This is the discography for American musician Dion DiMucci (including Dion and the Belmonts). [1] [2] [3] [4]
Dion is a singer and songwriter whose music has incorporated elements of doo-wop, rock, R&B and blues. [5] As lead singer of Dion and the Belmonts, then a solo career, he was one of the most popular rock and roll performers of the pre- British Invasion era. [2] He had 39 Top 40 hits in the late 1950s and early 1960s as a solo performer, with the Belmonts or with the Del-Satins. [6] He is best known for the singles " Runaround Sue", " The Wanderer", " Ruby Baby" and " Lovers Who Wander", among other hits. [7]
In the late 1960s, Dion shifted his style and released songs that were more mature and contemplative, such as " Abraham, Martin and John". [8] During the 1980s, Dion produced several Christian albums, earning a GMA Dove Award nomination in 1984 for the album I Put Away My Idols. [9] [10] He returned to secular music in the late 1980s with Yo Frankie (1989). [11] Between the mid-2000s and 2021, Dion released six Top Blues Albums. [7] Critics who had dismissed his early work, labeling him a teen idol, praised his later work and noted the influence he has had on other musicians. [12]
A Grammy-nominated artist, [13] Dion has released over 40 albums, and scored eleven Top 10 hits (including with the Belmonts) on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. [14] He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989. [15] In 2002, Dion was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame for "Runaround Sue". [16] Recent album awards include Favorite Blues Album for New York is My Home (2016), Favorite Compilations and Reissues for Kickin Child: Lost Columbia Album 1965 (2017) and Favorite Blues Album for Blues with Friends (2020). [17]
Year | Album | Billboard 200 | Record label |
---|---|---|---|
1959 | Presenting Dion and the Belmonts | – | Laurie Records |
1960 | Wish Upon a Star with Dion and the Belmonts | – | Laurie Records |
1967 | Together Again | – | ABC Records |
1973 | Live at Madison Square Garden 1972 | 144 | Warner Bros. Records |
Year | Album | Billboard 200 | Top Christian | Top Blues Albums | Independent Albums | UK Albums Chart | Record label |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1961 | Runaround Sue | 11 | – | – | – | – | Laurie Records |
Alone with Dion | – | – | – | – | – | ||
1962 | Lovers Who Wander | 12 | – | – | – | – | |
1963 | Dion Sings to Sandy | 115 | – | – | – | – | |
Ruby Baby | 20 | – | – | – | – | Columbia Records | |
Donna the Prima Donna | – | – | – | – | – | ||
Love Came to Me | – | – | – | – | – | Laurie Records | |
1968 | Dion | 128 | – | – | – | – | |
1969 | Wonder Where I'm Bound | – | – | – | – | – | Columbia Records |
1970 | Sit Down Old Friend | – | – | – | – | – | Warner Bros. Records |
1971 | You're Not Alone | – | – | – | – | – | |
Sanctuary | 200 | – | – | – | – | ||
1972 | Suite for Late Summer | 197 | – | – | – | – | |
1975 | Born to Be with You | – | – | – | – | – | Phil Spector International Records |
1976 | Streetheart | – | – | – | – | – | Warner Bros. Records |
1978 | Return of the Wanderer | – | – | – | – | – | Lifesong Records |
1979 | Fire in the Night | – | – | – | – | – | Ace Records |
1980 | Inside Job | – | – | – | – | – | DaySpring Records |
1981 | Only Jesus | – | – | – | – | – | |
1983 | I Put Away My Idols | – | 37 [18] | – | – | – | |
1984 | Seasons | – | – | – | – | – | |
1985 | Kingdom in the Streets | – | – | – | – | – | Myrrh Records |
1986 | Velvet & Steel | – | – | – | – | – | DaySpring Records |
1989 | Yo Frankie | 130 | – | – | – | – | Arista Records |
1992 | Dream on Fire | – | – | – | – | – | Visionary Records |
1993 | Rock N' Roll Christmas | – | – | – | – | – | The Right Stuff Records |
2000 | Déjà Nu | – | – | – | – | – | Ace Records [19] |
2003 | New Masters | – | – | – | – | – | Collectables Records [20] |
2006 | Bronx in Blue | – | – | 2 | – | – | Verve Forecast Records [21] |
2007 | Son of Skip James | – | – | 4 | – | ||
2008 | Heroes:Giants of Early Guitar Rock | – | – | – | – | – | Saguaro Roads Records [22] [23] |
2011 | Tank Full of Blues | – | – | 3 | 42 | – | Blue Horizon [24] |
2016 | New York Is My Home | – | – | 3 | 29 | – | Instant Records [25] [26] |
2017 | Kickin Child: Lost Columbia Album 1965 [27] | – | – | – | – | – | Norton Records [28] |
2020 | Blues with Friends | – | – | 1 | 31 | 52 | KTBA Records |
2021 | Stomping Ground | – | – | 1 | – | – |
Dion released a music video for every song from Blues with Friends (2020) [29] [30] and Stomping Ground (2021) [31] via social media.
