Vic Dana
Vic Dana ( born August 26, 1942 in Buffalo, New York) is an American dancer and pop singer, who was mainly successful as a singer in the 1960s.
Life
Sammy Davis Jr. discovered the eleven-year old Vic Dana at a dance performance in Buffalo. Davis advised the family to a move to Los Angeles so that Dana was able to complete his training as a dancer and singer. From 1960 to put Dana back his dancers ambitions and focused on a career as a solo singer. Joint appearances with the group The Fleetwoods, where he later also temporarily singer Gary Troxel represented, Dana helped to a recording contract with the record company Dolton Records. In addition to the Fleetwoods and the Ventures Dana was the most successful artist of the Seattle-based company.
Under catalog no. 34 Dolton published in January 1961 Vic Dana's first single with the titles Someone New / The Girl in My Dreams. However, success came only with the third plate, the title Little Altar Boy in November 1961 was inducted into the Billboard Hot 100, and rose to the 45th place. By 1970, Dana was represented with 15 titles on the Hot 100; He had his greatest success in 1965 with Red Roses for a Blue Lady. The song reached # 10 and held for ten weeks in the Hot 100
After the Dolton label, in which Dana had recorded 23 singles in six years, had been bought by the record company Liberty, this brought out from 1967 Dana plates. His first Liberty plate ( # 54547 ) contained the re-releases of his two previous top title, Red Roses for a Blue Lady / Shangri -La. Of the 13 singles that brought out Dana at Liberty, managed only two 1970 titles made it into the Hot 100: If I Never Knew Your Name on place 47 and Red Red Wine on 72nd place in 1970 ran from Dana's recording contract with Liberty, and it followed two unsuccessful single releases on Columbia Records. He had in 1976 with Lay Me Down, which brought out under No. 93 at Casino, No. 20 reached in the Easy Listening charts of Billboard a recent success. After the end of his career, Vic Dana settled in Pacuduh, Kentucky.
The Hot 100 singles successes
Single - Discography
In Germany, Liberty brought in the late 1960s following German -language Vic Dana singles out:
- If you ever are alone / Lady Sugar Field ( 15125 )
- 1000 pink red arrows / So beautiful eyes ( 15162 )
- You shall be my fate / Everyone comes again ( 15279 )
- All the words / Just say bye ( 23479 )