This is the discography for American musician Dion DiMucci (including Dion and the Belmonts).[1] [2] [3] [4]
Dion is a singer and songwriter whose music has incorporated elements of doo-wop, rock, R&B and blues.[5] As lead singer of Dion and the Belmonts, then a solo career, he was one of the most popular rock and roll performers of the pre-British Invasion era.[2] He had 39 Top 40 hits in the late 1950s and early 1960s as a solo performer, with the Belmonts or with the Del-Satins.[6] He is best known for the singles "Runaround Sue", "The Wanderer", "Ruby Baby" and "Lovers Who Wander", among other hits.[7] In the late 1960s, Dion shifted his style and released songs that were more mature and contemplative, such as "Abraham, Martin and John".[8] During the 1980s, Dion produced several Christian albums, earning a GMA Dove Award nomination in 1984 for the album I Put Away My Idols.[9] [10] He returned to secular music in the late 1980s with Yo Frankie (1989).[11] Between the mid-2000s and 2021, Dion released six Top Blues Albums.[7] Critics who had dismissed his early work, labeling him a teen idol, praised his later work and noted the influence he has had on other musicians.[12] A Grammy-nominated artist,[13] Dion has released over 40 albums, and scored eleven Top 10 hits (including with the Belmonts) on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.[14] He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989.[15] In 2002, Dion was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame for "Runaround Sue".[16] Recent album awards include Favorite Blues Album for New York is My Home (2016), Favorite Compilations and Reissues for Kickin Child: Lost Columbia Album 1965 (2017) and Favorite Blues Album for Blues with Friends (2020).[17]
| Year | Album | Billboard 200 | Record label | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | Presenting Dion and the Belmonts | – | Laurie Records | |
| 1960 | Wish Upon a Star with Dion and the Belmonts | – | Laurie Records | |
| 1967 | Together Again | – | ABC Records | |
| 1973 | Live at Madison Square Garden 1972 | 144 | Warner Bros. Records |
| Year | Album | Billboard 200 | Top Christian | Top Blues Albums | Independent Albums | UK Albums Chart | Record label |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | Runaround Sue | 11 | – | – | – | – | Laurie Records |
| Alone with Dion | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 1962 | Lovers Who Wander | 12 | – | – | – | – | |
| 1963 | Dion Sings to Sandy | 115 | – | – | – | – | |
| Ruby Baby | 20 | – | – | – | – | Columbia Records | |
| Donna the Prima Donna | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Love Came to Me | – | – | – | – | – | Laurie Records | |
| 1968 | Dion | 128 | – | – | – | – | |
| 1969 | Wonder Where I'm Bound | – | – | – | – | – | Columbia Records |
| 1970 | Sit Down Old Friend | – | – | – | – | – | Warner Bros. Records |
| 1971 | You're Not Alone | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Sanctuary | 200 | – | – | – | – | ||
| 1972 | Suite for Late Summer | 197 | – | – | – | – | |
| 1975 | Born to Be with You | – | – | – | – | – | Phil Spector International Records |
| 1976 | Streetheart | – | – | – | – | – | Warner Bros. Records |
| 1978 | Return of the Wanderer | – | – | – | – | – | Lifesong Records |
| 1979 | Fire in the Night | – | – | – | – | – | Ace Records |
| 1980 | Inside Job | – | – | – | – | – | DaySpring Records |
| 1981 | Only Jesus | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 1983 | I Put Away My Idols | – | 37[18] | – | – | – | |
| 1984 | Seasons | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 1985 | Kingdom in the Streets | – | – | – | – | – | Myrrh Records |
| 1986 | Velvet & Steel | – | – | – | – | – | DaySpring Records |
| 1989 | Yo Frankie | 130 | – | – | – | – | Arista Records |
| 1992 | Dream on Fire | – | – | – | – | – | Visionary Records |
| 1993 | Rock N' Roll Christmas | – | – | – | – | – | The Right Stuff Records |
| 2000 | Déjà Nu | – | – | – | – | – | Ace Records[19] |
| 2003 | New Masters | – | – | – | – | – | Collectables Records[20] |
| 2006 | Bronx in Blue | – | – | 2 | – | – | Verve Forecast Records[21] |
| 2007 | Son of Skip James | – | – | 4 | – | ||
| 2008 | Heroes:Giants of Early Guitar Rock | – | – | – | – | – | Saguaro Roads Records[22] [23] |
| 2011 | Tank Full of Blues | – | – | 3 | 42 | – | Blue Horizon[24] |
| 2016 | New York Is My Home | – | – | 3 | 29 | – | Instant Records[25] [26] |
| 2017 | Kickin Child: Lost Columbia Album 1965[27] | – | – | – | – | – | Norton Records[28] |
| 2020 | Blues with Friends | – | – | 1 | 31 | 52 | KTBA Records |
| 2021 | Stomping Ground | – | – | 1 | – | – |
Dion released a music video for every song from Blues with Friends (2020)[29] [30] and Stomping Ground (2021)[31] via social media.
