The Dovells were an American music group, formed at Overbrook High School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1957, under the name The Brooktones. The members were Arnie Silver, Mark Gordesky, Len Bor...
The Dovells were an American music group, formed at Overbrook High School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1957, under the name The Brooktones. The members were Arnie Silver, Mark Gordesky, Len Borisoff, Jerry Gross, Mike Freda and Jim Mealey. Their first single was "No, No, No", which was a minor local hit for The Brooktones, who soon broke up. Summers and Dennis left the group, forming The Gems with Mark Stevens and Alan Horowitz in 1960; while the remaining Brooktones signed to the Chancellor record label and added Jerry Serlen and William Shunkwiler to the group, while changing the name to The Dovells.
Their first hit was "Bristol Stomp", a dance song followed by the similar hit "Do the New Continental". They appeared performing both songs in the Chubby Checker movie "Don't Knock The Twist" in 1961. They released a series of singles over the next few years. These included "You Can't Sit Down", a #3 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1963. Len Borisoff left in 1965 for a solo career under the name Len Barry. The high point of his solo career was "1-2-3" in 1965.
The Dovells continued as a trio, and recorded as The Magistrates for MGM in 1968.
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In 1961 I had a 9th grade girl classmate whose name was Linda Bristol.The boys in class used to sing this song to her during lunchbreak in the cafeteria ! She was a real cute girl and us boys had a great time wooing sweet Linda back in Jr.High.Needles to say this song was a big hit at that time.Ah..to bring back the old days if only for a short time!
Who's the black dude on lead vocals, is that the great Len Barry of "123" fame? These dudes had soul. Lets stomp some more... Please me know if Len was in this group. Thanks for posting.
Were all these guys from the same state? They look Italian and Irish....Do you have a video of "You Can't Sit Down?" You did a great job on this video..
The Dovells were an American music group, formed at Overbrook High School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1957,this songYou Can't Sit Down?"can't upload copywriter,
I thought they had that Philly look. Thats to bad you can't upload their other big hit. Thanks for the info, it helped...Do you have any other songs that you have posted?
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