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<td><a href="Cincinnati" title="Cincinnati">Cincinnati</a>, <a href="Ohio" title="Ohio">Ohio</a> <a href="Vereinigte_Staaten" title="Vereinigte Staaten">Vereinigte Staaten</a>
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<td><a href="Synthie-Pop" class="mw-redirect" title="Synthie-Pop">Synthie-Pop</a>, <a href="Soul" title="Soul">Soul</a>, <a href="Funk_(Musik)" title="Funk (Musik)">Funk</a>
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<p><b>The Deele</b> war eine <a href="Vereinigte_Staaten" title="Vereinigte Staaten">amerikanische</a> <a href="Soul" title="Soul">Soul</a>- und <a href="Synthie-Pop" class="mw-redirect" title="Synthie-Pop">Synth</a>-<a href="Funk_(Musik)" title="Funk (Musik)">Funk</a>-<a href="Band_(Musik)" title="Band (Musik)">Band</a> aus <a href="Cincinnati" title="Cincinnati">Cincinnati</a>, <a href="Ohio" title="Ohio">Ohio</a>, durch die <a href="Babyface_(Musiker)" title="Babyface (Musiker)">Babyface</a> und <a href="L.A._Reid" title="L.A. Reid">L.A. Reid</a> bekannt wurden. Von 1983 bis 1988 platzierten sich drei <a href="Musikalbum" title="Musikalbum">Alben</a> der Gruppe in den <a href="Billboard_200" title="Billboard 200">Billboard 200</a> und zwei <a href="Single_(Musik)" title="Single (Musik)">Singles</a> in den <a href="Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100">Billboard Hot 100</a>. Noch erfolgreicher war The Deele in den <a href="Billboard_(Magazin)" title="Billboard (Magazin)">Billboard</a> R&B-Charts, wo sich neben den drei Alben acht Singles platzieren konnten.
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<p>Bobby G. Summers und L.A. Reid gründeten The Deele 1981 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Mit dabei waren Leadsänger Carlos „Satin“ Greene, Darnell „Dee“ Bristol, Stanley Burke und Kevin Roberson. Etwas später kam Babyface dazu, der zuvor Mitglied der Funkband Manchild war, die 1977 einen kleinen R&B-Hit mit <i>Especially for You</i> hatte.
</p><p>The Deele erhielt einen <a href="Plattenvertrag" title="Plattenvertrag">Plattenvertrag</a> bei Dick Griffeys <a href="Musiklabel" title="Musiklabel">Label</a> Solar und hatte 1983 den ersten Hit, <i>Body Talk.</i> Das Lied erreichte Platz 3 der R&B- und Platz 77 der Popcharts. Daraufhin stieg das zugehörige Album <i>Street Beat</i> auf Platz 9 der R&B- und Platz 78 der Popcharts. Weitere Auskopplungen, die sich 1984 in der R&B-Hitliste platzieren konnte, sind <i>Just My Luck</i> (Platz 25) und <i>Surrender</i> (Platz 66).
</p><p>Das Album <i>Material Thangz</i> wurde 1985 veröffentlicht, blieb aber hinter den Erwartungen zurück. In den R&B-Charts stieg die Platte auf Platz 29, in den Popcharts auf Platz 155. Der ausgekoppelte Titeltrack kam auf Platz 14 der R&B-Charts, die Folgesingle <i>Suspicious</i> lediglich auf Platz 66. In der Folgezeit machten sich Reid und Babyface Namen als <a href="Songwriting" title="Songwriting">Songwriter</a> und <a href="Musikproduzent" title="Musikproduzent">Produzenten</a>, beispielsweise für <a href="The_Whispers_(Soulband)" title="The Whispers (Soulband)">The Whispers’</a> <i>Rock Steady</i> und <a href="Pebbles_(S%C3%A4ngerin)" title="Pebbles (Sängerin)">Pebbles’</a> <i>Girlfriend</i>, die 1987 jeweils Platz 1 der R&B-Charts erklommen.
</p><p>Der Erfolg der beiden Musiker verhalf auch dem 1987er The-Deele-Album <i>Eyes of a Stranger</i> zu großer Beachtung. Die Platte kam auf Platz 5 der R&B- sowie Platz 54 der Popcharts und wurde mit <a href="Goldene_Schallplatte" title="Goldene Schallplatte">Gold</a> ausgezeichnet. Zwar kam die erste Auskopplung, <i>Can-U-Dance</i>, nicht über Platz 48 der R&B-Charts hinaus, dafür entwickelte sich die Folgesingle <i>Two Occasions</i> zum größten Hit der Band und kletterte auf Platz 4 der R&B- und Platz 10 der Popcharts. Letzter Charterfolg der Formation ist <i>Shoot ’Em Up Movies</i>, das 1988 Platz 10 der R&B-Charts erreichte.