| Year | Album | Billboard 200 | Record label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Dion Sings His Greatest Hits | 29 | Laurie Records |
| 1964 | More of Dion's Greatest Hits | – | |
| 1973 | Dion's Greatest Hits | 194 | Columbia Records |
| 1976 | Everything You Always Wanted to Hear by Dion and the Belmonts But Couldn't Get | – | Laurie Records |
| 1991 | Bronx Blues: The Columbia Recordings (1962-1965) | – | Columbia Records |
| 1997 | The Road I'm On: A Retrospective | – | Columbia/Legacy |
| The Best of the Gospel Years[32] | – |
Sources: [33] [34] [35] [36] [37] [38] [39] [40]
| Release date | Titles (A-side, B-side) Both sides from same album except where indicated | US record label and number | Chart positions | Album | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Hot 100 | US AC | UK Singles Chart[41] | US R&B | ||||
| 1957 | "Santa Margarita"[42] b/w "Teenage Clementine"[43] | Mohawk 106 | non-album tracks[44] | ||||
| 1957 | "Tag Along"[45] b/w "We Went Away" | Mohawk 107 | |||||
| 1958 | "I Wonder Why" b/w "Teen Angel" (from Dion Sings His Greatest Hits)[46] | Laurie 3013 | 22 | Presenting Dion and the Belmonts[47] | |||
| "No One Knows" b/w "I Can't Go On (Rosalie)" (from Together) | Laurie 3015 | 19 | 12 | ||||
| "Don't Pity Me" b/w "Just You" | Laurie 3021 | 40 | |||||
| 1959 | "A Teenager in Love" b/w "I've Cried Before" | Laurie 3027 | 5 | 28 | |||
| "A Lover's Prayer" | Laurie 3035 | 73 | Wish Upon a Star with Dion and the Belmonts[48] | ||||
| "Every Little Thing I Do" | 48 | Together[49] | |||||
| 1960 | "Where or When" b/w "That's My Desire" | Laurie 3044 | 3 | 19 | Presenting Dion and the Belmonts[50] | ||
| "When You Wish Upon a Star" b/w "Wonderful Girl" (from Presenting Dion and the Belmonts) | Laurie 3052 | 30 | Wish Upon a Star with Dion and the Belmonts[51] | ||||
| "In the Still of the Night" b/w "A Funny Feeling" (from Presenting Dion and the Belmonts) | Laurie 3059 | 38 | |||||
| 1966 | "Berimbau" b/w "My Girl the Month of May" | ABC 10868 | Together Again | ||||
| 1967 | "For Bobbie" b/w "Movin' Man" | ABC 10896 | |||||
Sources: [52] [14] [4] [53] [3] [54] [55]
| Release date | Titles (A-side, B-side) Both sides from same album except where indicated | US record label and number | Chart positions | Album | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Hot 100 | US AC | UK Singles Chart | US R&B | ||||
| 1960 | "Lonely Teenager" b/w "Little Miss Blue" | Laurie 3070 | 12 | 47 | Alone with Dion[56] | ||
| 1961 | "Havin' Fun" b/w "North East End of the Corner" | Laurie 3081 | 42 | ||||
| "Kissin' Game" b/w "Heaven Help Me" | Laurie 3090 | 82 | Love Came to Me[57] | ||||
| "Somebody Nobody Wants" b/w "Could Somebody Take My Place Tonight" (from Love Came to Me) | Laurie 3101 | 103 | Runaround Sue[58] | ||||
| "Runaround Sue" b/w "Runaway Girl" | Laurie 3110 | 1 | 11 | 4 | |||
| "The Wanderer"[59] / | Laurie 3115 | 2 | 10 | ||||
| "The Majestic"[60] | 36 | ||||||
| 1962 | "Lovers Who Wander" | Laurie 3123 | 3 | 16 | Lovers Who Wander[61] | ||
| "(I Was) Born to Cry" | 42 | ||||||
| "Little Diane" b/w "Lost for Sure" | Laurie 3134 | 8 | |||||
| "Love Came to Me" b/w "Little Girl" | Laurie 3145 | 10 | 24 | Love Came to Me | |||
| "Ruby Baby" b/w "He'll Only Hurt You" | Columbia 42662 | 2 | 5 | Ruby Baby[62] | |||
