It was a precursor to rock ‘n’ roll, and eventually, the two genres mixed. Dion DiMucci is partially responsible for that. DiMucci was one of doo-wop’s finest stars, the face of Italian ...

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

“I’m a guy from The Bronx.” Over his 85 years, Dion Francis DiMucci has been much more than that: lead singer of the Bronx-based doo-wop legends the Belmonts; solo hitmaker and heartthrob in ...

Artists such as Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, Dion DiMucci, Frankie Avalon, Bobby Rydell, Johnny Rivers, and so many more. Italian-Americans contributed some of the most memorable songs of ...

Quite a lot. 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 ...

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 ...