Song:When We Get Married
Album:The Doo Wop Box II
The 1961 doo wop classic When We Get Married was the one big hit for The Dreamlovers. I guess it's been a wedding standard ever since. The Dreamlovers were from Philadelphia led by lead singer Don Hogan along with tenors Tommy Ricks & Cleveland Hammock, baritone Clifton Dunn and bass James Dunn. Those two are brothers. They formed in 1956 as The Romancers and a demo got the attention of Dick Clark's Cameo/Parkway Records. They were hired to perform on a session for singer Ernest Evans. That's right, Chubby Checker. And they sang on a 1958 version of The Twist. But it was never released and Evans recorded a different version a couple of years later. They bounced around some other labels until The Dreamlovers recorded the Hogan song When We Get Married for Heritage Records. It reached #10 on the pop singles charts and still sounds great today. It's a very durable song. This and many other doo wop classics are on the 4CD box set The Doo Wop Box II. They had a lesser chart hit in 1962 with If I Should Lose You. The Dramlovers continued to record until 1966 but never had much success. When We Get Married got revived when The Intruders recorded it in 1970. The Dreamlovers continue to tour the oldies citcuit today. Unfortunately there's no video of them performing so we'll have to settle for this amateur video of When We Get Married by The Dreamlovers.
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