Google Sightseeing (Free subscription) | 02/03/2010
Today, February 3rd, is the 51st anniversary of the death of Buddy Holly. The day before his death, Buddy Holly and associated acts Dion & The Belmonts, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson, had played the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa. After issues with their tour bus, and due to appear in [...]
Steven Rubio's Online Life (Free subscription) | 01/22/2010
I’ve long felt that doo-wop was the most innocent music of the rock and roll era. I know I’m being nostalgic and too romantic, but the simplicity of the music and lyrics, combined with the complex elegance of the vocals,...
PODCASTs (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
Forty-five minutes of Rock’n’RollSoul goodness to enliven your commute and kick off the weekend. Featured artist is Dion DiMucci, there are guest tunes from Jah Shabby, plus hear what recent guest DJs
Remembrance in Spacetime (Free subscription) | 12/10/2009
{Song #42 « Song #43 » T•of•C} § ≡ One of an ongoing series of posts in which I pick, in my not-so-humble opinion, the best songs of the second millennium. Feel free to offer constructive dissenting opinions; preferably set to music. Song #43 is The Wanderer, sung by Dion (DiMucci). "The Wanderer" is a song recorded with an uncredited background vocal group,...
zaria | 12/01/2009
List of Dion DiMucci Songs | Dion Dimucci Wiki Info In early 1957 Dion auditioned for Bob and Gene Schwartz, who had just formed Mohawk Records. They recorded him with a vocal group, The Timberlanes, and released a single "The Chosen Few", arranged by Hugo Montenegro, which became a minor regional hit.
DeRosaWorld (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
Here is Dion DiMucci performing his 1968 hit, Abraham, Martin and John.
RightWingBob.com (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
On the current tour, Bob Dylan’s shows have not included an opening act. That will change for the final three (or four?) nights of the tour in New York City. The opening act on those nights will be the artist concisely known as Dion. Most famous for his big 1960s hits The Wanderer and Runaround [...]
Twangville (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 25th Anniversary Concerts, Night One 29 October 2009 @ Madison Square Garden, New York City Headliners: Crosby, Stills & Nash; Paul Simon; Simon & Garfunkel; Stevie Wonder; Bruce Springsteen Guests: Jerry Lee Lewis, Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne, James Taylor, Dion DiMucci, Little Anthony & the Imperials, Smokey Robinson, John Legend, [...]
The Allmusic Blog (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
This weekend’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 25th anniversary concerts weren’t just a veritable who’s who of rock, they were also a who’s playing with who collaboration-fest. Friday night kicked off the festivities with performances by Crosby, Stills & Nash, Bonnie Raitt, and Jackson Browne; Paul Simon played with Dion DiMucci and Little Anthony [...]
Twangville (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Tom Hanks may have kicked things off with a hearty “Hail Hail Rock and Roll,” but it was the legendary Jerry Lee Lewis (HoF inaugural class of 1986) who got the party started. The 74-year old was clearly showing his age yet still showed his spark as he knocked out a healthy version of [...]
Hidden Track (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
The producers of the two-night extravaganza at Madison Square Garden to celebrate the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s 25th Anniversary promised tons on surprises and they came through in a big way. From the moment special guest Jerry Lee Lewis kicked things off with Whole Lotta Shakin’ Going On through the all-star finale of Darlene Love, John Fogerty, Tom Morello, Billy Joel, Jackson Browne,...
The Allmusic Blog (Free subscription) | 08/10/2009
This morning, a Google search revealed hundreds of obits for Willy DeVille from American news sources. This past Friday morning, the day after his death from pancreatic cancer in a hospital bed in New York City, there were less than a handful. All of them were in European languages. In America, Willy DeVille was a [...]
Baxojayz - Centricity (Free subscription) | 07/19/2009
adumbrate \AD-uhm-brayt; uh-DUHM-\, transitive verb : 1. To produce a faint image or resemblance of; to outline or sketch. 2. To prefigure indistinctly; foreshadow. 3. To suggest, indicate, or disclose partially. 4. To cast a shadow over; to shade; to obscure Adumbrate derives from Latin adumbrare , "to sketch" (literally, "to shade towards," hence "to foreshadow or prefigure"),...
A Catholic Mom in Hawaii (Free subscription) | 07/07/2009
Trinity Church This is Trinity Church which dates back to before the American Revolutionary War. Alexander Hamilton, first treasurer of the United States and founder of Paterson, New Jersey is interred at that church. As you know, he lost his life in the duel with Aaron Burr. Our Lady of Victories Catholic Church This is the beautiful church where Father Vincent Capodanno, the Grunt Padre worshipped...
Free lyrics (Free subscription) | 05/19/2009
Donna the Prima Donna Dion music and lyrics by Dion DiMucci & Ernie Maresca
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zaria | 12/01/2009
List of Dion DiMucci Songs | Dion Dimucci Wiki Info In early 1957 Dion auditioned for Bob and Gene Schwartz, who had just formed Mohawk Records. They recorded him with a vocal group, The Timberlanes, and released a single "The Chosen Few", arranged by Hugo Montenegro, which became a minor regional hit.
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