DION AND THE BELMONTS - A TEENAGER IN LOVE 45 RPM LAURIE UNPLAYED 1959
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ROCK/HARD ROCK/GARAGE/PSYCHEDELIC POP/SURF/BOY BAND/PUNK
R&B/MOTOWN/JUKEBOX SERIES COUNTRY/ROCKABILLY BLUES/JAZZ
DION
AND THE BELMONTS
45 RPM
LAURIE RECORDS
3027
A-SIDE
A TEENAGER IN LOVE
PEAK # 5 BILLBOARD HOT 100 15 WEEKS ON CHART
B-SIDE
I'VE CRIED BEFORE
CONDITION: VINYL MINT "UN-PLAYED"
"NOT A 1st PRESS RELEASE"
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FORMAT: 7" 45 SINGLE
ARTIST: DION AND THE BELMONTS
TITLE: A TEENAGER IN LOVE
/ I'VE CRIED BEFORE
LABEL: LAURIE
NUMBER: 3027
LABEL DESCRIPTION: STOCK COPY
GRADE: MINT (New Stock) "UN-PLAYED"
ADDITIONAL NOTES: AN ORIGINAL COPY-NOT A REISSUE!!!
ADDITIONAL INFO: Dion and the Belmonts were a leading American vocal group of the late 1950s.
All of its members were from the Bronx, New York City. In late 1957 Dion DiMucci joined The Belmonts with singers Carlo Mastrangelo, Fred Milano and Angelo D'Aleo to form the group.
History
The name the Belmonts was derived from the fact that two of the four singers lived on Belmont Avenue in the Bronx, and the other two lived near Belmont Avenue.
After unsuccessful singles on Mohawk Records in 1957 and then on Jubilee Records ("The Chosen Few" Dion & the Timberlanes not the Belmonts), Dion was paired with The Belmonts. The group signed with Laurie Records in early 1958. The breakthrough came when their very first Laurie release, "I Wonder Why", reached No. 22 on the Billboard Top 100 charts, and they appeared for the first time on the nationally televised American Bandstand show, hosted by Dick Clark. Dion said of the Belmonts, "I'd give 'em sounds. I'd give 'em parts and stuff. That's what 'I Wonder Why' was about. We kind of invented this percussive rhythmic sound. If you listen to that song, everybody was doing something different. It was totally amazing. When I listen to it today, often times I think, 'Man, those kids are talented'." Dion and the Belmonts were the sound of the city. Their roots were groups like the Flamingos, the Five Satins, the Dells, acts who developed their sound in urban settings on street corners, mimicking instruments with their voices, even complex jazz arrangements.
They followed the hit with the ballads "No One Knows" (No. 19) and "Don’t Pity Me" (No. 40), which they also performed on Bandstand. This early success brought them their first major tour in late 1958, with the Coasters, Buddy Holly and Bobby Darin, followed by the historic and tragic Winter Dance Party tour featuring Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper. On February 2, 1959, after playing the Surf Ballroom, Holly arranged to charter a plane. Dion decided he couldn't afford the $36 cost to fly to the next venue. "$36 seemed like an awful lot of money to me," he said, and told Holly, no. Shortly after midnight, on February 3rd 1959, the plane crashed near Clear Lake, Iowa, with Holly, Valens, The Big Bopper, and the pilot, Roger Peterson, all being killed. Bobby Vee, then an unknown artist, performed in Holly’s place at the very next concert. Later, Jimmy Clanton, Frankie Avalon, and Fabian were hired to finish the tour in place of the three deceased headliners.
In March 1959 Dion and the Belmonts’ next single, "A Teenager in Love", broke the Top Ten, reaching No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 28 on the UK Singles Charts. Written by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman, it's considered one of the greatest songs in Rock and Roll history. It was followed by their first album, "Presenting Dion and the Belmonts". Their biggest hit, "Where or When", was released in November 1959, and reached No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 with the group making another national appearance on American Bandstand. The flip side, "That's My Desire", although never charting nationally, is as well known in many areas, especially New York City.
Other singles released for the group that year continued to chart Billboard, but were less successful. In early 1960, Dion checked into a hospital for heroin addiction, a problem he had since his mid-teens. At the height of the group's success his drug dependency worsened. When, "Where or When", peaked, he was in a hospital detoxifying. In addition, there were financial and musical differences between Dion and members of the Belmonts. "They wanted to get into their harmony thing, and I wanted to rock and roll," said Dion. "The label wanted me doing standards. I got bored with it quickly. I said, I can't do this. I gotta play my guitar. So we split up and I did "Runaround Sue", "The Wanderer", and "Ruby Baby". In October 1960, DiMucci decided to quit for a solo career. Now simply known as "Dion", his first major hit, "Lonely Teenager" was backed by a female chorus. He eventually chose to work with The Del-Satins, who backed him (uncredited) on all his early Laurie and Columbia Records hits, which, besides the three aforementioned hits Dion quoted, also included "Donna the Prima Donna" and "Drip Drop". Later reissues of these songs would often be erroneously attributed to Dion and the Belmonts. The Belmonts also continued to release records on their own label, Sabina Records, but with less success, although songs like "Such a Long Way", "Tell Me Why", "I Need Someone", "I Confess", and "Come On Little Angel" all got significant radio play in the New York City area.
Discography
All singles released by Dion & the Belmonts
Year Single U.S. label Billboard Hot 100 UK Singles Chart Oct 1957 "We Went Away" / "Tag Along" Mohawk 105 – – Apr 1958 "I Wonder Why" / "Teen Angel" Laurie 3013 22 – Aug 1958 "No One Knows" / "I Can't Go On (Rosalie)" Laurie 3015 19 – Dec 1958 "Don't Pity Me" / "Just You" Laurie 3021 40 – Mar 1959 "A Teenager in Love" / "I've Cried Before" Laurie 3027 5 28 Aug 1959 "Every Little Thing I Do" / "A Lover's Prayer" Laurie 3035 48 – Nov 1959 "Where or When" / "That's My Desire" Laurie 3044 3 – Apr 1960 "When You Wish Upon a Star" / "Wonderful Girl" Laurie 3052 30 – Jun 1960 "In the Still of the Night" / "A Funny Feeling" Laurie 3059 38 – Oct 1966 "My Girl The Month of May" / "Berimbau" ABC 10868 – 9 Jan 1967 "Movin' Man" / "For Bobbie" ABC 10896 – 17H AND J COLLECTABLES SPECIAL OFFER
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