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DION
(voc)

Personal Data:

Born:

18.07.1939

(New York City, USA, as Dion DiMucci)

Appearances:

1957-58	Dion & The Timberlanes
1958-60	Dion & The Belmonts
1966-67	Dion & The Belmonts

Albums Discography:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Runaround Sue	11/1961	Laurie			11
2.	Lovers Who Wander	7/1962	Laurie			8
3.	Ruby Baby	3/1963	Columbia			20
4.	Dion Sings To Sandy (And All His Other Girls)	6/1963	Laurie
5.	Donna The Prima Donna	9/1963	Columbia
6.	Wonder Where I'm Bound	1965	Columbia
7.	Dion	12/1968	Laurie
8.	Sit Down Old Friend	1970	Warner Bros
9.	You're Not Alone	3/1971	Reprise
10.	Sanctuary	12/1971	Warner Bros
11.	Suite For Late Summer	11/1972	Warner Bros
12.	Dion's Greatest Hits	3/1973	Columbia
13.	Born To Be With You	10/1975	Phil Spector
14.	Pick Hits Of The Radio Good Guys Vol 1	7/1976	Sonic
15.	Pick Hits Of The Radio Good Guys Vol 2	7/1976	Sonic
16.	Pick Hits Of The Radio Good Guys Vol 3	7/1976	Sonic
17.	Streetheart produced by: Steve Barrie/Michael Omartian	30.07.1976	Warner Bros
18.	The Return Of The Wanderer	19.05.1978	Lifesong
19.	Inside Job	1982	Dayspring
20.	I Put Away My Idols	1984	Dayspring
21.	Kingdom In The Streets	1985	Dayspring
22.	Wish Upon A Star	1985	Ace
23.	Alone With Dion	1985	Ace
24.	So Why Didn't You Do That The First Time	11/1985	Ace
25.	Hits	8/1986	Ace
26.	Yo Frankie! produced by: Dave Edmunds/Bryan Adams	6/1989	Arista			130
27.	The Fabulous Dion	9/1991	Ace
28.	Bronx Blues (The Columbia Recordings 1962-1965)	4/1992	Legacy/Columbia
29.	Super Hits	22.08.2000	Legacy
30.	The Complete (3CD box set)	10.10.2000	The Right Stuff
31.	King Of The New York Streets (3CD)	05.12.2000	The Right Stuff/EMI
32.	Wanderer: Then and Now	27.11.2001	Collectables
33.	Drip Drop: His Greatest Hits On Columbia Records	15.04.2003	Collectables
34.	New Masters	24.06.2003	Collectables
35.	Inside Job / Only Jesus	22.07.2003	Ace
36.	Greatest Hits	21.10.2003	Capitol
37.	70s: From Acoustic to the Wall of Sound	08.06.2004	Ace
38.	Essential Dion	19.04.2005	Sony
39.	Live in New York City & Friends	23.08.2005	Collectables
40.	Bronx in Blue	10.01.2006	Orchard
41.	Abraham, Martin & John	20.03.2007	Ace
42.	Son of Skip James	06.11.2007	Verve Forecast
43.	Heroes: Giants of Early Guitar Rock	30.09.2008	Time Life
44.	Velvet & Steel	27.04.2010	Collectables
45.	Road I'm On: A Retrospective	27.07.2010	Collectables
46.	Teenagers In Love 1957-1960	15.02.2011	Jasmine
47.	Tank Full Of Blues	14.11.2011	Dion Productions
48.	The Essential Recordings	24.01.2012
49.	Tank Full of Blues	24.01.2012
50.	The Complete Laurie Singles	02.10.2012	Real Gone
51.	The Best Of Dion	30.07.2013	Capitol
52.	Recorded Live at The Bitter End August 1971	07.04.2015	Ace
53.	Feelin' No Pain	04.12.2015	El Toro
54.	New York is My Home	12.02.2016	Instant
55.	Blues With Friends	6/2020	KTBA		52
56.	Stomping Ground	11/2021
57.	The Rock ‘N’ Roll Philosopher featuring: Joe Bonamassa, Eric Clapton, Mark Knopfler, Sonny Landreth	24.10.2025	KTBA

