A soul vocal and close harmony group formed in 1953 as the El-Rays, who comprised:
Johnny Funches (b.18th July 1935, Harvey, Illinois, U.S.A., d. 23rd January 1998, lead)
Marvin Junior (b. 31st January 1936, Harrell, Arkansas, U.S.A., tenor)
Verne Allison (b. 22nd June 1936, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A., tenor)
Lucius McGill (b. 1935, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A., tenor)
Mickey McGill (b. 17th February 1937, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A., baritone)
Chuck Barksdale (b. 11th January 1935, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A., bass)
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Albums:
Oh What A Nite (1959)
It's Not Unusual (1965)
There Is (Cadet 1968)
Stay In My Corner (Cadet 1968)
The Dells Musical / Menu Always Together (Cadet 1969)
Love Is Blue (Cadet 1969)
Like It Is, Like It Was (Cadet 1970)
Oh, What A Night (Cadet 1970)
Freedom Means (Cadet 1971)
Dells Sing Dionne Warwick's Greatest Hits (Cadet 1972)
Sweet As Funk Can Be (Cadet 1972)
Give Your Baby A Standing Ovation (Cadet 1973)
with the Dramatics: The Dells Vs The Dramatics (Cadet 1974)
The Mighty Mighty Dells (Cadet 1974)
We Got To Get Our Thing Together (Cadet 1975)
No Way Back (Mercury 1975)
They Said It Couldn't Be Done, But We Did It (Mercury 1977)
Love Connection (Mercury 1977)
New Beginnings (ABC 1978)
Face To Face (ABC 1979)
I Touched A Dream (20th Century 1980)
Whatever Turns You On (20th Century 1981)
One Step Closer (1984)
The Second Time (Veteran 1988)
Music From The Motion Picture: The Five Heartbeats (Virgin 1991)
I Salute You (Philadelphia International 1992)
Dreams of Contentment (Vee-Jay 1993)
Dells, Vol. 2 (Vee-Jay 1994)
Reminiscing (Volt 2000)
Open Up My Heart / The 9/11 Album (Devine 2002)
Hott (A & E Records 2004)
