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1) Dion DiMucci, 1960s Italian-American singer
2) Dion, Australian rapper and member of 1Team
1. Dion Francis DiMucci (b July 18, 1939), better known as Dion, is an Italian-American singer-songwriter now widely recognized as one of the top vocalists of his era, blending the best elements of doo-wop, traditional pop, and rnb styles, as well as a forerunner in the development of rock and roll.
Early years
Dion was born to an Italian-American family in the Bronx borough of New York City. As a child, he used to accompany his father, a vaudeville entertainer, on tour, and developed a love of country music – particularly Hank Williams – and the blues and doo-wop stars he heard in local bars and on the radio. His singing abilities were honed on the street corners of Crotona Avenue, where he rounded up other local singers inventing acapella licks, and in local clubs.
In early 1957 he auditioned for Bob and Gene Schwartz, who had just formed Mohawk Records. They recorded him with a vocal group, The Timberlanes, and released a single "The Chosen Few", arranged by Hugo Montenegro, which became a minor regional hit.
With the Belmonts, 1957-1960
Schwartz also signed up Dion's friends, The Belmonts, named after nearby Belmont Avenue. Their breakthrough together came in early 1958, when "I Wonder Why" made # 22 on the national US charts, followed up with "No One Knows" and "Don’t Pity Me" which were also chart hits.
This success won Dion and the Belmonts a place on the "Winter Dance Party" tour with Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper. On 2 February 1959, after playing at Clear Lake, Iowa, Dion decided that he could not afford the $36 cost of a flight to the next venue [1]. The plane crashed, and Holly and the other stars were killed.
In March 1959, Dion and the Belmonts’ next single, "A Teenager In Love", was released, making # 5 in the US pop charts and # 28 in the UK. Their biggest hit, "Where or When", was released in November 1959, and reached #3 on the US charts. However, in early 1960, Dion checked in to hospital for heroin addiction, a problem he had had since his mid-teens. Further single releases for the group that year were less successful, there were musical and financial differences between Dion and members of the Belmonts, and in October 1960 Dion decided to quit for a solo career.
Solo stardom, 1960-1964
1961 album coverBy the end of 1960, Dion had recorded and released his first solo album, Alone With Dion, and the single "Lonely Teenager", which rose to # 12 in the US charts. Follow-ups "Havin’ Fun" and "Kissin’ Game" had less success, and the signs were that Dion would drift onto the cabaret circuit. However, he then recorded, with new vocal group the Del-Satins, an up-tempo number co-written with Ernie Maresca. The record, "Runaround Sue", stormed up the charts, reaching # 1 in the US charts in September 1961, and # 11 in the UK, where he also toured.
For the next single, the record company promoted the A-side, "The Majestic", but it was the B-side, Maresca’s song "The Wanderer", which received the radio plays and again rose swiftly up the charts, reaching # 2 in the US charts in December 1961 and # 10 in the UK. As a classic oldie, it made the UK top twenty again in 1976.
By the end of 1961, Dion was a major star, with a worldwide touring schedule, and he followed up with a string of hit singles – "Lovers Who Wander" (# 3), "Little Diane" (# 8), "Love Came To Me" (# 10) and "Ruby Baby" (# 2) all making the top ten in 1962. Several of these were written or co-written by Dion. He also had successful albums with Runaround Sue and Lovers Who Wander.
At the end of 1962, Dion moved from Laurie to Columbia Records, the first rock and roll artist ever signed to that label. Although the first single, Leiber and Stoller’s "Ruby Baby", was a big hit, reaching # 2, several follow-ups were less so, although "Donna the Prima Donna" and "Drip Drop" both reached # 6 in the charts in late 1963. Nevertheless, problems with his addiction and changing public tastes did cause him to enter a period of commercial decline.
Changing fortunes, 1964-1968
Following a European tour, Dion returned to the USA and was introduced to classic blues music by Columbia’s John Hammond. To the consternation of his management, he began recording more blues-oriented material, including Willie Dixon’s "Hoochie Coochie Man" and "Spoonful", but these releases – some produced by Tom Wilson, with Al Kooper on keyboards - were not commercially successful.
