The Dovells
- MatchThe Dovells
- 100%Dee Dee Sharp
- 78%Freddy Cannon
- 71%The Orlons
- 62%Gene Pitney
- 57%Bobby Lewis
- 54%Bobby Vee
- 52%Gene Chandler
- 50%Chubby Checker
- 48%Dion
- 47%Bobby Rydell
Biography
Originally called the Brooktones, this Philadelphia-based R&B vocal group comprised Len Barry (Leonard Borisoff, 6 December 1942, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA), Jerry Summers (b. Jerry Gross), Mike Dennis (b. Michael Freda) and Danny Brooks (b. Jim Meeley). Signed to Parkway Records, the group had a US number 2 hit in 1961 with Bristol Stomp, succeeded the following year by the Top 40 hits Do The Continental, Bristol Twistin Annie and Hully... Read more