The Dreamers

In the mid-1950s, all-female doo wop ensembles remained uncommon, yet the Dreamers ranked among those scarce examples. They supplied backing vocals on multiple singles for noted R&B singer Richard Berry. Their lone release under their own name, the 1957 Flip single pairing “Do Not Forget” with “Since You’ve Been Gone,” marked their only independent outing. A 1954 recording appeared under the billing the Dreamers Featuring Richard Berry, while a pair of further tracks surfaced on Class credited to the Rollettes. Their style leaned more toward pop than most doo wop contemporaries of the period, yet they performed with authority on those now-obscure sides cut with Berry. When Capitol Records signed the group in 1957, the name became the Blossoms. The Blossoms issued singles on various labels, but they earned their greatest recognition as one of the era’s leading session backup-vocal ensembles during the early 1960s. Darlene Love, the Blossoms’ most prominent member, did not enter the lineup until 1963 and never belonged to the Dreamers. The Dreamers’ Flip record, together with several Rollettes selections and assorted additional material linked to Berry and the Dreamers’ 1950s activities, was later gathered on the Ace compilation They Sing Like Angels, issued in 2001.