</p><p>Anschließend wurde die Karriere der Band unterbrochen, als Babyface und L. A. Reid ihre Karrieren als Produzenten und Songwriter fortsetzten. Nach mehrjähriger Pause wurde The Deele 1993 reaktiviert, allerdings ohne Babyface, Reid und Roberson. Das im Januar erschienene Album <i>An Invitation to Love</i> verfehlte die Charts, woraufhin die Band erneut aufgelöst wurde. Über zehn Jahre später kamen Greene, Bristol, Roberson und Burke zusammen, um die Band wiederzubeleben. Sie veröffentlichten 2007 die Singles <i>The Only 1</i> und <i>All I Want for Christmas</i>. Das für 2008 angekündigte Album erschien nicht. The Deele trat bis in die 2010er Jahre weiter auf.
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<th class="charts-th" colspan="2"><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><span class="charts-hidm charts-certc"><span class="charts-certt">Höchstplatzierung, Gesamtwochen, Auszeichnung<i></i></span>Chartplatzierungen</span><span class="charts-monl">Chartplatzierungen</span><sup id="cite_ref-charts_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-charts-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-gold_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gold-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span><span class="charts-monl charts-mh"><br>(Jahr, Titel, <i>Musiklabel Katalog-Nr.</i>, Platzierungen, Wochen, Auszeichnungen, Anmerkungen)</span>
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<th style="width:320px;" class="charts-th charts-trh" rowspan="2">Anmerkungen
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<th style="width:52px;" class="charts-th"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="Billboard_200" title="US"></a></span> <a href="Billboard_200" title="Billboard 200">US</a>
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<th style="width:52px;" class="charts-th"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="Top_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Albums" title="R&B"></a></span> <a href="Top_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Albums" title="Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums">R&B</a>
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<td class="charts-yy">1983
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<td>Street Beat<br><span class="charts-add">Solar 60285</span>
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<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_200" title="Billboard 200">US</a></span>78<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(19 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">US</span>
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<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Top_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Albums" title="Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums">R&B</a></span>9<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(37 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">R&B</span>
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<td class="charts-cm"><div>
Erstveröffentlichung: Dezember 1983<br>Produzent: Reggie Calloway</div>
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<td class="charts-yy">1985
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<td>Material Thangz<br><span class="charts-add">Solar 60410</span>
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<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_200" title="Billboard 200">US</a></span>155<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(8 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">US</span>
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<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Top_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Albums" title="Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums">R&B</a></span>29<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(14 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">R&B</span>
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<td class="charts-cm"><div>
Erstveröffentlichung: Juni 1985<br>Produzenten: <a href="L.A._Reid" title="L.A. Reid">Antonio Reid</a>, <a href="Babyface_(Musiker)" title="Babyface (Musiker)">Kenneth Edmonds</a></div>
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<td class="charts-yy">1987
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<td>Eyes of a Stranger<br><span class="charts-add">Solar 72555</span>
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<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_200" title="Billboard 200">US</a></span>54 <div class="charts-certc"><div class="charts-cert"><span typeof="mw:File"><span></span></span></div><span class="charts-certt">Gold<i></i></span></div><br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(25 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">US</span>
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<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Top_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Albums" title="Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums">R&B</a></span>5<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(40 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">R&B</span>
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Erstveröffentlichung: 22. Juli 1987<br>Produzenten: Antonio Reid, Kenneth Edmonds</div>
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<p><b>Weitere Studioalben:</b>
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<ul><li>1993: <i>An Invitation to Love</i> (Solar 72571)</li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Kompilationen">Kompilationen</h3></div>
<ul><li>1994: <i>Greatest Hits</i> (Solar 82078)</li>
<li>1996: <i>The Best of the Deele</i> (feat. L. A. Reid und Babyface; <a href="Sanctuary_Records" title="Sanctuary Records">Deepbeats</a> 001)</li>
<li>2002: <i>Shoot ’Em Up: The Best of the Deele</i> (Castle Music 529)</li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Singles">Singles</h3></div>
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<th style="width:25px;" class="charts-th charts-trh" rowspan="2">Jahr
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<th style="width:250px;" class="charts-th charts-trh" rowspan="2">Titel<br><span style="font-size:smaller;font-style:italic;">Album</span>
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<th class="charts-th" colspan="2"><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><span class="charts-hidm charts-certc"><span class="charts-certt">Höchstplatzierung, Gesamtwochen, Auszeichnung<i></i></span>Chartplatzierungen</span><span class="charts-monl">Chartplatzierungen</span><sup id="cite_ref-charts_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-charts-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-gold_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gold-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span><span class="charts-monl charts-mh"><br>(Jahr, Titel, <i>Album</i>, Platzierungen, Wochen, Auszeichnungen, Anmerkungen)</span>
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<th style="width:320px;" class="charts-th charts-trh" rowspan="2">Anmerkungen
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<th style="width:52px;" class="charts-th"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="Billboard_Hot_100" title="US"></a></span> <a href="Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100">US</a>
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<th style="width:52px;" class="charts-th"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="Hot_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Songs" title="R&B"></a></span> <a href="Hot_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Songs" title="Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs">R&B</a>
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<td class="charts-yy">1983
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<td>Body Talk<br><span class="charts-add">Street Beat</span>
