A difficult-to-categorize male-female duo from L.A., Dick & Dee Dee had pretty fair success with material that drew from doo wop, teen idol fare, pop, and even soul/R&B in the first half of the 1960s. The pair's biggest and best hit was their first, the moody, minor-key mid-tempo ballad "The Mountain's High," which reached number two in 1961. Much of their material (including "The Mountain's High") was written by Dick (full name Dick St. John), and the high, screechy (in a positive sense) vocals of Dee Dee in particular led some listeners to incorrectly assume they were black. They reached the Top 30 with a few more pop-oriented follow-ups -- "Young and in Love," "Turn Around," and "Tell Me" -- in the next couple of years, but got their second biggest smash with their toughest number, the blue-eyed soul-ish "Thou Shalt Not Steal," in 1964. A popular touring act in their day (appearing with the Beach Boys and Rolling Stones among others), they faded from view after the mid-'60s.
The Very Best of Dick & Dee Dee
01 - The Mountain's High
02 - Thou Shalt Not Steal
03 - Young And In Love
04 - Just Round The River Bend
05 - Where Did The Good Times Go
06 - All My Trials
07 - Tell Me
08 - Love Is A Once In A Lifetime Thing
09 - Turn Around
Thou Shalt Not Steal
01 - Thou Shalt Not Steal
02 - Be My Baby
03 - Without Your Love
04 - Tell Me Why
05 - Just 'Round the River Bend
06 - Boys and Girls
07 - How Do You Do It
08 - Room 404
09 - Remember When
10 - Not Fade Away
11 - Where Did the Good Times Go (aka Where Did All the Good Times Go)
12 - Wee-Oop
Tell Me - The Mountain's High
01 - The Mountain's High
02 - I'm De Fool
03 - I Want Someone
04 - Mashed Potatoe Time
05 - Moon River
06 - Swing Low
07 - Tell Me
08 - If You Want My Lovin'
09 - Unchained Melody
10 - Will You Always Love Me
11 - Goodbye to Love
12 - La Ti Ti La
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