Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1939-07-18
- Works
- 4
Top works
- Dion
- Wanderer
- The wanderer
- Dion: The Wanderer Talks Truth (Stories, Humor & Music)
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Film & TV
Acting · The Bronx, New York City, U.S.
Dion Francis DiMucci, better known mononymously as Dion, is an American singer and songwriter. His music incorporates elements of doo-wop, pop, rock, R&B, folk and blues.
Known for
- Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple — Self2024
- Buddy Holly: Rave On — Self2017
- Soundbreaking — Self2016
- It's Only Rock 'n' Roll: Rock 'n' Roll at the BBC — Self (archive footage)2015
- A.K.A. Doc Pomus2012
- The True Buddy Holly Story — Self (narrator)2012
- A Little Help — Dion2010
- The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts — Self2009
- The John Larroquette Show — Dion1993
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Musical Guest1993
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 6,456
- Total plays
- 34,533
Tags
Rock and Rollbluesthe wandererSome songs just get better with age
Dion Francis DiMucci (born July 18, 1939), better known as Dion, is an American singer-songwriter who blended elements of doo-wop, pop, and R&B styles. By the end of 1960, Dion had recorded and released his first solo album, Alone with Dion, and the single "Lonely Teenager", which rose to #12 in the US charts. The performer name on his solo releases was denoted simply as "Dion" without the last name. Follow-ups "Havin’ Fun" and "Kissin’ Game" had less success, and the signs were that Dion would
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Van der Waals Density Functional for General Geometries
· 2004 · cited 5,188x
- Guidelines for the Management of Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
· 2012 · cited 2,944x
- What is beautiful is good.
· 1972 · cited 2,560x
- A DNA barcode for land plants
· 2009 · cited 2,123x
- The Orphan G Protein-coupled Receptors GPR41 and GPR43 Are Activated by Propionate and Other Short Chain Carboxylic Acids
· 2003 · cited 2,103x
via Crossref · CC0
Key dates
- Born
- 18 July 1939
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Francis
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- The Bronx
- Occupation
- guitarist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- blues
- Genre
- blues
Gallery (2)
Connections
Categories
1939 birthsAmerican blues rock musiciansAmerican blues singersAmerican folk rock musiciansAmerican folk singersAmerican male pop singersAmerican people of Italian descentAmerican performers of Christian musicAmerican pop rock singersAmerican rhythm and blues singersAmerican rock singersCatholics from New York (state)