Dion DiMucci discography

This is the discography for American musician Dion DiMucci (including Dion and the Belmonts).^[1][2][3][4]

Dion is a singer and songwriter whose music has incorporated elements of doo-wop, rock, R&B and blues.^[5] As lead singer of Dion and the Belmonts, then a solo career, he was one of the most popular rock and roll performers of the pre-British Invasion era.^[2] He had 39 Top 40 hits in the late 1950s and early 1960s as a solo performer, with the Belmonts or with the Del-Satins.^[6] He is best known for the singles "Runaround Sue", "The Wanderer", "Ruby Baby" and "Lovers Who Wander", among other hits.^[7]

In the late 1960s, Dion shifted his style and released songs that were more mature and contemplative, such as "Abraham, Martin and John".^[8] During the 1980s, Dion produced several Christian albums, earning a GMA Dove Award nomination in 1984 for the album I Put Away My Idols.^[9][10] He returned to secular music in the late 1980s with Yo Frankie (1989).^[11] Between the mid-2000s and 2024, Dion released seven Top Blues Albums (three at No. 1).^[12] Critics who had dismissed his early work, labeling him a teen idol, praised his later work and noted the influence he has had on other musicians.^[13]

A Grammy-nominated artist,^[14] Dion has released over 40 albums, and scored eleven Top 10 hits (including with the Belmonts) on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.^[15] He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989.^[16] In 2002, Dion was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame for "Runaround Sue".^[17] Recent album awards include Favorite Blues Album for New York is My Home (2016), Favorite Compilations and Reissues for Kickin Child: Lost Columbia Album 1965 (2017) and Favorite Blues Album for Blues with Friends (2020).^[18]

Studio albums

Dion and the Belmonts

Year	Album	Billboard 200	Record label
1959	Presenting Dion and the Belmonts	–	Laurie Records
1960	Wish Upon a Star with Dion and the Belmonts	–	Laurie Records
1967	Together Again	–	ABC Records
1973	Live at Madison Square Garden 1972	144	Warner Bros. Records

Dion

Year	Album	Billboard 200	Top Christian	Top Blues Albums	Independent Albums	UK Albums Chart	Record label
1961	Runaround Sue	11	–	–	–	–	Laurie Records
	Alone with Dion	–	–	–	–	–
1962	Lovers Who Wander	12	–	–	–	–
1963	Dion Sings to Sandy	115	–	–	–	–
	Ruby Baby	20	–	–	–	–	Columbia Records
	Donna the Prima Donna	–	–	–	–	–
	Love Came to Me	–	–	–	–	–	Laurie Records
1968	Dion	128	–	–	–	–
1969	Wonder Where I'm Bound	–	–	–	–	–	Columbia Records
1970	Sit Down Old Friend	–	–	–	–	–	Warner Bros. Records
1971	You're Not Alone	–	–	–	–	–
	Sanctuary	200	–	–	–	–
1972	Suite for Late Summer	197	–	–	–	–
1975	Born to Be with You	–	–	–	–	–	Phil Spector International Records
1976	Streetheart	–	–	–	–	–	Warner Bros. Records
1978	Return of the Wanderer	–	–	–	–	–	Lifesong Records
1980	Inside Job	–	–	–	–	–	DaySpring Records
1981	Only Jesus	–	–	–	–	–
1983	I Put Away My Idols	–	37[19]	–	–	–
1984	Seasons	–	–	–	–	–
1985	Kingdom in the Streets	–	–	–	–	–	Myrrh Records
1986	Velvet & Steel	–	–	–	–	–	DaySpring Records
1989	Yo Frankie	130	–	–	–	–	Arista Records
1990	Fire in the Night	–	–	–	–	–	Ace Records
1992	Dream on Fire	–	–	–	–	–	Visionary Records
1993	Rock N' Roll Christmas	–	–	–	–	–	The Right Stuff Records
2000	Déjà Nu	–	–	–	–	–	Ace Records[20]
2003	New Masters	–	–	–	–	–	Collectables Records[21]
2006	Bronx in Blue	–	–	2	–	–	Verve Forecast Records[22]
2007	Son of Skip James	–	–	4	–	–
2008	Heroes:Giants of Early Guitar Rock	–	–	–	–	–	Saguaro Roads Records[23][24]
2011	Tank Full of Blues	–	–	3	42	–	Blue Horizon[25]
2016	New York Is My Home	–	–	3	29	–	Instant Records[26][27]
2017	Kickin Child: Lost Columbia Album 1965[28]	–	–	–	–	–	Norton Records[29]
2020	Blues with Friends	–	–	1	31	52	KTBA Records[30]
2021	Stomping Ground	–	–	1	–	–
2024	Girl Friends	–	–	1	–	–

