This is the discography documenting albums and singles released by American R&B/soul vocal group The Dells.
Albums Studio albums Year Album Peak chart positions Record label US USR&B CAN1959 Oh, What a Nite — — — Vee Jay1965 It's Not Unusual — — —1968 There Is 29 4 — Cadet1969 Musical Menu 146 9 — Love Is Blue 54 3 451970 Like It Is Like It Was 126 7 —1971 Freedom Means.... 81 4 —1972 The Dells Sing Dionne Warwicke's Greatest Hits 162 32 — Sweet as Funk Can Be — 33 —1973 Give Your Baby a Standing Ovation 99 10 —1974 The Dells — 15 — The Dells vs. The Dramatics 156 15 — The Mighty Mighty Dells 114 13 —1975 We Got to Get Our Thing Together — 31 —1976 No Way Back — 47 — Mercury1977 They Said It Couldn't Be Done, But We Did It! — 40 —1978 Love Connection — 45 — New Beginnings 169 55 — ABC1979 Face to Face — 71 —1980 I Touched a Dream 137 23 — 20th Century Fox1981 Whatever Turns You On — — —1984 One Step Closer — 49 — Private I1988 The Second Time — 92 — Veteran1992 I Salute You — 80 — Philadelphia Int'l2000 Reminiscing — — — Volt "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. The Second Time was re-released by Urgent! Records on June 13, 1991.
Compilation albums Year Album Peak chart positions Record label US USR&B1969 Greatest Hits 102 9 Cadet1975 Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 — 471982 The Dells — — Chess1984 Breezy Ballads & Tender Tunes — — Solid Smoke1992 On Their Corner: The Best of the Dells — — Chess1993 Dreams of Contentment — — Vee-Jay1994 Oh, What a Night — — MCA1995 Passionate Breezes: The Best of the Dells 1975-1991 — — Mercury1996 Bring Back the Love: Classic Dells Soul — — Chess1998 Oh What a Night! The Great Ballads — — MCA1999 Anthology — — Hip-O2000 The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Dells — — Chess2001 The Best of the Dells — — PolyGram2004 Ultimate Collection — — Hip-O2007 Standing Ovation: The Very Best of the Dells — — Chess The Best of the Vee-Jay Years — — Shout! Factory "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Singles Year Single (A-side, B-side)Both sides from same album except where indicated Peak chart positions Album US USR&B CAN NLD UK 1955 "Tell the World"B-side by Count Morris: "Blues at Three" — — — — —Non-album tracks "Zing, Zing, Zing"b/w "Dreams of Contentment" — — — — —Oh, What a Nite 1956 "Oh What a Nite" (Original version)b/w "Jo-Jo" — 4 — — — "Movin' On"b/w "I Wanna Go Home" — — — — — 1957 "Why Do You Have To Go"b/w "Dance Dance Dance" — — — — — "A Distant Love"b/w "Q-Bop She-Bop" — — — — —Non-album tracks "Pain in My Heart"b/w "Time Makes You Change" — — — — —Oh, What A Nite 1958 "What You Say Baby"b/w "The Springer" — — — — —Non-album tracks "My Best Girl"b/w "Wedding Day" — — — — — 1959 "Baby, Open Up Your Heart"b/w "Dry Your Eyes" — — — — —Oh, What a Nite 1960 "Oh What a Nite"b/w "I Wanna Go Home"Reissue of original version with different B-side — — — — — 1961 "Swingin' Teens"b/w "Hold On to What You've Got" — — — — —Non-album tracks 1962 "God Bless the Child"b/w "I'm Going Home" — — — — — "(Bossa Nova) Bird"b/w "Eternally" 97 — — — — 1963 "If It Ain't One Thing, It's Another"b/w "Hi Diddley Dee Dum Dum" — — — — —Greatest Hits Volume 2 "Goodbye Mary Anne"b/w "After You" (Non-album track) — — — — —The Dells Musical Menu/Always Together 1964 "Shy Girl"b/w "What Do We Prove" (from It's Not Unusual) — — — — —Non-album tracks "Oh, What a Good Nite"b/w "Wait Till Tomorrow" — — — — — 1965 "Stay in My Corner" (Original version)b/w "It's Not Unusual" 122 23 — — —It's Not Unusual "Hey Sugar (Don't Get Serious)"b/w "Poor Little Boy" — — — — —Non-album tracks 1966 "Thinkin' About You"b/w "The Change We Go Thru (For Love)" (from There Is) — — — — — "Run for Cover"b/w "Over Again" (Non-album track) — — — — —There Is 1967 "Inspiration"b/w "You Belong to Someone Else" — — — — —Non-album tracks "O-O, I Love You"Original B-side: "There Is"Later B-side: "The Change We Go Thru (For Love)" 61 22 56 — —There Is 1968 "There Is"b/w "Show Me" 20 11 30 — — "Wear It on Our Face"b/w "Please Don't Change Me Now" 44 27 28 — — "Stay in My Corner" (First re-recorded