Editing Dick and Dee Dee (section)

===Founding===
Dick St. John and Dee Dee Sperling met while students at Paul Revere Junior High School in Los Angeles, California. They attended different high schools, only to re-encounter one another after graduation. At the time Sperling was attending college and working at a [[See's Candy]] store, and St. John was looking for a job.<ref name="afne">{{cite news
|url=http://www.palisadespost.com/content/index.cfm?Story_ID=3998
|title=New 'Mountain': Dick and Dee Dee Return!
|last=Aushenker
|first=Michael
|date=June 11, 2008
|newspaper=Palisadian Post
|accessdate=January 31, 2011}}</ref> They realized they were singer-songwriters, and together they began writing songs and singing the vocal parts. The duo were not romantically linked.<ref name="famous">{{cite news
|url=http://www.famousinterview.ca/interviews/dick_st_john.htm
|title=Dick St. John Interview ("Dick and Dee Dee")
|last=James
|first=Gary
|year=2008
|publisher=FamousInterview.ca
|accessdate=January 31, 2011}}</ref>