Runaround Sue

by Dion

Overview

Dion as a solo artist was initially a kind of hybrid performer, known for his teen idol image but trying for a harder and also a more advanced sound, as revealed on this album. The hits included here, "Runaround Sue," "The Wanderer," and "The Majestic," are so familiar that they tend to eclipse the rest of this 14 song album -- all of the rest, however, is well-sung, -played, and -arranged, ranging from basic hard rock & roll ("Kansas City") to smooth teen pop, which always keeps at least one foot up to the ankle in rock & roll (hence the electric guitar solo on "Could Somebody Take My Place Tonight"). "Little Star" has rated inclusion on several key collections, while "Lonely World" is perhaps the lost single off of this album, with a great beat, killer hooks, and a beautifully shaped performance by the singer and his backup vocalists. What's more, even the covers of familiar material such as "Dream Lover" and "In the Still of the Night" are performed in a style unique to Dion and are worth hearing and owning. The singer was still straddling the gap between teen idol and serious rock & roller, and between late-'50s doo wop and a harder early-'60s sound, although the more serious love songs and the surprisingly articulate guitar solo on "Kansas City" clearly showed that he was winning the musical battle for his own distinct sound. It wasn't a long jump from the repertory here to his distinctive covers of R&B classics like "Ruby Baby." ~ Bruce Eder

Product Details

Release Date:	06/22/2018
Label:	Vinyl Lovers
UPC:	8436544171043

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Dion   Primary Artist,Lead Vocals
Dion & the Belmonts   Primary Artist
Dion DiMucci   Vocals
Buddy Lucas   Saxophone
The Del Satins   Vocals (Background)
Sticks Evans   Drums

Technical Credits

Bobby Darin   Composer
Michael Levin   Cover Photo
Barbara Jones   Composer
Fred Parris   Composer
Ellie Greenwich   Composer
Gene Sculatti   Liner Notes
Dion DiMucci   Composer
Carole King   Composer
Vito Picone   Composer
Ernie Maresca   Composer
Robert Schwartz   Composer
Dion   Composer
Hy Weiss   Composer
Sam Weiss   Composer
Jerry Leiber   Composer
Richard Walter   Cover Design
Raoul Cita   Composer
Mike Stoller   Composer
Tom Cartwright   Project Supervisor,Reissue Supervisor
Arthur Venosa   Composer
Gerry Goffin   Composer
Sylvia Dee   Composer
Gene Schwartz   Producer
Welton Young   Composer
Eli Okun   Executive Producer,Executive Reissue Producer
Marlene Bergman   Design
Mike Levin   Photography
George Werthener   Liner Notes
George Goehring   Composer
Walter Rich   Cover Design
Brenda Jones   Composer
Brenda Lee Jones   Composer
Eliot Greenberg   Composer
Barbara Baer   Composer
Robert Michael Schwartz   Composer