17-track LP presenting the best hits of the early and, perhaps most significant, six years of Dion DiMucci’s recording career • Features eight US Hot 100 Top 10s: A Teenager In Love, Where Or When, Runaround Sue, The Wanderer, Lovers Who Wander, Little Diane, Love Came To Me and Ruby Baby • Pressed on 140g black vinyl • “The most successful white doo-wop group, Dion & The Belmonts, were perhaps the suavest of New York City’s late-fifties, white teen idols.” • An evocative showcase which highlights his exceptional talents. 1. I Wonder Why Dion and the Belmonts (1958) 2. No-One Knows Dion and the Belmonts (1958) 3. Dont Pity Me Dion and the Belmonts (1958) 4. A Teenager In Love Dion and the Belmonts (1959) 5. Every Little Thing I Do Dion and 6. The Belmonts (1959) 7. Where or When Dion and the Belmonts (1959) 8. When You Wish Upon a Star Dion and 9. The Belmonts (1960) 10. Lonely Teenager Dion (1960) 11. Havin Fun Dion (1961) 12. Runaround Sue Dion (1961) 13. Runaway Girl Dion (1961) 14. The Wanderer Dion (1961) 15. The Majestic Dion (1961) 16. Lovers Who Wander Dion (1962) 17. Little Diane Dion (1962) 18. Love Came To Me Dion (1962) 19. Ruby Baby Dion (1962) Blending R&B with doo-wop, the music of Dion DiMucci helped pave the way for countless rockers who followed. Gaining prominence as lead singer with The Belmonts, Dion was the most debonair of teen idols and his classy vocals set him apart from many other performers of the era. This 17-track LP presents the best hits of the early and, perhaps most significant, years of his recording career. It offers a fascinating insight into the respective talents of The Belmonts as a vocal group including Dion and of Dion as a solo artist, projecting himself in a different way in a rapidly evolving market. The iconic classics featured here, such as A Teenager In Love, Runaround Sue and The Wanderer, have appeared in countless movies and television shows over the past 50 years, making for an evocative showcase which highlights his exceptional talents.