In 1966, Dion briefly reunited with the Belmonts for the album Together Again on ABC Records. Again, this bombed, despite one classic self-penned song, "My Girl The Month Of May". Although by this stage Dion’s career appeared to be nearing an end, he retained enough credibility to be, along with Bob Dylan, the only pop artist featured on the album cover of The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band in 1967.
In April 1968, Dion had a powerful religious experience. After getting clean from drug use, he approached Laurie Records for a new contract, and they agreed on condition that he record the song "Abraham, Martin and John", written by Dick Holler (also the writer of The Royal Guardsmen’s "Snoopy Vs. The Red Baron") in response to the assassinations of Martin Luther King and Robert F Kennedy during the summer of 1968. The success of this song – later recorded by many others including Marvin Gaye – which reached # 4 in the US charts, resuscitated Dion’s career.
The mature period, 1968-1986
Born To Be With You, 1975For the next few years, Dion’s music became radically different, moving to more contemplative and mature material. He released several albums essentially as a singer-songwriter, to critical acclaim but moderate sales, moving to the Warner Brothers label in 1969.
There followed a one-off live reunion show with the Belmonts at Madison Square Garden in 1972, released on album. This was followed in 1975 by the album Born To Be With You, eccentrically produced by Phil Spector. The album was a commercial failure, but has been subsequently praised by such artists as Jason Pierce of Spiritualized and Pete Townshend of The Who.
In 1978 Dion released an album drawing on many of his teenage influences, Return of the Wanderer, another critical success and commercial failure. In December 1979 he experienced a life-changing religious experience, documented in this article [1]. Thereafter, his recordings for several years were in a contemporary Christian music vein, in which he released a number of albums on the Dayspring label reflecting his religious convictions.
Recent work
In 1987 Dion agreed to do a concert of his old hits at Radio City Music Hall in New York. This helped free him to celebrate both his past and his future, and led to a series of special appearances, including a fundraiser for homeless medical relief. There he shared the stage with fans such as Bruce Springsteen, Paul Simon and Lou Reed, all of whom cited Dion as one of their prime influences.
In 1988 Dion's autobiography (co-authored by Davin Seay) titled The Wanderer: Dion's Story was published. In the following year, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the induction speech being given by Lou Reed.
In 1989 he returned to secular rock music with the album Yo Frankie, and since then has released several albums with contemporary rock artists. His Déjà Nu album in 2000 found him covering Bruce Springsteen, a major follower over the years.
He joined Scott Kempner of the Del-Lords and Mike Mesaros of The Smithereens in a short-lived band called Little Kings. A live album was later released, but not widely circulated or promoted.
In January 2006 he released Bronx in Blue, an album of blues and country standards, which was critically acclaimed and nominated for a Grammy. As a practicing Catholic, Dion pursues prison ministry and reaches out to men going through addiction recovery.
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2. Dion is a musician from Sydney, Australia. Currently, he is part of the 1Team music collective alongside Joeyy, Bic Flame, Facy, B9 and Shotti. Dion has been active since 2016, though he has essentially quit music twice, with large time gaps between any new releases.
(as best we know) Dion has a producer alter-ego: Avail, previously known as Deadman.
Dion frequently collaborates with Sudi (another Sydney based artist), Scrap Club (a collective from Stockholm, Sweden) and Redpriest.
The Best
Dion Lyrics
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Leaving pearls on the skyline
But you just do what you did
Feel like I can feel for the first time
Every tiny light in your eyes
Every flicker, every thought going by
Is it madness?
No, it's the best of all
Nobody looked at me like that before
Nobody's ever fallen when I fall
On my knees in the streetlight at your door
Is it wrong to be sure?
Oh no
It's the best of all
All of my life, I've been blown by the wind
In and out of lonely places
Washed up everywhere
But now I know where I'm going
Is it madness?
