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Dion - The EP collection



Bridging the era between late-'50s rock and the British Invasion, Dion DiMucci (born July 18, 1939) was one of the top white rock singers of his time, blending the best elements of doo wop, teen idol, and R&B styles. Some revisionists have tried to cast him as a sort of early blue-eyed soul figure, although he was probably more aligned with pop/rock, at first as the lead singer of the Belmonts, and then as a solo star. Drug problems slowed him down in the mid-'60s, yet he made some surprisingly interesting progressions into blues-rock and folk-rock as the decade wore on, culminating in a successful comeback in the late '60s, although he was unable to sustain its commercial and artistic momentum for long. 
When Dion began recording in the late '50s, it was as the lead singer of a group of friends who sang on Bronx street corners. Billing themselves as Dion & the Belmonts (Dion had released a previous single with the Timberlanes), their first few records were prime Italian-American doo wop; "I Wonder Why" was their biggest hit in this style. His biggest single with the Belmonts was "A Teenager in Love," which pointed the way for the slightly self-pitying, pained odes to adolescence and early adulthood that would characterize much of his solo work. 
Dion went solo in 1960 (the Belmonts did some more doo wop recordings on their own), moving from doo wop to more R&B/pop-oriented tunes with great success. He handled himself with a suave, cocky ease on hits like "The Wanderer," "Runaround Sue," "Lovers Who Wander," "Ruby Baby," and "Donna the Prima Donna," which cast him as either the jilted, misunderstood youngster or the macho lover, capable of handling anything that came his way (on "The Wanderer" especially).



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   1. (00:02:22) Dion - I Wonder Why - Dion & the Belmonts
   2. (00:02:37) Dion - A Teenager In Love - Dion & the Belmonts
   3. (00:02:38) Dion - No One Knows - Dion & the Belmonts
   4. (00:02:33) Dion - When You Wish Upon A Star - Dion & the Belmonts
   5. (00:02:17) Dion - I Can't Go On (Rosalie) - Dion & the Belmonts
   6. (00:02:21) Dion - Lonely Teenager
   7. (00:02:21) Dion - Little Miss Blue
   8. (00:02:48) Dion - Little Diane
   9. (00:02:08) Dion - Havin' Fun
  10. (00:02:37) Dion - North East End Of The Corner
  11. (00:02:59) Dion - The Kissin' Game
  12. (00:02:45) Dion - Somebody Nobody Wants
  13. (00:02:03) Dion - Heaven Help Me
  14. (00:02:52) Dion - Runaround Sue
  15. (00:02:28) Dion - Runaway Girl
  16. (00:02:43) Dion - The Majestic
  17. (00:02:33) Dion - Lovers Who Wander
  18. (00:02:28) Dion - (I Was) Born To Cry
  19. (00:02:46) Dion - Love Came To Me
  20. (00:02:23) Dion - Sandy
  21. (00:02:41) Dion - Candy Man
  22. (00:02:26) Dion - I'm Gonna Make It Somehow
  23. (00:02:19) Dion - Dream Lover
  24. (00:02:50) Dion - Come Go With Me
  25. (00:02:08) Dion - Queen Of The Hop
  26. (00:02:14) Dion - Save The Last Dance For Me
  27. (00:02:34) Dion - King Without A Queen
  28. (00:02:49) Dion - The Wanderer


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