With the Belmonts, Dion created an Italian-American version of doo-wop. Rather than being a pale imitation of black musicians, he developed a specific New York attitude toward street-corner singing.

Fred Milano, an original member of the 1950s doo-wop group Dion and the Belmonts who sang on hits including “A Teenager in Love,” has died of lung cancer at age 72. “May he rest in peace and ...

A 1959 shot of (l-r) Carlo Mastroangelo, Dion DiMucci and Fred Milano — collectively known as “Dion and the Belmonts.” ...

Carlo Mastrangelo, an original member of Dion and the Belmonts, whose baritone vocals undergirded the group s harmonies on a string of doo-wop hits like No One Knows and A Teenager in Love, died on ...

A 1959 shot of (l-r) Carlo Mastroangelo, Dion DiMucci and Fred Milano — collectively known as "Dion and the Belmonts." Michael Ochs Archives. Cathy MacDonnell.

Dion DiMucci and the early days of rock ‘n’ roll Dion and the Belmonts . Ever since he was a young man performing with his doo-wop group, the Belmonts, Dion DiMucci has possessed a New York ...

Singer Songwriter Dion. He's just released a new record of doo-wop tunes Deja Nu (Collectables 2000). In the late 1950s, Dion and his band the Belmonts topped the chart with several pop hits ...

This is a case of honoring Dion but not Celine. Famed ’60s singer Dion DiMucci of Dion and the Belmonts made the Rolling Stones’ list of the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time. He’s at No. 154 ...

Carlo Mastrangelo, an original member of Dion and the Belmonts, whose baritone vocals undergirded the group s harmonies on a string of doo-wop hits like No One Knows and A Teenager in Love, died on ...