Year | Album | Billboard 200 | Record label |
---|---|---|---|
1962 | Dion Sings His Greatest Hits | 29 | Laurie Records |
1964 | More of Dion's Greatest Hits | – | |
1973 | Dion's Greatest Hits | 194 | Columbia Records |
1976 | Everything You Always Wanted to Hear by Dion and the Belmonts But Couldn't Get | – | Laurie Records |
1991 | Bronx Blues: The Columbia Recordings (1962-1965) | – | Columbia Records |
1997 | The Road I'm On: A Retrospective | – | Columbia/ Legacy |
The Best of the Gospel Years [32] | – |
Sources: [33] [34] [35] [36] [37] [38] [39] [40]
Release date | Titles (A-side, B-side) Both sides from same album except where indicated |
US record label and number | Chart positions | Album | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
US Hot 100 | US AC | UK Singles Chart [41] | US R&B | ||||
1957 | "Santa Margarita"
[42] b/w "Teenage Clementine" [43] |
Mohawk 106 | non-album tracks [44] | ||||
"Tag Along"
[45] b/w "We Went Away" [44] |
Mohawk 107 | ||||||
1958 | "
I Wonder Why" b/w "Teen Angel" (from Dion Sings His Greatest Hits) [46] |
Laurie 3013 | 22 | Presenting Dion and the Belmonts [47] | |||
"
No One Knows" b/w "I Can't Go On (Rosalie)" (from Together) |
Laurie 3015 | 19 | 12 | ||||
"Don't Pity Me" b/w "Just You" |
Laurie 3021 | 40 | |||||
1959 | "
A Teenager in Love" b/w "I've Cried Before" |
Laurie 3027 | 5 | 28 | |||
"A Lover's Prayer" | Laurie 3035 | 73 | Wish Upon a Star with Dion and the Belmonts [48] | ||||
"Every Little Thing I Do" | 48 | Together [49] | |||||
1960 | "
Where or When" b/w "That's My Desire" |
Laurie 3044 | 3 | 19 | Presenting Dion and the Belmonts [50] | ||
"
When You Wish Upon a Star" b/w "Wonderful Girl" (from Presenting Dion and the Belmonts) |
Laurie 3052 | 30 | Wish Upon a Star with Dion and the Belmonts [51] | ||||
"
In the Still of the Night" b/w "A Funny Feeling" (from Presenting Dion and the Belmonts) |
Laurie 3059 | 38 | |||||
1966 | "Berimbau" b/w "My Girl the Month of May" |
ABC 10868 | Together Again [49] | ||||
1967 | "For Bobbie" b/w "Movin' Man" |
ABC 10896 |
Sources: [52] [14] [4] [53] [3] [54] [55]
Release date | Titles (A-side, B-side) Both sides from same album except where indicated |
US record label and number | Chart positions | Album | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
US Hot 100 | US AC | UK Singles Chart [41] | US R&B | ||||
1960 | "
Lonely Teenager" b/w "Little Miss Blue" |
Laurie 3070 | 12 | 47 | Alone with Dion [56] | ||
1961 | "Havin' Fun" b/w "North East End of the Corner" |
Laurie 3081 | 42 | ||||
"Kissin' Game" b/w "Heaven Help Me" |
Laurie 3090 | 82 | Love Came to Me [57] | ||||
"Somebody Nobody Wants" b/w "Could Somebody Take My Place Tonight" (from Love Came to Me) |
Laurie 3101 | 103 | Runaround Sue [58] | ||||
"
Runaround Sue" b/w "Runaway Girl" |
Laurie 3110 | 1 | 11 | 4 | |||
" The Wanderer" [59]/ | Laurie 3115 | 2 | 10 | ||||
"The Majestic" [60] | 36 | ||||||
1962 | " Lovers Who Wander" | Laurie 3123 | 3 | 16 | Lovers Who Wander [61] | ||
"(I Was) Born to Cry" | 42 | ||||||
"
Little Diane" b/w "Lost for Sure" |
Laurie 3134 | 8 | |||||
"
Love Came to Me" b/w "Little Girl" |
Laurie 3145 | 10 | 24 | Love Came to Me [57] | |||
"
Ruby Baby" b/w "He'll Only Hurt You" |
Columbia 42662 | 2 | 5 | Ruby Baby [62] | |||
1963 | "
Sandy" b/w "Faith" (from Together) |
