Dion and the Belmonts were one of the few white groups that made good music in the Doo-Wop era. I saw them, and Dion as a stand-alone, at a couple of the Alan Freed shows at the Brooklyn Paramount in the Fifties. They could rock, but they did beautifully on classics such as (Attention: PB!) "Where or When." You probably also know that Lou Reed worshipped Dion and inducted him into the R&R Hall of Fame. That's Dion wailing at the end of "Dirty Boulevard."


Ntra la porta tua lu sangu � sparsu,
E nun me mporta si ce muoru accisu...
E s'iddu muoru e vaju mparadisu
Si nun ce truovo a ttia, mancu ce trasu.