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Dion : The Rock and Roll Philosopher
Dion - Book - by Dion DiMucci and Adam Jablin
(2025)
Dion DiMucci rose to Rock and Roll fame in the late 1950s with three
top-forty hits as the lead singer of Dion and the Belmonts, “Runaround
Sue,” “The Wanderer,” and “A Teenager in Love.” Later embarking on a
solo career, his anthem “Abraham, Martin, and John” once again topped
the charts in 1968, one of Dion’s twelve gold hit records. In the 1970s
and 1980s he turned to folk, blues, and gospel, earning a grammy
nomination in 1985. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
in 1989 along with the Rolling Stones, Stevie Wonder, and the
Temptations.
In subsequent albums he has collaborated with the
likes of Paul Simon, Lou Reed, KD Lang, Eric Clapton, and Mark Knopfler,
garnering another Grammy nomination in 2006. In this collection of
conversations with close friend Adam Jablin, Dion recalls his childhood
growing up in the Bronx, his early rise to fame, overcoming heroin
addiction, his sixty-year marriage, and, of course, the artists who have
had a profound influence on his music, among them Hank Williams, Bob
Dylan, Chuck Berry, and BB King. Illustrated with over 200 color and
black and white photos, this book not only tells the story of a
remarkable career in music but will also be a look back over sixty years
of rock and roll history.
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