Dion released music videos for every single from Blues with Friends,^[31][32] Stomping Ground^[33] & Girl Friends via social media.

Compilation albums

Year	Album	Billboard 200	Record label
1962	Dion Sings His Greatest Hits	29	Laurie Records
1964	More of Dion's Greatest Hits	–
1973	Dion's Greatest Hits	194	Columbia Records
1976	Everything You Always Wanted to Hear by Dion and the Belmonts But Couldn't Get	–	Laurie Records
1991	Bronx Blues: The Columbia Recordings (1962-1965)	–	Columbia Records
1997	The Road I'm On: A Retrospective	–	Columbia/Legacy
	The Best of the Gospel Years[34]	–

Singles

Dion and the Belmonts

Sources: ^{[35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42]}

Release date	Titles (A-side, B-side) Both sides from same album except where indicated	US record label and number	Chart positions				Album
			US Hot 100	US AC	UK Singles Chart[43]	US R&B
1957	"Santa Margarita"[44] b/w "Teenage Clementine"[45]	Mohawk 106					non-album tracks[46]
	"Tag Along"[47] b/w "We Went Away"[46]	Mohawk 107
1958	"I Wonder Why" b/w "Teen Angel" (from Dion Sings His Greatest Hits)[48]	Laurie 3013	22				Presenting Dion and the Belmonts[49]
	"No One Knows" b/w "I Can't Go On (Rosalie)" (from Together)	Laurie 3015	19			12
	"Don't Pity Me" b/w "Just You"	Laurie 3021	40
1959	"A Teenager in Love" b/w "I've Cried Before"	Laurie 3027	5		28
	"A Lover's Prayer"	Laurie 3035	73				Wish Upon a Star with Dion and the Belmonts[50]
	"Every Little Thing I Do"		48				Together[51]
1960	"Where or When" b/w "That's My Desire"	Laurie 3044	3			19	Presenting Dion and the Belmonts[52]
	"When You Wish Upon a Star" b/w "Wonderful Girl" (from Presenting Dion and the Belmonts)	Laurie 3052	30				Wish Upon a Star with Dion and the Belmonts[53]
	"In the Still of the Night" b/w "A Funny Feeling" (from Presenting Dion and the Belmonts)	Laurie 3059	38
1966	"Berimbau" b/w "My Girl the Month of May"	ABC 10868					Together Again[51]
1967	"For Bobbie" b/w "Movin' Man"	ABC 10896

