Runaround Sue (1961)

Artist: Dion

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Disc 1
Song Title	Album	Sample	Time
1. Runaround Sue	Runaround Sue		2:51

Release Date: 9/7/1993

Label: Right Stuff

UPC: 00724382730422

Buy.com Sku: 200474919

Album Notes and Credits

Notes & Personnel Info
	Personnel includes: Dion (vocals); Sticks Evans (drums); The Del-Satins (background vocals).
	Includes liner notes by George Werthener.
	Like his contemporaries the Four Seasons, Bronx, NY native Dion DiMucci provided a bridge from 1950s doo-wop and early rock & roll to '60s pop, much as the first Motown artists were doing in Detroit. Though Dion (one of the first rockers to earn single-name status) scored plenty of hits in the early '60s--not least of which being the raw, sassy title track of this disc--he never came across stronger than on "The Wanderer." This paean to waywardness was full of fun, freedom, lust--in short, all the things that made rock & roll important, not just great, to begin with. A hearty take on Wilbert Harrison's classic "Kansas City" also stands to prove that Dion was no slouch at singing the blues if that's what the situation demanded.

Artist Overview

Not unlike his friend Bobby Darin, Dion Dimucci was a native New Yorker who started out as a rock & roller in the 1950s and went through a series of drastic stylistic changes. He began as a doo wop hitmaker with his group the Belmonts, turning out such smashes as "Runaround Sue" and "The Wanderer." Over the ensuing decades, the artistically restless Dion tried his hand at blues, folk-rock, Phil Spector-produced pop, and hard-edged rock & roll, managing to maintain his credibility and integrity all along the way, and eventually getting inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

Artist Influences
Big Joe Turner
Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters
Hank Williams
Jimmy Reed
The Clovers
The Dominoes (50's)
The Moonglows
The Orioles
The Platters

Artist Contemporaries
Arthur Alexander
Bobby Fuller Four
Buddy Holly
Chubby Checker
Frankie Ford
Gary U.S. Bonds
Jackie Wilson
Jay & The Americans
Little Anthony (Doo-Wop)
Ritchie Valens
Sonny Curtis
The Four Seasons
The Isley Brothers

Artist Followers
Billy Joel
Bruce Springsteen
Dave Edmunds
Jan & Dean
Lou Reed
Neil Diamond
Nick Lowe
Simon & Garfunkel
Sonny & Cher
The Beach Boys
The Mamas & The Papas
The Rascals
Tom Jones

Technical Info


	Release Date : 09/07/1993
	Original Release Date : 1961
	Catalog ID : 27304
	Label : Capitol/EMI Records
	Number of Discs : 1
	Studio/Live : Studio
	Mono/Stereo : Stereo
	SPAR Code : n/a
	UPC : 00724382730422

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