• "Runaround Sue" is a rock and roll song (in a modified doo-wop style), originally a US No. 1 Hot 100 hit (No. 4 on the Hot R&B chart) for the singer Dion...
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  • Runaround Sue is the first solo album by Dion and was released in 1961 by Laurie Records. Singles McGee, David (2004). "Dion". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard...
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    the Del-Satins. He is best remembered for his signature hit songs "Runaround Sue", "The Wanderer", "Ruby Baby" and "Lovers Who Wander", among others...
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  • Maresca and originally recorded by Dion, released on his 1961 album, Runaround Sue. The song, with a 12-bar blues-base verse and an eight-bar bridge, tells...
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  • known for writing or co-writing some of Dion's biggest hits, including "Runaround Sue" and "The Wanderer". Maresca was born in the Bronx, New York. He began...
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  • Belmonts or with the Del-Satins. He is best known for the singles "Runaround Sue", "The Wanderer", "Ruby Baby" and "Lovers Who Wander", among other hits...
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    I can't do this. I gotta play my guitar. So we split up and I did 'Runaround Sue', 'The Wanderer' and 'Ruby Baby'." In October 1960, DiMucci quit for...
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    elimination 2 Viennese waltz / "Love On The Brain" 8 8 9 25 3 Jive / "Runaround Sue" 5 5 5 15 Safe 4 Paso doble / "America" 8 7 8 23 Safe 5 Contemporary...
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  • When Dion started a solo career, the hits on Laurie continued with "Runaround Sue" and "The Wanderer". The label had continuing success especially with...
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  • Garrett "Surfin' USA"/"Special Kind of Girl" Released: August 1977 "Runaround Sue"/"I Wanna Share a Dream with You" Released: October 1977 "Put Your Head...
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    covers of late 1950s and early 1960s hits such as the Dion covers "Runaround Sue" and "The Wanderer". In mid-1978, he signed with Scotti Brothers Records...
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  • multiple cover songs, including "Dream Baby", "Go Away Little Girl", and "Runaround Sue". It also included Del Shannon's second U.S. top five hit, "Hats off...
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  • "Majestic", by B'z from New Love, 2019 "The Majestic", by Dion from Runaround Sue, 1961 Majestic (video game), a 2001 alternate reality video game Mr...
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  • Trainor was inspired by old-school doo-wop standards like Dion's "Runaround Sue" (1961), and Beach Boys songs that possessed "big choruses that weren't...
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  • 'I can't do this. I gotta play my guitar'. So we split up and I did 'Runaround Sue', 'The Wanderer' and 'Ruby Baby'". D'Aleo recalls, "The breakup? I loved...
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  • DiMucci stated that "Quarter to Three" was the inspiration for his hit "Runaround Sue", which was written by Dion and Ernie Maresca and which also peaked...
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  • spot on the Billboard magazine Hot 100 singles chart in 1961 behind "Runaround Sue" by Dion. "Bristol Stomp" sold over one million copies, and was awarded...
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    released The Endless Summer, with an updated version of the 1961 hit song "Runaround Sue", which garnered over four million views via YouTube. The music video...
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  • Kirsty MacColl   4. "Get Down Tonight" KC & The Sunshine Band   5. "Runaround Sue" Dion   6. "Love Will Keep Us Together" Captain and Tennille   7. "Fruitful...
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  • Chiffons – "He's So Fine" Acker Bilk – "Stranger on the Shore" Dion – "Runaround Sue" Little Richard – "Good Golly, Miss Molly" Barrett Strong – "Money (That's...
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    Safe 8 American Smooth / "Cry Me a River" 9 7 10 10 36 Safe 9 Jive / "Runaround Sue" 7 8 9 9 33 Safe 10 Tango / "El Tango de Roxanne" 9 9 10 10 38 Safe...
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  • Lid on It – Squirrel Nut Zippers Sweet Lorraine – Stéphane Grappelli Runaround Sue – Dion DiMucci Beyond the Sea – Royal Crown Revue See What I Mean? –...
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    "Frogman" Henry 44 "Asia Minor" Kokomo 45 "Hello Walls" Faron Young 46 "Runaround Sue" Dion 47 "Yellow Bird" Arthur Lyman 48 "Hurt" Timi Yuro 49 "Hello Mary...
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  • Copa – Connie Francis Dance 'Till Quarter To Three – Gary U.S. Bonds Runaround Sue – Dion An Electrifying Evening with the Dizzy Gillespie Quintet – Dizzy...
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  • version of the song, which was released on his November 1961 album Runaround Sue. Although Dion's version was released after Bobby Vee's version, Dion's...
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    — — "Rest of My Life" — 45 — — 6 44 — — — — — — Non-album singles "Runaround Sue" 13 91 — 4 7 36 9 13 — — — — "Shame" 1981 — — — 32 — 59 — — — — — —...
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  • 1961, Dion DiMucci released his version of "Dream Lover" on the album Runaround Sue. Thirty years later (1991) he recorded a new version for the Hot Shots...
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    October 9 "Hit the Road Jack" Ray Charles October 16 60 October 23 "Runaround Sue" Dion October 30 61 November 6 "Big Bad John" Jimmy Dean November 13...
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  • Safe 8 American Smooth / "Cry Me a River" 9 7 10 10 36 Safe 9 Jive / "Runaround Sue" 7 8 9 9 33 Safe 10 Tango / "El Tango de Roxanne" 9 9 10 10 38 Safe...
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  • Lang" 1:48 11. "Smoking Gun II" 3:29 12. "Top of the World" 4:33 13. "The Good, The Badge And The Ugly" 1:55 14. "Runaround Sue" 2:43 Total length: 33:40...
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