The Belmonts - Where or when

[Big66NTall]

Nothing like Acapella ! A Beautiful sound :o)

[tthomaselli2]

RoverTCB- According to the track-listing for the compilation 'Time-Life Presents: The Teen Years', which this song is on, by the way, in case you wanna look it up for yourself/don't believe me, this song was listed as being performed by Dion & The Belmonts.; You had it posted right, the first time.

[Big66NTall]

So sorry to hear of Fred Milano passing away on New Years Day RIP Fred and keep Doo Woopin in the Sky

[veadlsteak]

This isn't the version we grew up with. It was Dion & the Belmonts, I bought the record & have it now.

[mb7668]

@veadlsteak This is from an acapella album the Belmonts made in1972/

[tommyjohnsr]

if u want a great version of just about any song (including this one) get spotify. it is free and if u exit spotify as soon as the song ends, u won't get the guy talking after the song. I do this and make a cassette tape from spotify, then use audacity to burn a cd from the tape. any questions - email me at tomfelock@comcast.net. i am telling u this because i love great music and want others to be able to share what i have learned.

[jjohnnyjohnson]

What a great group they were! One of the best of all the sensational white doo-wop groups!!

[TheChizizzle]

Awful...Horrible...Soul-less whitey robots in tune! No wonder Elvis & then The Beatles blew the roof off of pop music, and everything changed forever. I'd like to thank the true soul brothas & sistahs that inspired them, because it sure as heck wasn't these starched & stiff-as-a-board ass-clowns!

[IgnorantHoodRats]

@TheChizizzle

Whats your problem?????? This is like the one bad song by these guys...

[1951590]

Dion rocked back in the day...love him and the Belmonts

[JakeremWillEatYou]

Still listening to this in 2011 <3

[BastaVaZool]

I believe you were correct the first time,. It was released 11/59 by Dion & Belmonts. Dion DiMucci Lead Tenor, backed up by Carlo Mastroangelo, Angelo D'Aleo & Fred Milano. The '57 Belmont tunes had Carlo as lead tenor, sans Dion.

[HIGHSCHOOLHOP]

Could someone please post the original song with Dion. It is without a doubt Dion and the Belmonts greatest hit.

A member of Laura Lamar High School Class of 1964. Laura Lamar High School was located in Homer City, PA.

[eag141]

That bout sums it all up! Great song!

[ImDavidGurney]

This is STILL an open question:WHERE was Obama born,and WHEN was it?

[fntime]

@ImDavidGurney Kentucky!

[nyimtman]

Nice, well done, 5 by 5.

[doowop1942]

Great Acapella...



[sueintexas]

Anybody know if the recording with Dion is still available? This was a favorite of mine many many years ago.

[FishToTheBob]

@sueintexas One of my favorites too : ) /watch?v=y9VLtelUUMk

[MrMaxxmo]

My 45 says Dion & the Belmonts?

[meanbeats]

@MrMaxxmo its a print after 1960

[mkl62]

A Top 5 hit for Dion & the Belmonts in February 1960.

[Dudley1948]

This acapella version (even without Dion) still sounds like a charm

[Dion1957]

GREAT!!

[BeachComber1977]

I agree with vidstatic. In this song the Belmonts don't sound that great. But with the original version with Dion...both they and Dion are fantastic. I also LOVE That's My Desire with Dion and the Belmonts..

[Freyja1133]

this is a song which was written for the musical  babes on arms.....it was written by rogers& hart

[speedviper47]

I had never heard The Belmonts after Dion left, until I heard a DJ play one of their acapella songs. Awesome sound.

Would really love to get this CD. Thanks for the memories!!!!

[Dudley1948]

This IS the Belmonts. Dion had left the group and pursued his own career.

This song was originally made by Dion and these Belmonts.

[sohooded]

@Dudley1948, Dudley, this song was written in 1941 by Rodgera and Hart, and was originally made famous by the Benny Goodman Orchestra with Peggy Lee,

[Dudley1948]

@sohooded ... You are right. My mother loved to sing this song when I was little and Peggy Lee was one of her favorites. My intention was to to acknowledge the fact that Dion and the Belmonts recorded this before the Belmonts.

I knew it was recorded before Dion but I didn't know it was by Peggy Lee.

Thanks.

[sohooded]

Thanks for your comments. It is a beautiful song. Sadly, the quaility of songs like this being written seems ot have disappeared. Cole Porter, Hoagy Carmichael, Rodgers & Hart, Irving Berlin, Duke Ellington....where are people like them today???

[coyotesong]

I wonder why they would record again a song they had already taken to the heights of perfection with Dion singing lead. This is a very good version but still only second to the one a year before.

[mb7668]

This is from the Belmonts acapella album recorded late 1972.

[Psychelmer]

Wait! I didn't read first!! THIS IS NOT Dion w. Belmonts-- I wonder who they are though-- they should be given proper credit for this great perfomance!

[Psychelmer]

Another great one from my high school days. One of the greatest of the a cappella (with no accompaniment) songs of all times!

[vidstatic]

This is not the hit version by Dion and the Belmonts. It actually sounds like a non-professional group. No9 bad, but not Dion's level.