Des and Dawn Lindberg were a South African husband and wife folk musical group who won a SARIE award in 1971 and 1973 for best vocal group.
Their first album, Folk on Trek was banned by the Apartheid government.
Their song, The Seagull's Name Was Nelson entered the charts at Number 8 in June 1971, reaching number 4 and spending twelve weeks on the charts.
Dawn died of COVID-19 related illness in 2020.
Discography Albums Album Year Label Notes Folk On Trek 1967 CBS Unicorns, Spiders And Things 1967 CBS Des Lindberg And Dawn Silver On Stage In Rhodesia 1967 CBS What's The Difference 1968 CBS The Seagull's Name Was Nelson 1971 IRC What D'You Know? 1973 CBS Godspell Cat Raindrops Whales & Dragon's Tails 1977 Music for Pleasure Memories Are Made Of This 1987 Gold Record Music
Singles Singles Year Label Notes Dawn Silver / Des And Dawn - "Mommy I Like To Be ..." / Hey! Mr. Noah 1966 CBS Bottle Of Wine 1968 CBS Des and Dawn ? CBS
Compilations Singles Year Label Notes Folk-On-Trek On The Banned Wagon 1968 CBS Their Best 1977 Embassy Greatest Hits 1978 RCA Camden The Des & Dawn Collection 1994 Gallo Music Productions
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