Dion DiMucci

Dion Francis DiMucci , better known mononymously as Dion, is an American singersongwriter whose work has incorporated elements of doowop, rock and RampB stylesand, most recently, straight blues. He was one of the most popular American rock and roll performers of the preBritish Invasion era. He had more than a dozen Tophits in the late 1950s and early 60s. He is best remembered for the 1961 singles, Runaround Sue and The Wanderer, written with Ernie Maresca.

Dion was born to an ItalianAmerican family in the Bronx, New York. As a child, he accompanied his father, Pasquale DiMucci, a vaudeville entertainer, on tour, and developed a love of country music particularly the work of Hank Williams. He also developed a fondness for the blues and doowop musicians he heard performing in local bars and on the radio. His singing was honed on the street corners and local clubs of the Bronx, where he and other neighborhood singers created a cappella riffs.

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