Dee Dee Phelps

Dee Dee Phelps (born Mary Sperling) is a singer-songwriter and author from Santa Monica, California, best known as half the popular 1960s musical duo Dick and Dee Dee. She became a professional writer in 2007, publishing her award-winning memoir Vinyl Highway. In 2008, Dee Dee joined with singer/actor Michael Dunn to revive the Dick and Dee Dee act live. More recently, in 2013, Dee Dee is now teamed with Deke Detanna, lead singer of Deke and the Blazers. The duo performs all over the country, singing classic Dick and Dee Dee hits.

Early life Phelps was born as Mary Sperling in Minneapolis, Minnesota. When her father was transferred to California, she arrived in Los Angeles by train at the age of eight. After attending University High School in West Los Angeles, she transferred to Santa Monica High. While there, she wrote a regular column for the Santa Monica Evening Outlook, and began singing and writing songs in her senior year. "The Mountain's High" became a smash hit in the Bay Area, Sperling took time off from college so they could tour Texas. about touring the world with rock and roll acts in the Sixties.

In October 2007, she received the "Best Pop Campaign Award" from the Book Publicists of Southern California for her book promotion. Vinyl Highway also received honorable mention in the Writer's Digest "15th International Book Awards", as well as a "Next Generation Indie Book Awards Finalist" in the memoir category.

Later musical career In 2008, Sperling teamed with actor/singer Michael Dunn, and the two are performing as Dick and Dee Dee.

In 2013, Sperling teamed with Deke Detanna of the doo-wop group, Deke and The Blazers.

Discography

Singles

TV, Film performances Television American Bandstand Where the Action Is Shindig! Ready, Steady, Go (UK) Motion Picture Wild Wild Winter (1966) – Dick and Dee Dee sang "Heartbeats", their only appearance in a film