Dick and Dee Dee

Dick and Dee Dee (or Dick and Deedee) is an American singer-songwriter duo that reached popularity in the early to mid-1960s. The group was originally founded by California classmates Mary Sperling and Richard Gosting. They eventually changed their names to Deedee Sperling (currently Deedee Phelps) and Dick St. John. They had their first hit in 1961 when "The Mountain's High" reached No. 2 on the Billboard 100. They toured with the Beach Boys and opened for the Rolling Stones during the Stones' 1964 tour of California. Regulars on the show Shindig!, the duo had multiple hit songs before St. John and Sperling disbanded in 1969. In the 1980s, St. John toured with his wife, Sandy. Dick St. John died on December 27, 2003. Dee Dee Phelps began performing with actor/singer Michael Dunn as Dick and Dee Dee in 2008, appearing in large doo wop and rock and roll shows throughout the United States.

History

Founding

Dick St. John and Dee Dee Sperling met while students at Paul Revere Junior High School in Los Angeles, California. They attended different high schools, only to re-encounter one another after graduation. At the time Sperling was attending college and working at a See's Candy store, and St. John was looking for a job. Both realized they were singer-songwriters, and together they began writing songs and singing the vocal parts. The duo were not romantically linked.

Deedee

Deedee, DeeDee or Dee Dee may refer to:

Given name

  • DeeDee Halleck (born 1940), media activist
  • DeeDee Jonrowe (born 1953), American kennel owner and dog musher, three-time runner up in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
  • Deedee Magno (born 1975), American actress and singer
  • Nickname

  • Dee Dee Bridgewater (born 1950), American jazz singer and songwriter
  • Deedee Corradini (1944-2015), mayor of Salt Lake City, Utah
  • D'Andre Hill (born 1973), American track and field coach and former sprinter
  • Dolores "Dee Dee" Kenniebrew (born 1945), American singer, member of the Crystals
  • Dee Dee Myers (born 1961), American political analyst and former White House Press Secretary for President Clinton
  • DeeDee Trotter (born 1982), American sprinter
  • Dee Dee Wood, American choreographer, particularly in the 1960s and '70s
  • Stage name

  • Dee Dee Phelps, American singer, songwriter and author born Mary Sperling, half of the 1960s duo Dick and Dee Dee
  • Dee Dee Ramone (1951-2002), German-American songwriter and musician, founding member, songwriter and bassist for punk rock band the Ramones
  • Dee Dee (band)

    Dee Dee is a dance music project from A&S Productions in Belgium. The group consists of vocalist Diana Trippaers, producers Christophe Chantzis, Erik Vanspauwen & Tommie Kidjemet. Dee Dee was successful across Europe in the early 2000s with a string of Eurodance tracks and were most famous for "Forever," which peaked at #12 in the UK Singles Chart.

    History

    “Forever” was released July 19, 2001, on vinyl by A&S recordings. On August 2nd 2001 it entered the Belgian dance chart at #6. Dee Dee did their first TV performance together with the CD single release on September 3rd 2001. Dee Dee spent almost 10 weeks in the official Belgian Top 20. This result, combined with the amount of vinyls exported, resulted in many license offers from E.M.I, Ministry of Sound and Robbins Entertainment, with releases in Spain, Hungary, Italy, Germany, Australia, Israel, Italy, Denmark, The Netherlands, USA and the UKther! It reached a Golden Record in Hungary, Nominated “Best Dance” in WMC awards in Miami, #1 in German Dance charts, almost a top 10 in the UK top 40, included with BBC Top Of The Pops performance and UK club tour.

    Dexter's Laboratory

    Dexter's Laboratory (commonly abbreviated as Dexter's Lab) is an American comic science fiction animated television series created by Genndy Tartakovsky for Cartoon Network, and the first of the network's Cartoon Cartoons. The series follows Dexter, a boy-genius and inventor with a secret laboratory, who constantly battles his sister Dee Dee in an attempt to keep her out of the lab. He also engages in a bitter rivalry with his neighbor and fellow-genius Mandark. The first two seasons contained additional segments: Dial M for Monkey, which focuses on Dexter's pet lab-monkey/superhero, and The Justice Friends, about a trio of superheroes who share an apartment.

    Tartakovsky pitched the series to Hanna-Barbera's animated shorts showcase What a Cartoon!, basing it on student films he produced while attending the California Institute of the Arts. A pilot aired on Cartoon Network in February 1995 and another pilot also aired on the network in March 1996; viewer approval ratings convinced Cartoon Network to order a half-hour series, which premiered on April 28, 1996. On December 10, 1999, a television movie titled Dexter's Laboratory: Ego Trip aired as the intended series finale, and Tartakovsky left to begin work on his new series, Samurai Jack. However, in 2001, the network revived the series under a different production team at Cartoon Network Studios. It ended on November 20, 2003, with a total of four seasons and 78 episodes.

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    by: Dee Dee

    I wonder where you are
    Near or far away
    I wanna be with you
    Every night and day
    I'm looking for an answer in your eyes
    I'm searching for your love given in time
    Your love is everything I need for
    Your voice is what I hear
    Your touch is everything I dream about
    'Cause you are the one I need, the one I need
    I wonder how you feel
    My love for you is true
    I walked a thousand miles
    Just to be with you
    I'm looking for an answer in your eyes
    I'm searching for your love given in time
    Your love is everything I need for
    Your voice is what I hear
    Your touch is everything I dream about
    'Cause you are the one I need, the one I need




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    Anita Louise Simons Mikkelsen

    Provo Daily Herald 26 Feb 2025
    Pleasant, UT, on February 16, 2025 ... Preceded in death by her parents Dee and Wahnetta Simons; brother Dick Simons; husband, Andrew Mikkelsen; son, Sean Mikkelsen; son-in-law Brian Wall and granddaughter Karlie Ison ... Interment in the Mt ... .
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