They teamed up in the 1950s, but their first major hit was the million-selling rock and roll song "The Mountain's High" (1961). The song spent two weeks at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100, kept out of the top spot by Bobby Vee's "Take Good Care of My Baby." The track reached #37 in the UK Singles Chart.
Their recordings were created with four voice tracks. Each of them sang two separate harmony lines. St. John sang the highest and lowest parts including the falsetto, and Dee Dee sang in the middle notes.
The duo recorded three Rolling Stones tracks in 1964 including "Blue Turns to Grey" and Some Things Just Stick in Your Mind" penned by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. In an interview with the BBC Radio, recorded in 2006, Sperling revealed that their singing was overdubbed onto backing tracks recorded by the Stones, with Mick Jagger's vocals removed.
Their other hits included "Turn Around", "Tell Me", "Thou Shalt Not Steal" (their second-biggest hit, reaching #13 in 1965, with a special picture sleeve issued promoting Triumph Motorcycles), and "Young and in Love".
By 1969, both singers had married other people and the duo disbanded.
St. John died in 2003 after falling from the roof of his home. In 2006, Sperling published a book about her experiences as half of Dick and Dee Dee, entitled Vinyl Highway. In 2008, Sperling teamed with actor/singer Michael Dunn singing St. John's parts, and the two are performing as "Dick and Dee Dee."
Without your love
Dick & Dee Dee Lyrics
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It shot across the Heavens then flew out of sight
And then I thought of you and wondered where you are
So far away from me
I'm lonely since you went away
I think of you both night and day
But just like that star I saw from afar
I knew I mustn't wish upon a fallen star
But I did it just the same
I told that little star how you'd come back again
But falling stars will never hear
They fly away then disappear
And so I'm still alone
My wish won't come true
You'll never belong to me
The lyrics to Dick & Dee Dee's song "Without Your Love" are about longing for someone who is no longer with them. The singer sees a falling star and is reminded of the person they miss. The star shoots across the sky and disappears, much like the person they long for who is far away from them.
The lyrics convey a sense of loneliness and desperation. The singer thinks about the person both night and day, but knows that they will never belong to them. They even admit that they knew they shouldn't wish upon a falling star, but they did it anyway in hopes that the person they miss will come back to them. However, deep down they know that their wish won't come true.
Line by Line Meaning
I saw a falling star last night
I witnessed a meteoroid descending from the sky
It shot across the Heavens then flew out of sight
The meteoroid traveled quickly across the expanse of the celestial realm and vanished
And then I thought of you and wondered where you are
I reminisced about you and ruminated on your current location
So far away from me
You are situated at an immense distance from my locality
I'm lonely since you went away
I have been solitary since you departed
I think of you both night and day
I ponder about you incessantly
But just like that star I saw from afar
But akin to the meteor that I sighted from a distance
You'll never belong to me
I can never possess you
I knew I mustn't wish upon a fallen star
I was conscious of the fact that I should not make a request on the back of the meteor I witnessed
But I did it just the same
However, regardless of what I knew, I made a wish with the meteoroid anyway
I told that little star how you'd come back again
I communicated to the meteoroid about your imminent return
But falling stars will never hear
Nevertheless, falling stars do not have the capacity to heed or comprehend our speech
They fly away then disappear
They soar into the sky and then perish without leaving a trace
And so I'm still alone
Consequently, I am still isolated
My wish won't come true
My desire will not become actuality
You'll never belong to me
You will never be mine
Lyrics © WHIRLED MUSIC PUBLISHING
Written by: DICK FLOOD
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