22 on the Billboard Single Chart that year. It was released 1959 as part of “Presenting.” The song hit No. Presenting was the bands debut album with I Wonder Why was the Belmont’s first hit in the Top 40. Despite ups and downs, the group would maintain a lifelong friendship. The Band ( ) briefly reunited on June 2 nd at New York’s Madison Square garden.ĭavid Hinckley writes that “They were the embodiment of late-1950s cool, famous around the country and icons in New York.” The band would tour with Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper in 1959. Their most popular songs (that most people would recognize) is “Teenager In Love” (March of 1959) and “In The Still of the Night.” (June 1960) Dion DiMucci was the leading vocalist of the band until he went solo in 1960. Their most recent hit was a rendition of “The Bell That Couldn’t Jingle” as part of the album “The Belmonts Anthology.” As of 2022, the current members are Warren Gradus with original band members Fred Milano and Angelo D’Aleo. Dion DiMucci would join the band in 1958 and go solo in 1960. The original band members were Fred Milano, Angelo D’Aleo, Carlo Mastrangelo.
The band started at the birth of rock and roll in the early 50’s and was one of a select handful of artists to be making new music after fifty years. It consisted of Angelo D’Aleo, Carlo Mastrangelo, Fred Milano and, from 1958 – 1960, Dion DiMucci. The name ‘The Belmonts’ comes from the avenue where Fred Milano lived.
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