The Duprees are a Jersey City doo-wop group who had a run of top-ten Billboard hits in the early 1960s, among the most successful vocal groups the city has produced.
You Belong to Me
“You Belong to Me” (No. 7, 1962), “My Own True Love” (No. 13, 1962), and “Have You Heard” (No. 18, 1963).
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Their highest-charting single, 'You Belong to Me', reached No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1962, bringing the soft close-harmony doo-wop sound of Jersey City's street corners to a national audience.
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- Wikipedia — The Duprees — link
- Archive research: The Jersey City Sound, 2026
- Billboard chart history (Hot 100 / Billboard 200)
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