Legendary rock 'n' roll Hall of Famer Dion DiMucci has returned with new music just in time for the holidays with two original tracks to commemorate the "coming of grace" that changed his life over a ...

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Bronx, New York-born singer Dion DiMucci soared to national stardom with vocal group Dion and The Belmonts, scoring groundbreaking hits like “I Wonder Why” and “A Teenager in Love” between 1957 and ...

NEW YORK — Only now, at 82, does Dion DiMucci understand what it’s like to be a teenager in love. Dion and the Belmonts had a No. 5 hit with “Teenager in Love” in 1963, but it just recently dawned on ...

One listen was enough for an unimpressed Dion DiMucci to dismiss the song sent his way in the summer of 1968. First, there were the lyrics: Invoking the still open wounds of the April assassination of ...

In 1961, Dion DiMucci, the prototypical doo-wop star, topped the charts with “Runaround Sue,” an extremely fun but also deeply mean-spirited song about a girl. DiMucci co-wrote the song, and while ...

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Jim Clash: You once called Del Shannon’s “Runaway” tune an opera. You toured with Del. What are your memories, and did you ever think he would take his own life? Dion DiMucci: Never, never. In fact I ...

Jim Clash: What were you like as a child? Dion DiMucci: I was a weird kid. I loved music, and I loved reading about God. Some people want to get involved in football, ice skating, riding bikes, ...

Dion DiMucci, formerly of the Belmonts, the best Bronx doo-wop group of the JFK era, inspirer of Lou Reed, Bob Dylan, Billy Joel, Paul Simon (the poètes maudits of commercial hip), is having some ...