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The Diamonds are a Canadian vocal quartet that rose to prominence in the 1950s and early 1960s with 16 Billboard hit records. The original members were Dave Somerville (lead), Ted Kowalski (tenor), Phil Levitt (baritone), and Bill Reed (bass). [ 2 ]
The Diamonds were a Canadian pop group that evolved into a doo-wop group. The Diamonds' version reached number two in sales for eight weeks on the Billboard Hot 100. Billboard ranked this version as the No. 3 song for 1957. In Canada, the song was No. 11 on the premiere CHUM Chart, May 27, 1957. [4] The Diamonds' version is generally considered ...
"The Stroll" is a song written by Nancy Lee and Clyde Otis and performed by The Diamonds. It reached No. 1 on the Cashbox chart, [1] #4 on the U.S. pop chart, and #5 on the U.S. R&B chart in 1958. [2] The song was ranked #48 on Billboard magazine's Top 50 singles of 1958. [3] The Diamonds were the first to record "The Stroll". [4]
Pages in category "The Diamonds songs" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
"Silhouettes" is a song made famous by the doo-wop group the Rays in 1957, peaking at number 3 on the U.S Billboard Hot 100. A competing version by the Diamonds was also successful. In 1965 it was a number 5 hit in the US for Herman's Hermits, and in 1990 it was a number 10 hit in the UK for Cliff Richard.
Music was a prismatic and intellectual form of creation for Flack, a rare sparkling diamond with a million diversely flashing facets, whose voice was — according to Les McCann, the jazz lion who ...
The song "Little Darlin'" was a No. 11 hit on the Billboard R&B chart in 1957, [4] but only reached number 41 on Billboard's Top 100. [5] However, when it was covered by the Canadian group the Diamonds, it moved up to No. 2. [6]
This song features the percussion sounds impersonating people walking in rhythm, first heard in the introduction, as well as the verses, and in between the repeated choruses and the coda. The Diamonds recorded the song in 1958 and it reached number 29 on the singles chart on October 27, 1958.