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Runaround Sue
Studio album by
Released1961
Genre Rock and roll
Length30:21
Label Laurie
Dion chronology
Wish Upon a Star with Dion and the Belmonts
(1960)
Runaround Sue
(1961)
Alone with Dion
(1961)
Singles from Runaround Sue
  1. "Somebody Nobody Wants/Could Somebody Take My Place Tonight"
    Released: July 1961
  2. " Runaround Sue/Runaway Girl"
    Released: August 1961
  3. " The Wanderer/The Majestic"
    Released: November 1961
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [1]

Runaround Sue is the first solo album by Dion and was released in 1961 by Laurie Records. [2]

Track listing

Side A

  1. " Runaround Sue" ( Dion DiMucci, Ernie Maresca)
  2. "Somebody Nobody Wants" (George Goehring, Sylvia Dee)
  3. " Dreamlover" ( Ahmet Ertegun, Jerry Wexler)
  4. "Life Is but a Dream" (Raul Cita, Sam Weiss)
  5. " The Wanderer" (Ernie Maresca)
  6. "Runaway Girl" (Barbara Baer, Eliot Greenberg, Robert Schwartz)

Side B

  1. "The Majestic" (Brenda Lee Jones, Welton Young)
  2. " Little Star" ( Vito Picone, Arthur Venosa)
  3. "Lonely World" (Dion DiMucci, Ernie Maresca)
  4. " In the Still of the Night" (Fred Parris)
  5. " Kansas City" ( Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller)
  6. " Take Good Care of My Baby" ( Carole King, Gerry Goffin)

Chart positions

Chart (1961) Peak
position
US Billboard 200 11
Singles [3] [4]
Year Single Chart Peak
position
1961 "Somebody Nobody Wants" US Pop 103
" Runaround Sue" 1
US R&B 4
UK 11
"The Majestic" US Pop 36
" The Wanderer" 2
UK 10

References

  1. ^ Runaround Sue at AllMusic
  2. ^ Dion, Runaround Sue. Discogs.com, Retrieved May 9, 2023.
  3. ^ Dion Single Releases. Retrieved May 9, 2023.
  4. ^ Dion Charting Singles. Retrieved May 9, 2023.