| 1963 | "Sandy" b/w "Faith" (from Together) | Laurie 3153 | 21 | Dion Sings to Sandy[63] | |||
| "This Little Girl"[64] b/w "The Loneliest Man in the World" (from Ruby Baby)[65] | Columbia 42776 | 21 | Donna the Prima Donna | ||||
| "Come Go with Me" b/w "King Without a Queen" | Laurie 3171 | 48 | Lovers Who Wander[66] | ||||
| "Be Careful of Stones that You Throw"[67] b/w "I Can't Believe (That You Don't Love Me Anymore)"[68] | Columbia 42810 | 31 | Donna the Prima Donna | ||||
| "Lonely World" b/w "Tag Along" (non-album track) | Laurie 3187 | 101 | More of Dion's Greatest Hits | ||||
| "Donna the Prima Donna" b/w "You're Mine" | Columbia 42852 | 6 | 17 | Donna the Prima Donna[69] | |||
| "Drip Drop"[70] b/w "No One's Waiting for Me"[71] | Columbia 42917 | 6 | non-album tracks | ||||
| 1964 | "Then I'll Be Tired of You" b/w "After the Dance" | Laurie 3225 | Alone with Dion[72] | ||||
| "I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man"[73] b/w "The Road I'm On (Gloria)"[74] | Columbia 42977 | 113 | non-album tracks | ||||
| "Shout" b/w "Little Girl" (from Love Came to Me) | Laurie 3240 | 108 | Lovers Who Wander | ||||
| "Johnny B. Goode"[75] b/w "Chicago Blues"[76] | Columbia 43096 | 71 | non-album tracks | ||||
| 1965 | "Unloved, Unwanted Me" b/w "Sweet, Sweet, Baby" (from Donna the Prima Donna) | Columbia 43213 | Ruby Baby | ||||
| "Kickin' Child" b/w "Spoonful" | Columbia 43293 | non-album tracks | |||||
| "Tomorrow Won't Bring the Rain"[77] b/w "You Move Me Babe"[78] | Columbia 43423 | ||||||
| "I Got the Blues" b/w "(I Was) Born to Cry" (from Lovers Who Wander)[79] | Laurie 3303 | ||||||
| 1966 | "Time in My Heart For You" b/w "Wake Up Baby" | Columbia 43483 | |||||
| "Two Ton Feather"[80] b/w "So Much Younger"[81] | Columbia 43692 | ||||||
| 1968 | "Abraham, Martin and John"[82] b/w "Daddy Rollin' (In Your Arms)" (non-album track)[83] | Laurie 3464 | 4 | Dion[84] | |||
| "Purple Haze" b/w "The Dolphins" | Laurie 3478 | 63 | |||||
| 1969 | "I Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound" b/w "Southern Train" | Columbia 44719 | Wonder Where I'm Bound[85] | ||||
| "From Both Sides Now"[86] b/w "Sun Fun Song"[87] | Laurie 3495 | 91 | Dion | ||||
| "He Looks a Lot Like Me"[88] b/w "Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever"[89] | Laurie 3504 | ||||||
| "If We Only Have Love"[90] b/w "Natural Man" | Warner Bros. 7356 | Sit Down Old Friend[91] | |||||
| 1970 | "Your Own Back Yard" b/w "Sit Down Old Friend" (from Sit Down Old Friend) | Warner Bros. 7401 | 75 | Born to Be with You[92] | |||
| 1971 | "Close to It All" b/w "Let It Be" | Warner Bros. 7469 | You're Not Alone[93] | ||||
| "Sunniland" b/w "Josie"[94] | Warner Bros. 7491 | ||||||
| "Sanctuary" b/w "Brand New Morning" | Warner Bros. 7537 | 103 | Sanctuary[95] | ||||
| 1972 | "Running Close Behind You" b/w "Sea Gull"[96] | Warner Bros. 7663 | Suite for Late Summer | ||||
| 1973 | "Doctor Rock and Roll" b/w "Sunshine Lady" (from Sanctuary) | Warner Bros. 7704 | non-album track | ||||
| 1974 | "New York City Song"[97] b/w "Richer Than a Rich Man" (non-album track) | Warner Bros. 7793 | Born to Be with You | ||||
| 1975 | "Make The Woman Love Me" b/w "Running Close Behind You" (from Suite for Late Summer)[98] | Warner/Spector 0403 | |||||
