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Dee Dee Phelps

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Dee Dee Phelps
Phelps in 2008
Background information
Birth nameMary Sperling
OriginMinneapolis, Minnesota
GenresPop, R&B
Occupation(s)Singer-songwriter, author
Years active1961–1969
2008–present
LabelsWarner Bros. Records, Liberty Records, Dot Records
Websitewww.DickandDeeDee.com

Dee Dee Phelps (born Mary Sperling) is a singer-songwriter and author from Santa Monica, California, best known as half the popular 1960s musical duo Dick and Dee Dee.[1] She became a professional writer in 2007, publishing her award-winning memoir Vinyl Highway.[citation needed] In 2008, Dee Dee joined with singer/actor Michael Dunn to revive the Dick and Dee Dee act live. More recently, in 2013, Dee Dee is now teamed with Deke Detanna, lead singer of Deke and the Blazers. The duo performs all over the country, singing classic Dick and Dee Dee hits.[2]

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Early life

Phelps was born as Mary Sperling in Minneapolis, Minnesota. When her father was transferred to California, she arrived in Los Angeles by train at the age of eight. After attending University High School in West Los Angeles, she transferred to Santa Monica High. While there she wrote a regular column for the Santa Monica Evening Outlook,[3] and began singing and writing songs in her senior year.[1]

Career

Dick and Dee Dee

While attending college and working at a See's Candy store in Westwood, Los Angeles, California, Sperling re-encountered Dick St. John, an old junior high classmate.[3] Both realized they were singer songwriters, and together they began writing songs and harmonizing.[1] The first Dick and Dee Dee 45 RPM release was on Lama Records, a small company started by their record producers, The Wilder Brothers. Without telling her, the record producers changed her name to Dee Dee, something she didn't discover until the record was released.[4] "The Mountain's High" became a smash hit in the Bay Area,[2] eventually becoming number two on the Billboard Top 100 in the United States.[4][5][6] Sperling took time off from college so they could tour Texas.[2] The Mountain's High was re-issued on Liberty Records for national distribution.[1]

Sperling and St. John soon garnered other hits in the early 1960s, including "Tell Me", (also on Liberty Records) and "Young and In Love", "Turn Around" (written by Malvina Reynolds and recorded by Harry Belafonte) and "Thou Shalt Not Steal" (on Warner Bros. Records).[2] They toured with the Beach Boys, and were the opening act for the Rolling Stones when the band came to California for the first time in 1964. They later recorded various versions of officially sanctioned Stones songs, largely at the behest of Rolling Stones' manager Andrew Loog Oldham.[1][4] Their last hit, "Thou Shalt Not Steal" was in 1965.[2] They remained regulars on Jack Good's television show Shindig!.[1]

Dee Dee married the duo's manager (later executive television producer for Dick Clark Productions), Bill Lee, and had one son. Sperling and St. John parted ways in 1969.[1] After her divorce in the early seventies, Dee Dee married Kane Phelps. They raised two other children and are still married today. Dick performed with his wife, Sandy, in the 1980s as Dick and Dee Dee.[4] He died in 2003.[2]

Writing career

In 2007, Phelps self-published her memoir, Vinyl Highway,[7] about touring the world with rock and roll acts in the Sixties.[8][9]

In October 2007, she received the "Best Pop Campaign Award" from the Book Publicists of Southern California for her book promotion. Vinyl Highway also received honorable mention in the Writer's Digest "15th International Book Awards",[citation needed] as well as a "Next Generation Indie Book Awards Finalist" in the memoir category.[10]

Later musical career

In 2008, Sperling teamed with actor/singer Michael Dunn, and the two are performing as Dick and Dee Dee.

In 2013, Sperling teamed with Deke Detanna of the doo-wop group, Deke and The Blazers.[2][3]

Personal life

Phelps currently lives with her husband in Pacific Palisades, California. She has three adult children.[11]

Discography

Singles

Highest Billboard Positions for Dick and Dee Dee
Release Title Chart Rank
1961 "The Mountain's High" Pop Singles 2
1962 "Tell Me" Pop Singles 22
1963 "Young and In Love" Adult Contemporary 6
Pop Singles 17
1963 "Where Did All The Good Times Go" Pop Singles 93
1964 "All My Trials" Pop Singles 89
1964 "Turn Around" Pop Singles 27
1965 "Be My Baby" Pop Singles 87
1965 "Thou Shalt Not Steal" Pop Singles 13

TV, Film performances

Television
Motion Picture

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Leigh, Spencer. "Dick St. John (1940–2003)". Spectropop. Retrieved January 31, 2011.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g James, Gary. "Gary James' Interview With Dee Dee Sperling of "Dick and Dee Dee"". Classic Bands. Retrieved January 31, 2011.
  3. ^ a b c Aushenker, Michael (June 11, 2008). "New 'Mountain': Dick and Dee Dee Return!". Palisadian Post. Retrieved January 31, 2011.
  4. ^ a b c d James, Gary (2008). "Dick St. John Interview ("Dick and Dee Dee")". FamousInterview.ca. Retrieved January 31, 2011.
  5. ^ Murrells, Joseph (1978). The Book of Golden Discs (2nd ed.). London: Barrie and Jenkins Ltd. p. 134. ISBN 0-214-20512-6.
  6. ^ Leigh, Spencer. "Dee Dee Interview". BBC Radio. Retrieved January 31, 2011.
  7. ^ Waxler, Jerry. "Memoir Interview with 1960s Celebrity Dee Dee Phelps". Memory Writers Network. Retrieved January 31, 2011.
  8. ^ James, Jesse JJ (January 25, 2007). "1960s Music Icon from 'Dick and Dee Dee,' Singer and Author Dee Dee Phelps to Appear at Village Books in Pacific Palisades". Music Industry Newswire. Retrieved January 31, 2011.
  9. ^ Phelps, Dee Dee (2007). Vinyl Highway: Singing as "Dick and Dee Dee" (1st ed.). Los Angeles: Altergate Publishing. p. 335. ISBN 978-0-214-20512-5.
  10. ^ "Dee Dee Phelps". LinkedIn. Retrieved January 31, 2011.
  11. ^ "Show Stars: Dee Dee Phelps". Chuck Stevens Oldies. Archived from the original on December 13, 2010. Retrieved January 31, 2011.

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