Singles Discography:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	Lonely Teenager / Little Miss Blue	10/1960	Laurie	47	12
2.	Having Fun / North-East End Of The Corner	1/1961	Laurie		42
3.	Kissing Game / Heaven Help Me	4/1961	Laurie		82
4.	Somebody Nobody Wants / Could Somebody Take My Place Tonight	6/1961	Laurie		103
5.	Runaround Sue / Runaway Girl	9/1961	Laurie	11	1
6.	The Wanderer / The Majestic	11/1961	Laurie	10	2
7.	Lovers Who Wander / (I Was) Born To Cry	4/1962	Laurie		3
8.	Little Diane / Lost For Sure	6/1962	Laurie		8
9.	Love Came To Me / Little Girl	10/1962	Laurie		10
10.	Ruby Baby / He'll Only Hurt You	1/1963	Columbia		2
11.	Sandy / Faith	2/1963	Laurie		21
12.	This Little Girl / The Loneliest Man In The World	4/1963	Columbia		21
13.	Come Go With Me / King Without A Queen	6/1963	Laurie		48
14.	Be Careful Of Stones That You Throw / I Can't Believe (That You Don't Love Me Anymore)	6/1963	Columbia		31
15.	Lonely World / Tag Alone	8/1963	Laurie		101
16.	Donna The Prima Donna / You're Mine (Dion Di Muci))	9/1963	Columbia		6
17.	Drip Drop / No One's Waiting For Me (Dion Di Muci))	11/1963	Columbia		6
18.	I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man / The Road I'm On (Gloria) (Dion DiMuci))	2/1964	Columbia		113
19.	Shout / Little Girl	4/1964	Laurie		108
20.	Johnny B. Goode / Chicago Blues	8/1964	Columbia		71
21.	Then I'll Be Tired Of You / After The Dance	1965	Laurie
22.	Sweet Sweet Baby / Unloved, Unwanted Me	3/1965	Columbia
23.	Spoonful / Kickin' Child	6/1965	Columbia
24.	You Move Me Baby / Tomorrow Won't Bring The Rain & The Wanderers	1966	Columbia
25.	Time In My Heart For You / Wake Up Baby & The Wanderers	1966	Columbia
26.	So Much Younger / Two Ton Feather & The Wanderers	1966	Columbia
27.	(I Was) Born To Cry / I Got The Blues	1966	Laurie
28.	Abraham, Martin And John / Daddy Rollin'	10/1968	Laurie		4
29.	Purple Haze / The Dolphins	1/1969	Laurie		63
30.	From Both Sides Now / Sun Fun Song	4/1969	Laurie		91
31.	Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever / He Looks A Lot Like Me	6/1969	Warner Bros
32.	Both Sides Now / Sonny Boy (v GB)	6/1969	Warner Bros
33.	If We Only Have Love / Natural Man	1/1970	Warner Bros
34.	Your Own Backyard / Sit Down Old Friend	6/1970	Warner Bros		75
35.	Close To It All / Let It Be	4/1971	Warner Bros
36.	Josie / Sunniland (v USA)	6/1971	Warner Bros
37.	Sunniland / Peaceful Place	7/1971	Warner Bros
38.	Sanctuary / Brand New Morning	5/1972	Warner Bros
39.	Running Close Behind You / Seagull	11/1972	Warner Bros
40.	Doctor Rock And Roll / Sunshine Lady	1973	Warner Bros
41.	New York City Song / Richer Than A Rich Man	1973	Warner Bros
42.	Hey My Love / Lover Boy Supreme	1974	Warner Bros
43.	Lover Boy Supreme / The Way You Do The Things You Do	1974	Warner Bros
44.	Queen Of '59 / Oh The Night	1974	Warner Bros
45.	Young Virgin Eyes (I'm All Wrapped Up) / Oh The Night	1975	Warner Bros
46.	Born To Be With You / Running Close Behind You	1975	Phil Spector International
47.	Make The Woman Love Me / Running Close Behind You	7/1975	Phil Spector
48.	Baby I Was Born To Be With You / Good Lovin' Man produced by: Phil Spector (v GB)	13.02.1976	Phil Spector
49.	The Wanderer / Little Diane produced by: Glen Stuart	30.04.1976	Philips	16
50.	Born To Be With You	5/1976	Big Tree		108
51.	You Showed Me What Love Is / Lover Boy Supreme	30.07.1976	Warner Bros
52.	Baby Let's Stick Together / New York City Song	8/1976	Phil Spector
53.	Looking For The Heart Of Saturday Night / You've Awakened Something In Me	1978	Lifesong
54.	Guitar Queen / Midtown American Main Street Gang	1978	Lifesong
55.	(I Used To Be A) Brooklyn Dodger / Streetheart Theme	1978	Lifesong
56.	The Wanderer / Runaround Sue / I Wonder Why	10/1980	Philips
57.	The Wanderer / Love Come Back To Me	8/1981	RCA
58.	We Don't Talk Anymore / Midnight Lover (v GB)	30.09.1983	Aura
59.	The Wanderer / Lovers Who Wander	6/1984	Old Gold
60.	Runaround Sue / Lonely Teenager	6/1984	Old Gold
61.	The Way You Do The Things You Do / Hey My Love	8/1984	Dayspring
62.	The Wanderer / Runaround Sue / A Teenager In Love	2/1989	Old Gold
63.	And The Night Stood Still / Tower Of Love 12",CD + The Wanderer	6/1989	Arista		75
64.	King Of The New York Streets / The Wanderer	7/1989	Arista	74
65.	Written On The Subway Wall - Little Star (medley) / King Of The New York Streets / And The Night Stood Still / Tower Of Love	2/1990	Arista	97
66.	Agent EP	1994	Echo, MC
67.	You Turn Me On (Spen & Karizma remixes) & Funkshun	06.11.2000	Influence
68.	Angry As Fuck EP (Crazee (Dion's 2007 Epitaxi's remix) / Spin On This) & Grady G	15.10.2007	Nosebleed

Bibliography:

The Wanderer: Dion’s Story (1988)
Dion: The Wanderer Talks Truth (Stories, Humor & Music (2023)
Dion: The Rock ‘N’ Roll Philosopher (1/2025)

Awards:

2002 Grammy Hall Of Fame (SP "Runaround Sue", 1961)
2017 Grammy Hall Of Fame (SP "The Wanderer", 1961)

Various:

Compilation Appearances:

"Drive My Car" on compilation "The Art Of McCartney" (17.11.14)

appeared on the LP:

Paul Shaffer: Paul Shaffer & the World’s Most Dangerous Band (4/17, Rhino)

Press References:

Melodie
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1983	9		280		profile
Melody Maker
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1972	0	05.02.1972	16	Albums	album review
1976	35	28.08.1976	34	Singles Extra	single review
1976	37	11.09.1976	28	New Albums	album review
New Musical Express
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1975	0	18.10.1975	18	Platters	album review
1976	0	15.05.1976	18	Platters	album review, single review
Rock & Pop
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
2008	11		66	Record	album review