Editing Dick and Dee Dee (section)

===The Mountain's High===
The first Dick and Dee Dee 45 rpm release ("I Want Someone" backed by "[[The Mountain's High]]") was on Lama Records, a small company started by their record producers, the Wilder brothers and [[Don Ralke]]. Their [[sound recording and reproduction|recordings]] were created with four voice tracks. Each of them sang two separate [[harmony]] lines. St. John sang the highest and lowest parts including the [[falsetto]], and Dee Dee sang the middle notes. Without telling the duo, the record producers changed Mary's name to Dee Dee, something the duo did not discover until after the record was released.<ref name="The Book of Golden Discs"/><ref name="famous"/>

The [[rock and roll]] song "The Mountain's High" became a smash [[hit record|hit]] in San Francisco.<ref name="classic"/> The single was leased to [[Liberty Records]] for national distribution<ref name="The Book of Golden Discs"/><ref name="spectro"/> and spent two weeks at No. 2 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]].<ref name="The Book of Golden Discs"/> The track reached No. 37 in the [[UK Singles Chart]],<ref name="The Book of Golden Discs"/><ref name="dadd"/><ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/> and eventually sold over a million copies.<ref name="famous"/> Sperling left college to perform with St. John on rock and roll tours in America, Europe, and Japan.<ref name="classic"/>