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"The Wanderer" is a song written by Ernie Maresca and originally recorded by Dion, released on his 1961 album, Runaround Sue. The song, with a 12-bar blues-base verse and an eight-bar bridge, tells the story of a travelling man and his many loves. The song is ranked number 243 on the Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of ...
An audiobook and paperback by Dion and Mike Aquilina, titled Dion: The Wanderer Talks Truth (Stories, Humor & Music), was published in April 2011. [93] DiMucci shares stories about The Bronx in the 1950s, how he ended up on the cover of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, and his travels with Sam Cooke in the Jim Crow South.
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]
Many of the songs in the 1950s hinted at the simmering racial tension that would later usher in the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s. The 1950s was a pivotal era in music, laying the groundwork ...
"The Wanderer" 2 UK 10 References This page was last edited on 22 December 2024, at 15:57 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
The song was recorded in 1982 by Rocky Sharpe and the Replays, whose version made number 19 on the UK singles chart. [6] Maresca continued to record, with less success, for the remainder of the 1960s, both under his own name and using the pseudonym Artie Chicago (From The Bronx) , including his own version of "The Wanderer" in 1968.
"Runaround Sue" was covered by then 15-year-old Leif Garrett in 1977. The song was the second of four releases from his debut album, all of which became U.S. chart hits.All four songs were covers of major hits from 1959 to 1963, including Dion's two biggest hits.
The medleys consist of hit songs from the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. One of the songs performed, Dion's "The Wanderer" had previously been covered by Status Quo in 1984. "The Anniversary Waltz" was divided into two parts for release as a single.