Dueling Hits - The Del Vikings - 1957 | Eastern NC Now

    Publisher's note: I have initiated this new segment on BCN, where I determine the Best Music Ever ... and, 'with a little help from my friends'. I do this from my opinion, for what that is worth, where I will measure the best music that I am familiar with.

    I do this for two reasons: 1) I want to expose the best music that I know to the rest of us. 2) Popular Music today may be the very worst it has ever been, and that is saying much, since I lived through Disco.

    For a list of all of the contributions to this series, please click here.

    As previously mentioned, there will be others who share their favorites with our BCN readers, in particular here, Bobby Tony.

    Saturday night on the street corner or possibly in the shower room in the gym after the game, you could hear any four guys trying to harmonize. However, few did it as well as the Del-Vikings.



    The Do Wop music started in the 1940's and we have many examples, but "Come and Go With Me" is one of my favorite. Black and white guys singing harmony. The group toured for many years with a rotating member list but there is no doubt in my mind that they did quite bit to show that you did not need an orchestra to make music.

    Come and Go With Me