Is it the worst kind of madness?
No, it's the best of all
Nobody looked at me like that before
Nobody's ever fallen when I fall
On my knees in the streetlight at your door
Is it wrong to be sure?
No, it's the best of all
It's not just my heart you have my whole damn world
You wanna know, you wanna know what I'm feeling?
Ten feet tall
On my knees in the streetlight at your door
Is it wrong to be sure?
Oh, no
It's the best of all
The song "The Best of All" by Dion has a very romantic and optimistic tone to it with references to the beauty of the skyline and the feeling of falling in love for the first time. The lyrics "Sun going down, leaving pearls on the skyline, but you just do what you did, feel like I can feel for the first time" describe a moment of awe-inspiring beauty where the singer's newfound love is akin to seeing the world in a completely new way. The line "Is it madness? Is it the worst kind of madness?" suggests that despite the intensity of these feelings, the singer is not afraid to embrace them.
The chorus of the song repeatedly affirms that this feeling is the "best of all" and that nobody has looked at the singer this way before. The line "It's not just my heart, you have my whole damn world" further emphasizes the intensity of these emotions. The bridge of the song is reflective, describing how the singer has felt aimless and lost throughout their life until they found this newfound love that provides a sense of direction and purpose.
All in all, "The Best of All" is a song about the intensity and beauty of new love and the transformative power of a deep connection with another person.
Line by Line Meaning
Sun going down
The sun is setting
Leaving pearls on the skyline
The sky is turning a beautiful color
But you just do what you did
You're doing the same thing you always do
Feel like I can feel for the first time
I feel an intense emotion for the first time
Every tiny light in your eyes
I notice every little detail about you
Every flicker, every thought going by
I notice your every movement and thought
Is it madness?
Am I crazy for feeling this way?
Is it the worst kind of madness?
Is it a bad thing to feel this way?
No, it's the best of all
No, it's the best feeling I've ever had
Nobody looked at me like that before
No one has ever shown me that kind of attention before
Nobody's ever fallen when I fall
No one has ever felt for me the way I do for you
On my knees in the streetlight at your door
I am metaphorically begging for your affection
Is it wrong to be sure?
Is it bad that I am certain of my feelings for you?
Oh no
No, it's not wrong
All of my life, I've been blown by the wind
I've never had a sense of direction in my life
In and out of lonely places
I've experienced loneliness often
Washed up everywhere
I've been lost and confused in many different places
But now I know where I'm going
But now I feel like I have found my direction
It's not just my heart you have my whole damn world
You have my entire being, not just my heart
You wanna know, you wanna know what I'm feeling?
Do you want to know how deeply I care for you?
Ten feet tall
I feel incredibly confident and strong
Oh, no
It's not wrong
It's the best of all
It's the best feeling I've ever had
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: Ben Earle, Francis Anthony White
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Wild Pepper
This brings me back to ny days in jr high & high school.
This was always one of the greatest songs ever written
In my book.
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how can I find this album online...I only see records for sale...or how can I get this digitally on my phone? Such great lyrics
Enrique Sánchez McClinton
Unfortunately, this album (digitally) is not for sale online. But you can buy the CDs that were reprinted some years ago. Here, look at this in Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00009PUQ2/ref=ntt_mus_dp_dpt_5
I SUPPORT TRUMP
I'd like to write the song of songs convince you all that you should come along but I'll probably never live that long still Jesus died for you I sit around and make up clever lines and toss them out as they dance through my mind a sweeter love than his you'll never find cause Jesus died for you chorus the best thing I can tell you is god love you I can say that from my heart I know its true the best thing I can tell you is god love you and he sent his only son as living proof Now I can talk all night till I'm blue in the face present my argument and state my case but I'd rather tell you of his wondrous grace cause Jesus died for you now I can't talk about theology or dabble in some deep philosophy cause it all comes down on calvary when Jesus died for you chorus
Enrique Sánchez McClinton
Great lyrics!