Dion DiMucci’s life changed forever that day as well. DiMucci’s group, The Belmonts, was named after the Bronx, New York, neighborhood where the four bandmates had grown up and honed their doo ...

Dion DiMucci burst onto the scene as one of the most successful acts to emerge from the doo-wop genre, both with his backing group the Belmonts and on his own. He managed to adjust to changing ...

Life begins at … what age? If you’re Dion DiMucci, it’s difficult to settle on a number. Sure, he’s most ardently remembered ...

Mellencamp and Dion DiMucci. All four were introduced by fellow storytellers in music history: Springsteen, fellow E Street Band member Steve Van Zandt, Darlene Love, and Springsteen manager Jon ...

Much as it did for Keith Richards, when Dion DiMucci heard Robert Johnson’s King Of The Delta Blues Singers, it blew the singer’s head off. Handed the record by John Hammond – a Bob Dylan ...

John Mellencamp, Jackson Browne, Mavis Staples and Dion DiMucci were bestowed American Music Honors on April 24 by the Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center for American Music at Monmouth University ...

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 ...

In the late 1960s, an aging Dion DiMucci, struggling to stay relevant in a rapidly changing America, meets an ambitious young John Denver who helps reignite his passion for music and reminds him ...

Michele is a proud faculty member at Wagner College. Michael Wartella (Boq) was recently seen starring as Dion DiMucci in the pre-Broadway engagement of The Wanderer. Broadway: Charlie and the ...

John Mellencamp, Jackson Browne, Mavis Staples and Dion DiMucci have been named as recipients of the second annual American Music Honors.

Dion Francis DiMucci has worn coats of many colours during his lengthy career, but his most favoured tones have always been blue. Despite the unassuming title, it’s clear this album is a long ...