Come go with me

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Come Go With Me is a Doo Wop song by the American music group The Del-Vikings , written by bass singer Clarence Quick.

History of origin

The Del-Vikings had originally released Come Go with Me in December 1956 on Fee Bee Records. The main voice in the song comes from Norman Wright. The song only became a hit when the Del-Vikings signed with Dot Records in early 1957 and it was released again there. Then Come Go With Me rose to number four on the American Billboard Hot 100 and number two on the Hot R&B charts , it stayed in the charts for 31 weeks. This made it the first top ten hit in the American charts by a singing group that consisted of both white and black members. Come Go with Me remained the Del-Vikings' greatest chart success , even if they again reached number nine in the US charts with Whispering Bells later in the year .

Cover versions

Dion DiMucci delivered a cover version of the song on his 1962 album Lovers Who Wander , which reached number 48 on the Billboard charts. Sha Na Na played Come Go with Me in their famous appearance at the Woodstock Festival . In 1978 Beach Boys covered the Del-Vikings' song on their MIU album . The song was also included in the Beach Boys' compilation album Ten Years of Harmony , released in 1981 . When it was released as a single from this, Come Go with Me reached number 18 on the Billboard Hot 100 in January 1982.

reception

When Paul McCartney first saw John Lennon in July 1957, Lennon is said to have played the song with his band The Quarrymen at a church festival. Lennon is said to have caught McCartney's attention with his good but headstrong vocal interpretation of the hit, which differed from the original lyrics.

Come Go With Me is also featured in films such as American Graffiti (1973), American Diner (1982), Stand by Me (1986), Joe versus the Volcano (1990), and Set It Up (2018) has become one of the classic doo-wop songs.

In the list of the 500 best songs of all time published by the pop magazine Rolling Stone in 2004 , Come Go with Me reached number 449.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jay Warner: American Singing Groups: A History from 1940s to Today . Hal Leonard Corporation, 2006, ISBN 978-0-634-09978-6 ( google.de [accessed February 22, 2019]).
  2. ↑ Randy Lewis: Two of us: The day Paul McCartney met John Lennon 60 years ago. Retrieved February 22, 2019 .