- Dell-Vikings Trivia: The group was notable for being one of the few racially integrated musical groups to attain success in the 1950s.
- Dell-Vikings Trivia: The Dell Vikings were one of the first rhythm and blues groups to completely grasp the style of rock and roll....
- .. In doing so, they incorporated and homogenized both musical forms without diluting either.
- Dell-Vikings Trivia: The Dell-Vikings were formed in 1955 by members of the United States Air Force stationed in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
- Dell-Vikings Trivia: The original group members were Clarence Quick, Kripp Johnson, Don Jackson, Samuel Paterson, Bernard Robertson, and Clarence Harvey Ringo.....
- ..... and this happened soon after the group's forming when Paterson and Robertson were sent to Germany. They were replaced by baritone David Lerchey,..
- Dell-Vikings Trivia: Their first hit came in December 1956 with "Come Go with Me", released on Fee Bee Records, and then re-issued in January 1957 on Dot Records,...
- ... taking it nationally. Charting on the Billboard Top Ten, the record sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc.
- Dell-Vikings Trivia: Soon after their first hit record, Don Jackson left the group and was replaced by Gus Backus, the group's second white member.
- Dell-Vikings Trivia: Because some of the group members were under age 21 when they signed their contract with Fee Bee, they were legally able to leave the group, which they did to record for Mercury Records......
- .... Johnson, who was still bound to Fee Bee/Dot, stayed, thus forming two groups of Dell-Vikings.
- Dell-Vikings Trivia: Dot also released "Whispering Bells" which had been recorded before the group split, with Kripp Johnson again featured on lead...
- ...Interestingly, the Dot label added an 's' to his name which read "featuring 'Krips' Johnson". It reached number nine on Billboard's Top 100 chart.
- Dell-Vikings Trivia: In August, 1957, with records being issued by four labels by three groups of Dell-Vikings they had three hit singles on the chart ...
- ...No singer before Elvis had done that and no artist would do that again, until the Beatles in 1964.
- Dell-Vikings Trivia: Johnson's Dot group had an extra advantage—he had been discharged from the USAF and his group could tour freely, while the original group needed to seek military leave in order to tour. Mercury sued,...
- .... claiming it had sole rights to any spelling of the group's name, and the Dell-Vikings briefly became The Versatiles.... Meanwhile, under pressure from military obligations, the original Dell-Vikings broke-up. Now, things get really confusing.
- Dell-Vikings Trivia: By the end of 1957, with the breakup of the "Dell" Vikings, Kripp Johnson returned to the original group, making them a sextet...
- ...They signed to ABC-Paramount. While the nucleus of the group was back, they weren't able to chart any more hits, and the group split up in 1965.
- Dell-Vikings Trivia: The Del Vikings reformed in 1970 with a near original line-up- Clarence Quick, Kripp Johnson, Norman Wright, Dave Lerchey, and William Blakely. They re-recorded many of their old hits for Scepter Records, including a new version of "Come Go With Me".
- Dell-Vikings Trivia: The group's biggest hits have been used in such films as American Graffiti, American Hot Wax, The Hollywood Knights, Diner, Stand By Me, and Joe Versus the Volcano.
