Weren't the Belmonts named after the street on which they lived in the Bronx?
Yeah, dt. Belmont Avenue was the street and it was the heart of the Belmont section of the Bronx.
Exactly, SC.
Dion actually lived on 183rd and Crotona. I think they adopted the name the Belmonts as an homage to the neighborhood in general.
Dion actually joined the Belmonts a year or two after they were formed. They had marginal success before they joined forces, but they became a huge name under the Laurie record label when they started to record together.