version)b/w "Love Is So Simple" 10 1 13 — — "Always Together"b/w "I Want My Momma" 18 3 36 — —The Dells Musical Menu/Always Together "Does Anybody Know I'm Here"b/w "Make Sure (You Have Someone Who Loves You)" 38 15 38 — — 1969 "Hallways of My Mind" / 92 44 84 — — "I Can't Do Enough" 98 20 — — — "I Can Sing a Rainbow" / "Love Is Blue"b/w "Hallelujah Baby" (from The Dells Musical Menu/Always Together) 22 5 9 10 15Love Is Blue "Oh, What a Night" (Re-recorded version)b/w "Believe Me" (from The Dells Musical Menu/Always Together) 10 1 11 — — "Sittin' On the Dock of the Bay" />b/w "When I'm in Your Arms" 42 13 — — — "When I'm in Your Arms" 108 — — — —There Is 1970 "Oh What a Day"b/w "The Change We Go Thru (For Love)" (from There Is) 43 10 37 — —Like It Is Like It Was "Open Up My Heart" /515 45 — — "Nadine" — — — "Long Lonely Nights"b/w "A Little Understanding" (from Love Is Blue) 74 27 — — — 1971 "The Glory of Love"b/w "A Whiter Shade of Pale" 92 30 — — —Love Is Blue "The Love We Had (Stays on My Mind)"b/w "Freedom Means" 30 8 — — —Freedom Means... 1972 "Oh, My Dear" / — 36 — — —Sweet as Funk Can Be "It's All Up to You" 94 23 — — —Freedom Means... "Walk On By"b/w "This Guy's in Love with You" — — — — —The Dells Sing Dionne Warwicke's Greatest Hits "Just as Long as We're in Love"b/w "I'd Rather Be with You" (from Freedom Means...) — 35 — — —Sweet as Funk Can Be 1973 "Give Your Baby a Standing Ovation"b/w "Closer" 34 3 — — —Give Your Baby a Standing Ovation "My Pretending Days Are Over"b/w "Let's Make It Last" 51 10 — — —The Dells "I Miss You"b/w "Don't Make Me a Story Teller" 60 8 — — — 1974 "I Wish It Was Me You Loved"b/w "Two Together Is Better Than One" (Non-album track) 94 11 — — —The Dells VS. The Dramatics "Learning to Love You Was Easy (It's So Hard Trying to Get Over You)" / — 18 — — —The Mighty Mighty Dells "Bring Back the Love of Yesterday" 87 — — — — 1975 "The Glory of Love"b/w "You're the Greatest" (from No Way Back)A-side chart reentry — 59 — — —Give Your Baby a Standing Ovation "Love Is Missing from Our Lives"b/w "I'm in Love"Both sides with The Dramatics — 46 — — —The Dells VS. The Dramatics "We Got to Get Our Thing Together"b/w "Reminiscing" 104 17 — — —We Got to Get Our Thing Together 1976 "The Power of Love"b/w "Gotta Get Home to My Baby" 106 58 — — — "Slow Motion"b/w "Ain't No Black and White in Music" 102 49 — — —No Way Back "No Way Back"b/w "Too Late for Love" — 68 — — — 1977 "Our Love"b/w "Could It Be" — 20 — — —They Said I Couldn't Be Done, But We Did It! "Betcha Never Been Loved (Like This Before)"b/w "Get On Down" — 29 — — — 1978 "Private Property"b/w "Teaser" (from They Said It Couldn't Be Done...) — 57 — — —Love Connection "Super Woman"b/w "My Life Is So Wonderful (When You're Around)" 108 24 — — —New Beginnings "I Wanna Testify"Original B-side: "Drowning for Your Love"Later B-side: "Don't Save Me" (Non-album track) — — — — — 1979 "(You Bring Out) The Best in Me"b/w "Wrapped Up Tight" — 34 — — —Face to Face "Thought I Could"b/w "Plastic People" — — — — — 1980 "I Touched a Dream"b/w "All About the Paper" — 17 — — —I Touched a Dream "Passionate Breezes"b/w "Your Song" — 76 — — — 1981 "Happy Song"b/w "Look at Us Now" (from I Touched a Dream) — 64 — — —Whatever Turns You On "Stay in My Corner" (Second re-recorded version)b/w "Ain't It a Shame" — 80 — — — 1984 "You Just Can't Walk Away"b/w "Don't Want Nobody" 107 23 — — —One Step Closer "One Step Closer"b/w "Come On Back to Me" — 46 — — — "Love On"b/w "Don't Want Nobody" — 60 — — — 1988 "My Lady, So Perfect for Me"b/w "Sweetness" — — — — —The Second Time "Thought of You a Little Too Much"b/w "That's How Heartaches Are Made" — 66 — — — "That's How Heartaches Are Made"b/w "Can We Skip That Part" — — — — — 1991 "A Heart Is a House For Love"b/w "Stay in My Corner" — 13 — — —"The Five Heartbeats" various artists soundtrack 1992 "Come and Get It" (Radio edit)CD single...also includes unedited album version — 62 — — —I Salute You "Oh My Love" — 81 — — — "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Appearances With Bunky Green The Latinization of Bunky Green (Cadet, 1966) References