 26 July 1943) is an English singer.
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Murray the K
Murray Kaufman (February 14, 1922 – February 21, 1982), professionally known as Murray the K, was an influential New York City rock and roll impresario and disc jockey of the 1950s, '60s and '70s.
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Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville, often known as Music City, is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County.
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New Orleans (Gary U.S. Bonds song)
"New Orleans" is a song written by Frank Guida and Joseph Royster and performed by Gary U.S. Bonds.
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Not Fade Away (song)
"Not Fade Away" is a song credited to Buddy Holly (originally under his first and middle names, Charles Hardin) and Norman Petty (although Petty's co-writing credit is likely to have been a formality) and first recorded by Holly and his band, the Crickets.
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One-Trick Pony (film)
One-Trick Pony is a 1980 feature film written by and starring Paul Simon and directed by Robert M. Young.
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Patti LaBelle
Patricia Louise Holte (born May 24, 1944), known professionally as Patti LaBelle, is an American R&B singer and actress.
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Paul Revere & the Raiders
Paul Revere & the Raiders (also known as Raiders) were an American rock band formed in Boise, Idaho, in 1958.
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Paul Simon
Paul Frederic Simon (born October 13, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter known both for his solo work and his collaboration with Art Garfunkel. Dick and Dee Dee and Paul Simon are Warner Records artists.
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Ready Steady Go!
Ready Steady Go! (or RSG!) was a British rock/pop music television programme broadcast every Friday evening from 9 August 1963 until 23 December 1966.
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Rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues, frequently abbreviated as R&B or R'n'B, is a genre of popular music that originated within African-American communities in the 1940s.
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Rock and roll
Rock and roll (often written as rock & roll, rock-n-roll, rock 'n' roll, rock n' roll or Rock n' Roll) is a genre of popular music that evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s.
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Roy Orbison
Roy Kelton Orbison (April 23, 1936 – December 6, 1988) was an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist known for his distinctive and powerful voice, complex song structures, and dark, emotional ballads.
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See's Candies
See's Candies is an American manufacturer and distributor of candy, particularly chocolates.
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Shindig!
Shindig! was an American musical variety series which aired on ABC from September 16, 1964 to January 8, 1966.
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Some Things Just Stick in Your Mind
"Some Things Just Stick in Your Mind" is a song by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, released first by the singing duo Dick and Dee Dee (early 1965), who were a support act for the Stones when they first toured the U.S. in 1964, and then by Vashti Bunyan in May 1965 as her first single.
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Sonny & Cher
Sonny & Cher were an American pop and entertainment duo in the 1960s and 1970s, made up of spouses Sonny Bono and Cher. Dick and Dee Dee and Sonny & Cher are Male–female musical duos, musical duos from California and Warner Records artists.
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Sound recording and reproduction
Sound recording and reproduction is the electrical, mechanical, electronic, or digital inscription and re-creation of sound waves, such as spoken voice, singing, instrumental music, or sound effects.
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Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
"Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" is an African-American spiritual song and one of the best-known Christian hymns.
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The Beach Boys
The Beach Boys are an American rock band formed in Hawthorne, California, in 1961. Dick and Dee Dee and The Beach Boys are Warner Records artists.
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The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960, comprising John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. Dick and Dee Dee and The Beatles are musical groups established in 1960.
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The Crystals
The Crystals are an American vocal group that originated in New York City. Dick and Dee Dee and the Crystals are musical groups established in 1960.
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The Dick Van Dyke Show
The Dick Van Dyke Show is an American sitcom created by Carl Reiner that initially aired on CBS from October 3, 1961, to June 1, 1966, with a total of 158 half-hour episodes spanning five seasons.
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The Dovells
The Dovells were an American doo-wop group, formed at Overbrook High School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1957, under the name 'The Brooktones'.
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The Drifters
The Drifters are an American pop and R&B/soul vocal group.
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The Kingsmen
The Kingsmen are a 1960s American rock band from Portland, Oregon.
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The Miracles
The Miracles (also known as Smokey Robinson and the Miracles from 1965 to 1972) were an American vocal group that was the first successful recording act for Berry Gordy's Motown Records, and one of the most important and most influential groups in the history of pop, soul, R&B and rock and roll music.
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The Mountain's High
"The Mountain's High" is a 1961 hit R&B song written and performed by the California duo Dick and Dee Dee.
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The Righteous Brothers
The Righteous Brothers are an American musical duo originally formed by Bill Medley and Bobby Hatfield but now comprising Medley and Bucky Heard. Dick and Dee Dee and The Righteous Brothers are musical duos from California.
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The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones are an English rock band formed in London in 1962.
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The Shirelles
The Shirelles were an American girl group formed in Passaic, New Jersey in 1957.
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The Yellow Balloon (band)
The Yellow Balloon was an American sunshine pop band, formed in Los Angeles in 1967 by songwriter and producer Gary Zekley.
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Thou Shalt Not Steal (song)
"Thou Shalt Not Steal" is a song written by John D. Loudermilk and performed by Dick and Dee Dee.
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Till (song)
"Till" is a popular song with music by Charles Danvers and English lyrics by Carl Sigman, released in January 1957 by Percy Faith.
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Triumph Engineering
Triumph Engineering Co Ltd was a British motorcycle manufacturing company, based originally in Coventry and then in Meriden.
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Turn Around (Dick and Dee Dee song)
"Turn Around" is a song written by Malvina Reynolds, Alan Greene, and Harry Belafonte and made popular by Dick and Dee Dee.
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UK singles chart
The UK Singles Chart (currently titled the Official Singles Chart, with the upper section more commonly known as the Official UK Top 40) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-selling singles in the United Kingdom, based upon physical sales, paid-for downloads and streaming.
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Warner Records
Warner Records Inc. (formerly known as Warner Bros. Records Inc. until 2019) is an American record label.
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We'll Sing in the Sunshine
"We'll Sing in the Sunshine" is a 1964 hit song written and recorded by Gale Garnett which reached No.
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Where the Action Is
Where the Action Is is a music-based television variety show that aired in the United States from 1965 to 1967.
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Wild Wild Winter
Wild Wild Winter is a 1966 Universal Pictures beach party comedy film directed by standup comedian Lennie Weinrib and starring Gary Clarke and Chris Noel.
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Yellow Balloon
"Yellow Balloon" was a song by The Yellow Balloon, included on the group's 1967 self-titled album.
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Young and in Love (song)
"Young and in Love" is a song written by Dick St.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_and_Dee_Dee
Also known as Dick & Dee Dee, Dick St. John, Dick and Deedee, Richard Gosting.
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