After an unsuccessful first single, the group were signed to Laurie Records. Their breakthrough came when "I Wonder Why" made # 22 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and the group appeared for the first time on the Dick Clark TV show. They followed it with the ballads "No One Knows" (#19) and "Don't Pity Me" (#40).
This success won Dion and the Belmonts their first major tour in late 1958, with The Coasters, Buddy Holly and Bobby Darin, and this was followed up by the "Winter Dance Party" tour with 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. The plane crashed, and Holly and the other stars were killed. However, the tour continued, with Jimmy Clanton and Bobby Vee being added to the bill.
In March 1959, Dion and the Belmonts’ next single, "A Teenager in Love", was released, making #5 in the Billboard Hot 100 and #28 in the UK Singles Chart, and this was followed by an album, Presenting Dion and the Belmonts. Their biggest hit, "Where or When", was released in November 1959, and reached #3 on the U.S. chart.
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 disputes between Dion and members of the Belmonts, and in October 1960 Dion decided to quit for a solo career. The Belmonts also continued to release records, but with less success.
Dion and the Belmonts reunited in 1966 for the unsuccessful album Together Again on ABC Records, and again in 1972 for a one-off show at Madison Square Garden, recorded and released as a live album.
Have You Heard
Dion & The Belmonts Lyrics
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You could touch the moonlight
When your heart's shooting stars
You're holding heaven in your arms
Have you ever been so in love
Have you ever walked on air
Ever felt like you were dreamin'
But it really feels that good
Have you ever been so in love
Have you ever been in love
You could touch the moonlight
When your heart's shooting star
You're holding heaven in your arms
Have you ever been in love, have you
The time I spent
Waiting for something that was heaven-sent
When you find it don't let go,
I know
Have you ever said a prayer
And found that it was answered
All my hope has been restored
And I ain't looking anymore
Have you ever been so in love, have you
Some place that you ain't leavin'
Somewhere you're gonna stay
When you finally found the meanin'
Have you ever felt this way
The time I spent
Waiting for something that was heaven-sent
When you find it, don't let go,
I know
'Cuz have you ever been so in love, so in love
You could touch the moonlight
You can even reach the stars
Doesn't matter near or far
Have you ever been so in love
Have you ever been in love
Have you ever been in love
So in love
“Have You Heard” is a love ballad by Dion and The Belmonts that expresses the deep and powerful emotions associated with falling in love. The song uses a sequence of rhetorical questions to describe the overwhelming and transformative experience of being deeply in love with someone. The lyrics describe the feeling of holding heaven in your arms and being able to touch the moonlight, as if the world has opened up before you and everything is possible. The song suggests that being in love can make you feel like you are walking on air, and that the experience is truly special and rare.
The song also speaks to the importance of holding onto love when you find it. The lyrics suggest that when you find something special, something that is heaven-sent, you should never let it go. The song suggests that love is something that can change your life and that it is worth searching for. Finally, the song ends on a note of pure joy, with the suggestion that being in love is one of the greatest things that can happen to a person, and that it is a feeling worth celebrating.
Line by Line Meaning
Have you ever been in love
Have you ever experienced the feeling of love?
You could touch the moonlight
The feeling of love is so overwhelming that it's like touching the moonlight, which is impossible.
When your heart's shooting stars
When you feel the intense emotions associated with love, your heart races like the light of a shooting star.
You're holding heaven in your arms
The person you love makes you feel like you're holding heaven in your arms.
Have you ever been so in love
Have you ever experienced the intense emotions associated with being deeply in love?
Have you ever walked on air
Have you ever felt like you were walking on air, so light and happy that you could float away?
Ever felt like you were dreamin'
The feeling is so surreal that it's like being in a dream.
When you never thought it could
You never thought that you could experience such intense emotions.
But it really feels that good
But it's so wonderful that it feels almost too good to be true.
The time I spent
The time I spent waiting for love...
Waiting for something that was heaven-sent
I was waiting for something that I believed was a gift from heaven.
When you find it don't let go,
When you find love, hold on to it tightly and don't let go.
I know
I know from experience.
Have you ever said a prayer
Have you ever asked for something with all your heart, like praying?
And found that it was answered
And then found out that your prayer was answered?
All my hope has been restored
Finding love has restored all my hope in life.
And I ain't looking anymore
I don't need to look for love anymore since I've already found it.
Some place that you ain't leavin'
Love is like a place where you want to stay and never leave.
Somewhere you're gonna stay
Love is like a place where you'll always stay and be happy.
When you finally found the meanin'
When you finally found the meaning of love...
Have you ever felt this way
Have you ever felt love so strongly that you felt this kind of way?
You can even reach the stars
When you're in love, nothing seems impossible. You can even reach the stars.
Doesn't matter near or far
Distance doesn't matter when two people are in love.
So in love
So overwhelmed with love.
Have you ever been in love
Have you ever experienced the feeling of love?
Have you ever been in love
Have you ever experienced the feeling of love?
So in love
So overwhelmed with love.
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: Laila Bagge, Daryl Hall, Anders Bagge, Par Astrom, Tom Nichols
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