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<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100">US</a></span>77<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(8 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">US</span>
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<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Hot_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Songs" title="Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs">R&B</a></span>3<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(22 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">R&B</span>
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<td class="charts-cm"><div>
Erstveröffentlichung: Oktober 1983<br>Autoren: Melvin Gentry, <a href="L.A._Reid" title="L.A. Reid">Antonio Reid</a>, Stanley Burke, Carl Greene</div>
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<td rowspan="2" class="charts-yy">1984
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<td>Just My Luck<br><span class="charts-add">Street Beat</span>
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<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Hot_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Songs" title="Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs">R&B</a></span>25<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(14 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">R&B</span>
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<td class="charts-cm"><div>
Erstveröffentlichung: Februar 1984<br>Autor: <a href="Babyface_(Musiker)" title="Babyface (Musiker)">Kenny Edmonds</a></div>
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<td>Surrender<br><span class="charts-add">Street Beat</span>
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<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Hot_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Songs" title="Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs">R&B</a></span>66<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(7 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">R&B</span>
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<td class="charts-cm"><div>
Erstveröffentlichung: Juli 1984<br>Autoren: Bill Simmons, Bobby Lovelace, Darnell Bristol</div>
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<td rowspan="2" class="charts-yy">1985
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<td>Material Thangz<br><span class="charts-add">Material Thangz</span>
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<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Hot_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Songs" title="Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs">R&B</a></span>14<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(14 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">R&B</span>
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<td class="charts-cm"><div>
Erstveröffentlichung: April 1985<br>Autor: Carlos Greene</div>
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<td>Suspicious<br><span class="charts-add">Material Thangz</span>
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<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Hot_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Songs" title="Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs">R&B</a></span>66<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(8 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">R&B</span>
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<td class="charts-cm"><div>
Erstveröffentlichung: August 1985<br>Autoren: Carlos Greene, Darryl Simmons, Kevin Robertson, Antonio Reid, Kenny Edmonds</div>
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<td rowspan="2" class="charts-yy">1987
</td>
<td>Can-U-Dance<br><span class="charts-add">Eyes of a Stranger</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Hot_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Songs" title="Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs">R&B</a></span>48<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(10 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">R&B</span>
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<td class="charts-cm"><div>
Erstveröffentlichung: Juli 1987<br>Autoren: Carlos Greene, Dwain Mitchell, Antonio Reid,</div>
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<td>Two Occasions<br><span class="charts-add">Eyes of a Stranger</span>
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<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100">US</a></span>10<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(21 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">US</span>
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<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Hot_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Songs" title="Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs">R&B</a></span>4<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(24 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">R&B</span>
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<td class="charts-cm"><div>
Erstveröffentlichung: November 1987<br>Autoren: Antonio Reid, Darnell Bristol, Sid Johnson</div>
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<td class="charts-yy">1988
</td>
<td>Shoot ’Em Up Movies<br><span class="charts-add">Eyes of a Stranger</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Hot_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Songs" title="Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs">R&B</a></span>10<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(15 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">R&B</span>
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<td class="charts-cm"><div>
Erstveröffentlichung: Mai 1988<br>Autor: Kenny Nolan</div>
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<p><b>Weitere Singles</b>
</p>
<ul><li>1983: <i>Video Villain</i></li>
<li>1993: <i>Imagination</i></li>
<li>2007: <i>The Only One</i></li>
<li>2007: <i>All I Want for Christmas</i></li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Quellen">Quellen</h2></div>
<ol class="references">
<li id="cite_note-charts-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-charts_1-0">a</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-charts_1-1">b</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text">Chartquellen: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.chartsurfer.de/artist/the-deele/songs-vhcvr.html">Chartsurfer</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.billboard.com/charts/">US</a></span>
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<li id="cite_note-gold-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-gold_2-0">a</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-gold_2-1">b</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text">Gold-/Platin-Datenbank <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=Deele">US</a></span>
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<li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-3">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="Joel_Whitburn" title="Joel Whitburn">Joel Whitburn</a>: Top R&B Albums 1965–1998, ISBN 0-89820-134-9.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-4">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="Joel_Whitburn" title="Joel Whitburn">Joel Whitburn</a>: Hot R&B Songs 1942–2010: 6th Edition, ISBN 978-0-89820-186-4.</span>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Weblinks">Weblinks</h2></div>
<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000146796"><span>The Deele</span></a> bei <a href="AllMusic" title="AllMusic">AllMusic</a> (englisch)</li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.discogs.com/de/artist/78668-The-Deele">The Deele</a> bei <a href="Discogs" title="Discogs">Discogs</a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.45cat.com/artist/the-deele">The Deele</a> bei 45cat.com</li></ul>
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