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The kids at the show started screaming during his performance, and gave Dion his first impression of being a record star.

In a 2019 interview at "Crashing the Party" (a radio program related to Norton Records in Brooklyn, New York), Dion stated that "The Chosen Few" hit the Top Ten locally in Boston, which enabled him to perform this song on American Bandstand. The resulting single, "The Chosen Few", was released under the name "Dion and the Timberlanes", and became a minor regional hit. The backing vocals were by a group called "the Timberlanes", whom Dion had never met. At first Dion refused, stating the song would sound like something his old fashioned parents would listen to, but the Schwartzes convinced him to give it a try. They asked Dion to sing a song which had been arranged by Hugo Montenegro, and recorded featuring Vic Damone doing vocals. In early 1957, Dion auditioned for Bob and Gene Schwartz, for their short-lived Mohawk Records label. His singing was honed on the street corners and local clubs of the Bronx, where he and other neighborhood singers created a cappella riffs. He was also fond of blues and doo-wop musicians he heard performing in local bars, and on the radio. He developed a love of country music, particularly the work of Hank Williams. He accompanied his father, Pasquale DiMucci (a vaudeville entertainer), on tour as a child.

2.7 Recent albums with KTBA Records: 2020–presentĭion was born to an Italian-American family in the Bronx, New York.

2.6 Grammy Hall of Fame and blues success: 2000–2019.

2.5 Return to secular music and RRHOF induction: 1987–1999.

2.4 Mature and Christian music period: 1969–1986.

2.3 Belmonts reunion and renewed contract: 1965–1968.

2.2 Solo stardom and touring worldwide: 1960–1964.

2.1 Beginnings with the Belmonts: 1957–1960.

Album awards include: Favorite Blues Album for New York is My Home (2016), Favorite Compilations and Reissues for Kickin Child: Lost Columbia Album 1965 (2017) and Favorite Blues Album for Blues with Friends (2020). In 2002, Dion was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame for "Runaround Sue". He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989. Ī Grammy-nominated artist, Dion has released over 40 albums, and scored eleven Top 10 hits (including with the Belmonts) on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Critics who had dismissed his early work, labeling him as a teen idol, praised his later work and noted the influence he has had on other musicians. Between the mid-2000s and 2021, Dion released six chart-topping blues albums. He returned to secular music in the late 1980s with Yo Frankie (1989). During the 1980s, Dion produced several Christian albums, winning a GMA Dove Award in 1984 for the album I Put Away My Idols.

He remained popular in the late 1960s until the mid-1970s, and continued making music. ĭion's commercial popularity waned in the mid-1960s, and toward the end of the decade he shifted his style with more mature and contemplative songs, such as " Abraham, Martin and John". He is best remembered for the singles " Runaround Sue", " The Wanderer", " Ruby Baby" and " Lovers Who Wander", among other hits. He had 39 Top 40 hits in the late 1950s and early 1960s as a solo performer, or with the Belmonts and the Del-Satins. Initially as the lead singer of Dion and the Belmonts, and then during his solo career, Dion was one of the most popular American rock and roll performers of the pre- British Invasion era.

Most recently, Dion released the album Blues with Friends, with contributions from Springsteen, Paul Simon, Jeff Beck, and others, and he is currently recording another album.Dion Francis DiMucci (born July 18, 1939), better known simply as Dion, is an American singer and songwriter whose music has incorporated elements of doo-wop, pop, rock, R&B, folk and blues. His roster includes such era-defining songs as “Runaround Sue,” “Teenager in Love,” “I Wonder Why,” “Ruby Baby,” “Abraham, Martin and John” and, his signature tune, “The Wanderer.” Written by Charles Messina ( A Room of My Own) and directed by Kenneth Ferrone ( Rent: Live), The Wanderer tells the story of the man Bruce Springsteen has called “the link between Frank Sinatra and Rock & Roll.” Incorporating elements of Doo-Wop, Rock, and R&B, the singer-songwriter Dion DiMucci scored more than 30 Top 40 hits both as lead singer for Dion and the Belmonts and as a solo act. It shouldn’t have taken this long!”įurther casting to be announced at a later date. “It’s only 12 miles from Belmont Avenue to Broadway. “If you told me as a young man that one day my journey from The Bronx to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame would become a musical, I would not have believed you,” said Dion in a statement.