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The Dells

THE DELLS

YEAR

2004

INDUCTED BY

Robert Townsend

CATEGORY

Performers

Fifty years after they formed, the Dells’ hypnotic sound endures.

The Dells are one of very few groups to have a hit in every decade since the Fifties. Lovable and long-lived, the Dells kept producing hits long after they secured their place in music history.

Charles Barksdale

Charles Barksdale

John E. Carter

John E. Carter

Johnny Funches

Johnny Funches

Marvin Junior

Marvin Junior

Michael McGill

Michael McGill

Verne Allison

Verne Allison

HALL OF FAME
ESSAY

By Harry Weigner

They greatest harmony group of all time, the Dells thrilled audiences with their amazing vocal interplay, between the gruff, explore voice of Marvin Junior and the keening high tenor of Johnny Carter, that sweet-home-Chicago blend mediated by Mickey McGill and Veme Allison, and the talking bass voice from Chuck Barksdale.

Their style formed the template for every singing group that came after them. They’ve been recording and touring together for more than fifty years, with merely one lineup change: Carter, formerly of the Flamingos (2001 Hall of Fame inductees), replaced Johnny Funches in 1960.

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