Des and Dawn Lindberg

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.^[1][2]

Des and Dawn Lindberg
Genres	Folk music
Years active	1967 (1967)–2020 (2020)
Members	Des Lindberg
Past members	Dawn Lindberg
Website	www.desdawn.co.za

Their first album, Folk on Trek was banned by the Apartheid government.^[3]

Their song, The Seagull's Name Was Nelson entered the charts at Number 8 in June 1971,^[4] reaching number 4 and spending twelve weeks on the charts.

Dawn died of COVID-19 related illness in 2020.^[5]

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[6]		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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