| "Born to Be with You" b/w "Good Lovin' Man" | Big Tree/Spector 16063 | ||||||
| 1976 | "The Wanderer" b/w "Little Diane" | Philips 6146 700 (UK) | 16 | Dion's Greatest Hits (UK)[99] | |||
| "Hey My Love" b/w "Lover Boy Supreme" | Warner Bros. 8234 | Streetheart[100] | |||||
| "The Way You Do the Things You Do" b/w "Lover Boy Supreme"[101] | Warner Bros. 8258 | ||||||
| "Queen Of '59" b/w "Oh the Night" | Warner Bros. 8293 | ||||||
| 1977 | "Young Virgin Eyes[102] (I'm All Wrapped Up)" b/w "Oh the Night" (from Streetheart)[103] | Warner Bros. 8406 | non-album track | ||||
| 1978 | "Heart of Saturday Night" b/w "You've Awakened Something in Me" | Lifesong 1765 | Return of the Wanderer[104] | ||||
| "Midtown American Main Street Gang" b/w "Guitar Queen"[105] | Lifesong 1770 | ||||||
| "(I Used to Be a) Brooklyn Dodger"[106] b/w "Streetheart Theme"[107] | Lifesong 1785 | ||||||
| 1980 | "Fire in the Night"[108] b/w "Street Mama" | Lifesong 45082 | non-album tracks | ||||
| "Sweet Surrender" B-side unknown | Dayspring 618 | Inside Job[109] | |||||
| 1981 | "The Best" B-side unknown | Dayspring 622 | Only Jesus[110] | ||||
| 1983 | "Day of the Lord"[111] B-side unknown | Dayspring 632 | I Put Away My Idols[112] | ||||
| "I Put Away My Idols" B-side unknown | Dayspring 633 | ||||||
| 1984 | "Golden Sun, Silver Moon"[113] B-side unknown | Dayspring 9016294155 | Seasons[114] | ||||
| 1985 | "Still in the Spirit" B-side unknown | Myrrh[115] 9016382151 | Kingdom in the Streets[116] | ||||
| 1986 | "Simple Ironies" B-side unknown | Dayspring 9016676155 | Velvet & Steel[117] | ||||
| 1989 | "And the Night Stood Still" b/w "Tower of Love" | Arista 9797 | 75 | 16 | Yo Frankie[118] | ||
| "King of the New York Streets" b/w "The Wanderer" (non-album track) | Arista 662556 | 74[119] | |||||
| "Written on the Subway Wall"/"Little Star" (with Paul Simon)[120] "King of the New York Streets" b/w "And the Night Stood Still"/"Tower of Love" | Arista 662910 | 97[121] | |||||
| 1990 | "Sea Cruise" (from The Adventures of Ford Fairlane) CD single | Elektra 8191 | 28 | The Adventures of Ford Fairlane (soundtrack)[122] | |||
| 1993 | "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" b/w "Jingle Bell Rock"[123] | The Right Stuff 17651 | Rock 'N Roll Christmas[124] | ||||
| 1997 | "Please Come Home for Christmas" b/w "Wintertime" (non-album track) | The Right Stuff 19769 | |||||
| 2015 | "New York Is My Home"[125] (with Paul Simon)[126] | Blue Horizon | New York Is My Home[127] | ||||
| 2020 | "Song for Sam Cooke (Here in America)"[128] (with Paul Simon) | KTBA Records[129] | Blues with Friends[130] | ||||
| "Blues Comin' On" (with Joe Bonamassa)[131] | |||||||
| 2021 | "Angel in the Alleyways" (with Patti Scialfa & Bruce Springsteen)[132] | Stomping Ground[133] | |||||
"Hello Christmas" (with Amy Grant) and "You Know It's Christmas" (with Joe Bonamassa) were released in 2020.[134] [135]
| Year | Song | Year-End position | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | "A Teenager in Love" | 25 | |
| 1960 | "Where or When" | 21 |
| Year | Song | Year-End position |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | "Runaround Sue" | 46 |
| 1962 | "The Wanderer" | 12 |
| "Lovers Who Wander" | 67 | |
| "Little Diane" | 86 | |
| 1963 | "Ruby Baby" | 32 |
| "Donna the Prima Donna" | 76 |