Fred Milano, founder of the Belmonts passed away on New Years Day. The Belmonts may not sound familiar, until you add Dion to the mix. Yes, Dion and the Belmonts, one of the early superstars of early (really early) rock and roll. Most of the bands major hits were in late 50’s and early 60’s. “A Teenager In Love”, “Runaround Sue”, “When You Wish Upon A Star”, we all know the words and can belt them out in the shower. We can all appreciate and remember Fred through, the immortality of these songs and others. In memorial, I have attached the classic “Runaround Sue”.
Runaround Sue
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Runaround Sue was one of the first songs I learned on guitar.
Sad sad news.
My first was Cinnamon Girl.
Marshall Crenshaw?
He’s on the radio now in NY – wfuv, Fordham University station. He does a weekly radio show.
You can stream them at wfuv.org.
Just Youtubed Marshall, Cynical Girl.
Hah – odd mistake to make…Must be later than I thought…
Neil Young, but Crenshaw is great too. Haven’t heard that name in a while.
I thought of Prince when I read Cinnamon Girl 😐
This just proves that a classic is timeless for a reason. I did not know much about Dion and the Belmonts but from a large array of songs I was listening to in the background, Teenager in Love and Runaround Sue stood out.
Dion went out on his own and recorded this classic. Very different
Hard to think it’s from the same man. Reminds me just a bit of John Denver.
Needless to say the Belmonts didn’t last long without Dion