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About The Duprees (bio from realoldies1690.com - WRLL Real Oldies/Chicago)
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One of the final Doo Wop groups to make a wave in the early '60s, the Duprees were in some senses not a
rock & roll act at all. They relied on updates of pre-rock pop standards for most of their material,
selected at NYC Brill Building based Coed Records by A&R chief Freddy Weismantel, who
dressed up in classy big band arrangements. Their Newark, New Jersey area street-corner roots were still
audible in their doo wop harmonies, giving their treatments of moldy oldies enough of a contemporary flavor to
compete in the rock and pop marketplace. In 1962-1963, they were successful with "You Belong to Me"
(previously recorded by Jo Stafford, Patti Page, Dean Martin, and, most notably, MGM's Joni James)
made the Top Ten, and "My Own True Love" (from the soundtrack of #Gone With the Wind), Joni James' "Have You Heard," and "Why Don't You Believe Me"
were also Top 20 hits. The Duprees were already retro when they were at their peak,
and were washed out by the British Invasion, although they continued to record throughout the late '60s,
sometimes in a Jay & the Americans/Vogues style.
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