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"I Wonder Why" was released as Laurie Records' first single, (number 3013), and was the group's first national pop chart hit, in 1958. The song went to number 22 on the Hot 100 . [ 2 ]
The group signed with Laurie Records in early 1958. [1] The breakthrough came when their first Laurie release, "I Wonder Why", reached No. 22 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, [1] and they appeared for the first time on the nationally televised American Bandstand show, hosted by Dick Clark. Dion said of the Belmonts:
Volare (Nel blu dipinto di blu)" by Domenico Modugno was the number one song of 1958. Elvis Presley had three songs on the year-end top 50, the most of any artist in 1958. This is a list of Billboard magazine's top 50 pop singles of 1958 .
Known thereafter as "Dion and the Belmonts", their first Laurie release, "I Wonder Why" (Laurie Records first release, Laurie 3013), was recorded at New York's Bell Sound Studios and brought them immediate success. Released the first week of May 1958, it appeared on the national charts two weeks later, rising to number 22 on the Billboard Hot
As the group moved into the recording studios, James "Poppa" Clark was added as a fifth member, and the name "The Cadillacs" was given to them. The group's first recording came in July 1954, with Josie Records #765, featuring "Gloria" and "I Wonder Why." In 1955, Willingham and Clark left the group and were replaced by Earl Wade and Charles Brooks.
The song wasn't an immediate hit, but Lee went on to become the most successful female star of the 1960s, scoring two No. 1 hits, "I'm Sorry" and "I Want to Be Wanted," in the first year of the ...
"No One Knows" is a song written by Ernie Maresca and Ken Hecht and performed by Dion and the Belmonts. [1] The song reached number 12 on the R&B chart and number 19 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1958. [2] It was featured on their 1958 album, Presenting Dion and the Belmonts. [3]
In a retrospective review for Allmusic, Richie Unterberger writes of the album "Although the Everlys hadn't quite fully matured as artists, their debut is a fine, consistent effort divided between original material and respectably energetic covers of early rockers by Little Richard, Gene Vincent, and Ray Charles." [4]