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Nov 6, 2020 · 6 Lost In Hollywood (Mezmerize, 2005) Borrowing a song-title from Rainbow’s 1979 album Down To Earth, Lost In Hollywood is a twisted love/hate letter to the band’s hometown.
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The greatest hits of Dion and The Belmonts on this best of including I Wonder Why, Runaway, and many more of Dion’s greatest hits and oldies classics.
- I Wonder Why
- Teenager in Love
- Where Or When
- New York Is My Home
- Lonely Teenager
- Lovers Who Wander
- Donna The Prima Donna
- Ruby Baby
- Runaround Sue
- The Wanderer
We we’ll start out this top 10 Dion and the Belmonts songs list in chronological order with Dion’s hits with the Belmonts. Dion and the Belmonts’ first big hit with the song entitled “I Wonder Why.” The song was written by Melvin Anderson and Ricardo Weeks. “I Wonder Why.” was released in 1958. The song “I Wonder Why.” hit the number 22 position on...
Continuing with our top 10 Dion and the Belmonts songs list we move ahead in time one year later to 1959. As the decade of the 1950s came to a close, Dion and the Belmonts would score the second-highest charting song of their career. Their soon-to-be legendary song entitled “Teenager In Love,”become a top 10 hit peaking at number 5 on the US Billbo...
The success of their hit single “Teenager In Love,” turned Dion and the Belmonts into a household name. Riding their wave of fame the band released another single in 1959 that would score even higher on the Billboard top 100. Dion and the Belmonts’ cover of Rodgers & Hart’s “Where or When,” reached all the way to number three on the Billboard Top 1...
We open up this part of our top 10 Dion songs list focussing on Dion’s solo career with this most recent remarkable gem entitled “New York Is My Home.”The song was released in 2016 as a duet between Paul Simon and Dion. Two native New Yorkers singing about the home they grew up in, that they have loved, and that they have been proud to be a part of...
“Lonely Teenager,”was Dion’s first single released as a solo artist. The song was released in 1960. In so many ways the song defines a transition between the 50s and into the 1960s. Gone is the doo-wop sound replaced by a strumming guitar and rhythm and groove beat. Yet, it still carries Dion’s iconic 1950s vocal sound. It’s a fascinating look back...
Continuing with our Top 10 Dion Songs list we turn to Dion’s big time 1962 hit entitled “Lovers Who Wander.” Two years into his solo career Dion scored a top10 hit with “Lovers Who Wander.” The song became a top 10 hit for Dion peaking at the number three position on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1963. Making it even sweeter was the fact that Dion also ...
One of our favorite titled Dion songs has to be “Donna The Prima Donna.” The classic Dion song was released in 1963. Once again the songwriting team of Dion DiMucci and Ernie Maresca scored a top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100. The song peaked at the number six spot. 1963 was the big transition year in the 1960s for music. The Beatles released the...
As we move closer to the number one spot on our Top 10 Dion Songs and Dion And The Belmonts Songs list we turn to the three big ones. While “Ruby Baby,” may not have had the cultural impact that “Runaround Sue,” and “The Wanderer,”had, it still stands as one of the best Dion songs ever released. Dion had a huge hit with the song in 1962. Promoted b...
We would argue that there is probably no one alive on this planet over the age of 35 who has not heard Dion’s “Runaround Sue.” The song is pop culture! Dion’s “Runaround Sue.” was released in September of 1961. The song “Runaround Sue.” hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100. It was also a number-one song in the countries of Canada and New Zealand...
It was tough to choose between Dion’s “Runaround Sue,” and “The Wanderer,” for the number one position on our Top 10 Dion Songs list. On any given day we could flip the order. Dion’s legendary song “The Wanderer,” was originally released as the B side to the song “The Majestic.”Talk about a record company getting it wrong. While “The Wanderer,” may...
6 days ago · The third track from Iron Maiden’s first full-length could very well be the greatest performance from Di'Anno’s career. Following the pounding drum work from Clive Burr and Steve Harris’ E-minor bass hook, he regales the story of a young rebel with the immortal opening line “Just sixteen, a pickup truck, out of money, out of luck”.
- Oh Sherrie. There are times when you hear a new song on the radio for the first time and you are just frozen until the second the song ends. That is what it was like when most people heard the opening notes to this incredible piece of music.
- Foolish Heart. If we ever want to define the term for groove ballad, we could just play this amazing track. Steve Perry’s “Foolish Heart,” was released on the Street Talk album.
- You Better Wait. It took Steve Perry ten years to follow up his first solo album with another solo effort. For The Love of Strange Medicine was released in 1994.
- I Believe. The bass line, the drums, and the groove on this one was addicting as you could get. That Motown feel juxtaposed against Steve Perry’s killer vocal gave birth to a song to die for, if you know what I mean.
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Aug 10, 2023 · A classic of the 1980s, “Back In The High Life Again” remains one of Winwood’s most beloved and enduring hits. 4. “While You See A Chance”. A classic of the 1980s, “While You See A Chance” is a song from Steve Winwood’s 1980 album, Arc of a Diver. The song’s lyrics tackle the idea of taking chances and making the most of life ...