Laurie 3153 | 21 | Dion Sings to Sandy [63] | |||
"This Little Girl"
[64] b/w "The Loneliest Man in the World" (from Ruby Baby) [65] |
Columbia 42776 | 21 | Donna the Prima Donna | ||||
"
Come Go with Me" b/w "King Without a Queen" |
Laurie 3171 | 48 | Lovers Who Wander [66] | ||||
"
Be Careful of Stones that You Throw"
[67] b/w "I Can't Believe (That You Don't Love Me Anymore)" [68] |
Columbia 42810 | 31 [7] | Donna the Prima Donna | ||||
"Lonely World" b/w "Tag Along" (non-album track) |
Laurie 3187 | 101 | More of Dion's Greatest Hits [4] | ||||
"
Donna the Prima Donna" b/w "You're Mine" |
Columbia 42852 | 6 | 17 | Donna the Prima Donna [69] | |||
"
Drip Drop"
[70] b/w "No One's Waiting for Me" [71] |
Columbia 42917 | 6 | non-album tracks | ||||
1964 | "Then I'll Be Tired of You" b/w "After the Dance" |
Laurie 3225 | Alone with Dion [72] | ||||
"
I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man"
[73] b/w "The Road I'm On (Gloria)" [74] |
Columbia 42977 | 113 | non-album tracks | ||||
"
Shout" b/w "Little Girl" (from Love Came to Me) |
Laurie 3240 | 108 | Lovers Who Wander [66] | ||||
"
Johnny B. Goode"
[75] b/w "Chicago Blues" [76] |
Columbia 43096 | 71 | non-album tracks | ||||
1965 | "Unloved, Unwanted Me" b/w "Sweet, Sweet, Baby" (from Donna the Prima Donna) |
Columbia 43213 | Ruby Baby [65] | ||||
"Kickin' Child" b/w "Spoonful" [27] |
Columbia 43293 | non-album tracks | |||||
"Tomorrow Won't Bring the Rain"
[77] b/w "You Move Me Babe" [78] |
Columbia 43423 | ||||||
"I Got the Blues" b/w "(I Was) Born to Cry" (from Lovers Who Wander) [79] |
Laurie 3303 | ||||||
1966 | "Time in My Heart For You" b/w "Wake Up Baby" |
Columbia 43483 | |||||
"Two Ton Feather"
[80] b/w "So Much Younger" [81] |
Columbia 43692 | ||||||
1968 | "
Abraham, Martin and John"
[82] b/w "Daddy Rollin' (In Your Arms)" (non-album track) [83] |
Laurie 3464 | 4 | Dion [84] | |||
"
Purple Haze" b/w "The Dolphins" |
Laurie 3478 | 63 | |||||
1969 | "I Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound" b/w "Southern Train" |
Columbia 44719 | Wonder Where I'm Bound [85] | ||||
"From Both Sides Now"
[86] b/w "Sun Fun Song" [87] |
Laurie 3495 | 91 | Dion | ||||
"He Looks a Lot Like Me"
[88] b/w " Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever" [89] |
Laurie 3504 | ||||||
"If We Only Have Love"
[90] b/w "Natural Man" |
Warner Bros. 7356 | Sit Down Old Friend [91] | |||||
1970 | "Your Own Back Yard" b/w "Sit Down Old Friend" (from Sit Down Old Friend) |
Warner Bros. 7401 | 75 | Born to Be with You [92] | |||
1971 | "Close to It All" b/w "Let It Be" |
Warner Bros. 7469 | You're Not Alone [93] | ||||
"Sunniland" b/w "Josie" [94] |
Warner Bros. 7491 | ||||||
"Sanctuary" b/w "Brand New Morning" |
Warner Bros. 7537 | 103 | Sanctuary [95] | ||||
1972 | "Running Close Behind You" b/w "Sea Gull" [96] |
Warner Bros. 7663 | Suite for Late Summer | ||||
1973 | "Doctor Rock and Roll" b/w "Sunshine Lady" (from Sanctuary) [96] |
Warner Bros. 7704 | non-album track | ||||
1974 | "New York City Song"
[97] b/w "Richer Than a Rich Man" (non-album track) [96] |
Warner Bros. 7793 | Born to Be with You [92] | ||||
1975 | "Make The Woman Love Me" b/w "Running Close Behind You" (from Suite for Late Summer) [98] |
Warner/Spector 0403 | |||||
"
Born to Be with You" b/w "Good Lovin' Man" |
Big Tree/Spector 16063 | ||||||
1976 | "The Wanderer" b/w "Little Diane" |
