From The Bronx . . . We Give You ... Dion! (Take Him!)

It was 1959 and Dion DiMucci, a 17year-old from the Bronx had his first hit with his group. The Belmonts. Before his 18th birthday, Dion was a teen idol and he had carved a place for himself in rock “n roll history. "I came from a neighborhood where there was a lot of drugs.