lorrdarlin - When We Get Married

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May 14, 2023 01:28am

<p><img src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71N4BrzBTeL._SS500_.jpg"><strong>The Dreamlovers</strong>&nbsp;were an American&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doo_wop" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">doo wop</a>&nbsp;group from&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Philadelphia</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Pennsylvania</a>.</p><p>Formed in 1956, the group took several names early in its career, recording demos as The Romancers and The Midnighters (under which name they backed&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank_Ballard" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Hank Ballard</a>&nbsp;on a 1960 recording of "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Twist_(song)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">The Twist</a>").<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dreamlovers#cite_note-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><sup>[1]</sup></a>&nbsp;They recorded briefly for V-Tone Records before signing to&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heritage_Records_(United_States)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Heritage Records</a>, who released their 1961 single "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_We_Get_Married" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">When We Get Married</a>". The song reached No. 10 on the US&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><em>Billboard</em>&nbsp;Hot 100</a>; the next year, their tune "If I Should Lose You" (on&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/End_Records" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">End Records</a>) made it to No. 62.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dreamlovers#cite_note-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><sup>[2]</sup></a></p><p>The group remained active well into the 1960s. Their hit "When We Get Married" was covered by&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Intruders_(band)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">The Intruders</a>&nbsp;in 1970 and by&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Graham" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Larry Graham</a>&nbsp;in 1980; "You Gave Me Somebody to Love" was a&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">UK</a>&nbsp;hit for&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manfred_Mann_(band)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Manfred Mann</a>&nbsp;in 1966.</p>