Philips 6146 700 (UK) | 16 | Dion's Greatest Hits (UK) [99] | |||
"Hey My Love" b/w "Lover Boy Supreme" |
Warner Bros. 8234 | Streetheart [100] | |||||
"
The Way You Do the Things You Do" b/w "Lover Boy Supreme" [101] |
Warner Bros. 8258 | ||||||
"Queen Of '59" b/w "Oh the Night" [101] |
Warner Bros. 8293 | ||||||
1977 | "Young Virgin Eyes
[102] (I'm All Wrapped Up)" b/w "Oh the Night" (from Streetheart) [103] |
Warner Bros. 8406 | non-album track | ||||
1978 | "Heart of Saturday Night" b/w "You've Awakened Something in Me" |
Lifesong 1765 | Return of the Wanderer [104] | ||||
"Midtown American Main Street Gang" b/w "Guitar Queen" [105] |
Lifesong 1770 | ||||||
"(I Used to Be a) Brooklyn Dodger"
[106] b/w "Streetheart Theme" [107] |
Lifesong 1785 | ||||||
1980 | "Fire in the Night"
[108] b/w "Street Mama" |
Lifesong 45082 | non-album tracks | ||||
"Sweet Surrender" B-side unknown |
Dayspring 618 | Inside Job [109] | |||||
1981 | "The Best" B-side unknown |
Dayspring 622 | Only Jesus [110] | ||||
1983 | "Day of the Lord"
[111] B-side unknown |
Dayspring 632 | I Put Away My Idols [112] | ||||
"I Put Away My Idols" B-side unknown |
Dayspring 633 | ||||||
1984 | "Golden Sun, Silver Moon"
[113] B-side unknown |
Dayspring 9016294155 | Seasons [114] | ||||
1985 | "Still in the Spirit" B-side unknown |
Myrrh [115] 9016382151 | Kingdom in the Streets [116] | ||||
1986 | "Simple Ironies" B-side unknown |
Dayspring 9016676155 | Velvet & Steel [117] | ||||
1989 | "
And the Night Stood Still" b/w "Tower of Love" |
Arista 9797 | 75 | 16 | Yo Frankie [118] | ||
"King of the New York Streets" b/w "The Wanderer" (non-album track) |
Arista 662556 | 74 [119] | |||||
"
Written on the Subway Wall"/"Little Star" (with
Paul Simon)
[120] "King of the New York Streets" b/w " And the Night Stood Still"/"Tower of Love" |
Arista 662910 | 97 [121] | |||||
1990 | "
Sea Cruise" (from
The Adventures of Ford Fairlane) CD single |
Elektra 8191 | 28 | The Adventures of Ford Fairlane (soundtrack) [122] | |||
1993 | "
Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" b/w " Jingle Bell Rock" [123] |
The Right Stuff 17651 | Rock 'N Roll Christmas [124] | ||||
1997 | "
Please Come Home for Christmas" b/w "Wintertime" (non-album track) |
The Right Stuff 19769 | |||||
2015 | " New York Is My Home" [125] (with Paul Simon) [126] | Blue Horizon | New York Is My Home [127] | ||||
2020 | " Song for Sam Cooke (Here in America)" [128] (with Paul Simon) | KTBA Records [129] | Blues with Friends [130] | ||||
"Blues Comin' On" (with Joe Bonamassa) [131] | |||||||
2021 | "Angel in the Alleyways" (with Patti Scialfa & Bruce Springsteen) [132] | Stomping Ground [133] |
"Hello Christmas" (with Amy Grant) and "You Know It's Christmas" (with Joe Bonamassa) were released in 2020. [134] [135]
Year | Song | Year-End position |
---|---|---|
1959 | " A Teenager in Love" | 25 |
1960 | " Where or When" | 21 |
Year | Song | Year-End position |
---|---|---|
1961 | " Runaround Sue" | 46 |
1962 | " The Wanderer" | 12 |
" Lovers Who Wander" | 67 | |
" Little Diane" | 86 | |
1963 | " Ruby Baby" | 32 |
" Donna the Prima Donna" | 76 |
his critical rep has risen steadily since the early '60s, with many noted contemporary musicians showering him with praise and citing his influence.
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