# Fee Bee Records

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{{Short description|American record label}}
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'''Fee Bee Records''' was a [record label](/source/record_label) started by '''Joe Averbach''' in [Pittsburgh](/source/Pittsburgh), [Pennsylvania](/source/Pennsylvania).  The label is notable for recording [The Del-Vikings](/source/The_Del-Vikings) hit "[Come Go With Me](/source/Come_Go_With_Me)" in 1957.  Other Del-Viking songs recorded on the Fee Bee label include "How Can I Find True Love," "[Whispering Bells](/source/Whispering_Bells_(song))", "[I'm Spinning](/source/I'm_Spinning)", and "You Say You Love Me."  
"Come Go With Me" was quickly released to [Dot Records](/source/Dot_Records) for national distribution in late January 1957, followed by "Whispering Bells" and "I'm Spinning" in May and August 1957.

Some of the Del-Vikings band members left Fee Bee for [Mercury Records](/source/Mercury_Records) claiming that their contract was void since they signed under the age of 21.  Kripp Johnson, the only member of the Del-Vikings who signed with Fee Bee who was over 21 stayed with the Fee Bee label under the names the Dell-Vikings and the Versatiles.  He rejoined his original group (still called the Del-Vikings) with Mercury Records and cut ties with Fee Bee in 1958.

==References==
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*{{cite web |url=http://www.loti.com/fifties_music/the_dell_vikings.htm |title=The Dell-Vikings |first=Erika |last=Cox |work=Rewind the Fifties |year=2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321032715/http://www.loti.com/fifties_music/the_dell_vikings.htm |archive-date=2012-03-21 |url-status=dead}}
*{{cite news |title=My entry into the music biz ... a hit with the Dell Vikings |date=October 11, 2009 |first=Pat |last=DiCesare |url=http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09284/1004440-388.stm |work=[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette](/source/Pittsburgh_Post-Gazette) |access-date=2023-01-12}}
* {{cite web |url=http://www.uncamarvy.com/DelVikings/delvikings.html |first=Marv |last=Goldberg |year=2011 |title=The Del Vikings |work=Marv Goldberg's R&B Notebooks |access-date=2023-01-12}}
*{{cite book |title=American Singing Groups: A History from 1940 to Today |first=Jay |last=Warner |pages=150–153 |publisher=Hal Leonard |year=2006}}

==External links==
* [https://sites.google.com/site/pittsburghmusichistory/pittsburgh-music-story/managers-and-promoters/fee-bee-records Fee Bee Records] at ''Pittsburgh Music History''
* {{discogs label|185836-Fee-Bee-Records-2}}

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Category:American record labels
Category:Companies based in Pittsburgh

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