Vic Dana
Vic Dana (born August 26, 1942 in Buffalo , New York ) is an American dancer and pop singer who was mainly successful as a singer in the 1960s.
Life
Sammy Davis Jr. spotted eleven-year-old Vic Dana at a dance performance in Buffalo. Davis advised the family to move to Los Angeles so Dana could perfect his training as a dancer and singer. From 1960 onwards, Dana put his dancing ambitions on hold and concentrated on a career as a solo singer. Joint appearances with the group The Fleetwoods , in which he later also temporarily represented the singer Gary Troxel, helped Dana to a record deal with the record company Dolton Records . Alongside the Fleetwoods and Ventures , Dana became the Seattle- based firm's most successful artist .
Under the catalog no. 34 Dolton released Vic Dana's first single in January 1961, entitled Someone New / The Girl in My Dreams . However, it was only successful with the third record, the title of which was Little Altar Boy in November 1961 on the Billboard Hot 100 and rose to number 45. By 1970 Dana was represented with 15 titles in the Hot 100; he had his greatest success in 1965 with Red Roses for a Blue Lady . The song peaked at number 10 and stayed in the Hot 100 for ten weeks.
After the Dolton label, on which Dana had recorded 23 singles within six years, was bought up by the record company Liberty , this released Dana's records from 1967. His first Liberty record (# 54547) included the re-releases of his two previous hit titles Red Roses for a Blue Lady / Shangri-La . Of the 13 singles Dana released on Liberty, only two made it into the Hot 100 in 1970: If I Never Knew Your Name at # 47 and Red Red Wine at # 72. In 1970, Dana's record deal with Liberty expired, and so did it followed two unsuccessful single releases on Columbia Records . He had one last success in 1976 with the title Lay Me Down , which was published under No. 93 at Casino, and reached number 20 on Billboard's easy-listening charts. After the end of his artistic career, Vic Dana settled in Pacuduh, Kentucky .
Singles discography
| title | Cat.No. | released |
|---|---|---|
| Dolton | ||
| Someone New / The Girl in My Dreams | 34 | 1/1961 |
| The Story Behind My Tears / Golden Boy | 42 | 5/1961 |
| Little Altar Boy / Hello, Roommate | 48 | 11/1961 |
| I will / proud | 51 | 3/1962 |
| To Love and Be Loved / Time Can Change | 58 | 7/1962 |
| A Very Good Year for Girls / Looking for Me | 64 | 9/1962 |
| Danger / Heart, Hand and Teardrop | 73 | 5/1963 |
| More / That's Why I'm Sorry | 81 | 7/1963 |
| A Voice in the Wind / Prisoners Song | 87 | 9/1963 |
| So Wide the World / Close Your Eyes | 89 | 11/1963 |
| Shangri-La / Warm And Tender | 92 | 3/1964 |
| Love Is All We Need / I Need You Now | 95 | 6/1964 |
| Garden in the Rain / Stairway to the Stars | 99 | 10/1964 |
| Frenchy / It Was Night | 301 | 1/1965 |
| Red Roses for a Blue Lady / Blue Ribbons | 304 | 3/1965 |
| Bring a Little Sunshine / That's All | 305 | 5/1965 |
| Moonlight and Roses / What'll I Do | 309 | 7/1965 |
| Crystal Chandelier / What Now My Love | 313 | 11/1965 |
| Lovely Kravezit / Hello Roommate | 317 | 1966 |
| I Love You Drops / Sunny Skies | 319 | 1966 |
| A Million and One / My Baby Wouldn't Leave Me | 322 | 1966 |
| Distant drums / same | 324 | 1966 |
| Grown up Games / So What's New | 326 | |
| CBS | ||
| The Love in Your Eyes / Child Of Mine | 1967 | |
| Liberty | ||
| Red Roses for a Blue Lady / Shangri-La | 54547 | 1967 |
| A Little Bit Later / Travelin ' | 55950 | 1967 |
| A Lifetime Lovin 'You / Guess Who You | 55998 | 1967 |
| Glory of Love / Let the Good Times in | 56023 | 1968 |
| Didn't We / Then | 56050 | 1968 |
| Roses Are Red / Little Arrows | 56071 | 1968 |
| You Are My Destiny / Where Has All Love Gone | 56098 | 1969 |
| Look of Leavin '/ Loneliness | 56109 | 1969 |
| Aren't We the Lucky Ones / I Tried to Love You Today | 56137 | 1969 |
| If I Never Knew Your Name / Sad Day Song | 56150 | 1969 |
| Clinging Vine / Get in Line Girl | 56156 | 1970 |
| Red Red Wine / Another Dream Shot Down | 56163 | 1970 |
| Point of No Return / Put Your Hand in the Hand | 56209 | 1970 |
| Columbia | ||
| You Gave Me a Reason / It Won't Hurt To Try It | 45261 | 1970 |
| If You Think I Love You Now (mono) / like (stereo) | 45342 | 1971 |
In Germany, Liberty released the following German-language Vic-Dana singles in the late 1960s:
- Angels do not fall from heaven / Wonderful World (Catalog No. 15100)
- When you're alone / Lady Sugarfield (15125)
- 1000 pink arrows / such beautiful eyes (15162)
- You should be my fate / Everyone comes back sometime (15279)
- All the words / just say goodbye (23479)
Chart placements
Albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
 US
|
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| 1964 | More |
US111 (9 weeks) US |
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| Shangri-La |
US116 (5 weeks) US |
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| 1965 | Red Roses For A Blue Lady |
US13 (21 weeks) US |
Singles
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 AT
|
US
|
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| 1961 | Little Altar Boy This Is Vic Dana |
- |
US45 (8 weeks) US |
|
| 1962 | I Will More |
- |
US47 (9 weeks) US |
|
| 1963 | Danger | - |
US96 (2 weeks) US |
|
| more more |
- |
US42 (11 weeks) US |
||
| 1964 | Shangri-La Shangri-La |
- |
US27 (10 weeks) US |
|
| Love Is All We Need Golden Greats |
- |
US53 (7 weeks) US |
||
| Garden In The Rain Golden Greats |
- |
US97 (3 weeks) US |
||
| 1965 | Red Roses For A Blue Lady Red Roses For A Blue Lady |
AT8 (4 weeks) AT |
US10 (12 weeks) US |
|
| Bring A Little Sunshine (To My Heart) Golden Greats |
- |
US66 (6 weeks) US |
||
| Moonlight And Roses (Bring Mem'ries Of You) Moonlight And Roses |
- |
US51 (9 weeks) US |
||
| Crystal Chandelier Crystal Chandelier |
- |
US51 (7 weeks) US |
||
| 1966 | I Love You Drops Town & Country |
- |
US30 (8 weeks) US |
|
| A million and one | - |
US71 (3 weeks) US |
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| 1970 | If I Never Knew Your Name If I Never Knew Your Name |
- |
US47 (12 weeks) US |
|
| Red Red Wine If I Never Knew Your Name |
- |
US72 (6 weeks) US |
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gray hatching : no chart data available for this year
literature
- Frank Laufenberg: Rock- und Poplexikon Vol. 1 , Econ Taschenbuch Verlag, Düsseldorf 1998, p. 357, ISBN 3-612-26206-8
- Angelika and Lothar Binding: The large binding single catalog , self-published 1994, p. 148
Web links
- Biography at oldies.com
- Dana on Dolton Records
- Discography at discogs.com
- Chart positions at musicvf.com
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dana, Vic |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American dancer and pop music singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 26, 1942 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Buffalo , New York |