Dion

Sources: ^{[54][15][4][55][3][56][57]}

Release date	Titles (A-side, B-side) Both sides from same album except where indicated	US record label and number	Chart positions				Album
			US Hot 100	US AC	UK Singles Chart[43]	US R&B
1960	"Lonely Teenager" b/w "Little Miss Blue"	Laurie 3070	12		47		Alone with Dion[58]
1961	"Havin' Fun" b/w "North East End of the Corner"	Laurie 3081	42
	"Kissin' Game" b/w "Heaven Help Me"	Laurie 3090	82				Love Came to Me[59]
	"Somebody Nobody Wants" b/w "Could Somebody Take My Place Tonight" (from Love Came to Me)	Laurie 3101	103				Runaround Sue[60]
	"Runaround Sue" b/w "Runaway Girl"	Laurie 3110	1		11	4
	"The Wanderer"[61]/	Laurie 3115	2		10
	"The Majestic"[62]		36
1962	"Lovers Who Wander"	Laurie 3123	3			16	Lovers Who Wander[63]
	"(I Was) Born to Cry"		42
	"Little Diane" b/w "Lost for Sure"	Laurie 3134	8
	"Love Came to Me" b/w "Little Girl"	Laurie 3145	10			24	Love Came to Me[59]
	"Ruby Baby" b/w "He'll Only Hurt You"	Columbia 42662	2			5	Ruby Baby[64]
1963	"Sandy" b/w "Faith" (from Together)	Laurie 3153	21				Dion Sings to Sandy[65]
	"This Little Girl"[66] b/w "The Loneliest Man in the World" (from Ruby Baby)[67]	Columbia 42776	21				Donna the Prima Donna
	"Come Go with Me" b/w "King Without a Queen"	Laurie 3171	48				Lovers Who Wander[68]
	"Be Careful of Stones that You Throw"[69] b/w "I Can't Believe (That You Don't Love Me Anymore)"[70]	Columbia 42810	31[7]	13			Donna the Prima Donna
	"Lonely World" b/w "Tag Along" (non-album track)	Laurie 3187	101				More of Dion's Greatest Hits[4]
	"Donna the Prima Donna" b/w "You're Mine"	Columbia 42852	6			17	Donna the Prima Donna[71]
	"Drip Drop"[72] b/w "No One's Waiting for Me"[73]	Columbia 42917	6				non-album tracks
1964	"Then I'll Be Tired of You" b/w "After the Dance"	Laurie 3225					Alone with Dion[74]
	"I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man"[75] b/w "The Road I'm On (Gloria)"[76]	Columbia 42977	113				non-album tracks
	"Shout" b/w "Little Girl" (from Love Came to Me)	Laurie 3240	108				Lovers Who Wander[68]
	"Johnny B. Goode"[77] b/w "Chicago Blues"[78]	Columbia 43096	71				non-album tracks
1965	"Unloved, Unwanted Me" b/w "Sweet, Sweet, Baby" (from Donna the Prima Donna)	Columbia 43213					Ruby Baby[67]
	"Kickin' Child" b/w "Spoonful"[28]	Columbia 43293					non-album tracks
	"Tomorrow Won't Bring the Rain"[79] b/w "You Move Me Babe"[80]	Columbia 43423
	"I Got the Blues" b/w "(I Was) Born to Cry" (from Lovers Who Wander)[81]	Laurie 3303
1966	"Time in My Heart For You" b/w "Wake Up Baby"	Columbia 43483
	"Two Ton Feather"[82] b/w "So Much Younger"[83]	Columbia 43692
1968	"Abraham, Martin and John"[84] b/w "Daddy Rollin' (In Your Arms)" (non-album track)[85]	Laurie 3464	4	8			Dion[86]
	"Purple Haze" b/w "The Dolphins"	Laurie 3478	63
1969	"I Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound" b/w "Southern Train"	Columbia 44719					Wonder Where I'm Bound[87]
	"From Both Sides Now"[88] b/w "Sun Fun Song"[89]	Laurie 3495	91				Dion
	"He Looks a Lot Like Me"[90] b/w "Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever"[91]	Laurie 3504
	"If We Only Have Love"[92] b/w "Natural Man"	Warner Bros. 7356					Sit Down Old Friend[93]
1970	"Your Own Back Yard" b/w "Sit Down Old Friend" (from Sit Down Old Friend)	Warner Bros. 7401	75				Born to Be with You[94]
1971	"Close to It All" b/w "Let It Be"	Warner Bros. 7469					You're Not Alone[95]
	"Sunniland" b/w "Josie"[96]	Warner Bros. 7491
	"Sanctuary" b/w "Brand New Morning"	Warner Bros. 7537	103				Sanctuary[97]
1972	"Running Close Behind You" b/w "Sea Gull"[98]	Warner Bros. 7663					Suite for Late Summer
1973	"Doctor Rock and Roll" b/w "Sunshine Lady" (from Sanctuary)[98]	Warner Bros. 7704					non-album track
1974	"New York City Song"[99] b/w "Richer Than a Rich Man" (non-album track)[98]	Warner Bros. 7793					Born to Be with You[94]
1975	"Make The Woman Love Me" b/w "Running Close Behind You" (from Suite for Late Summer)[100]	Warner/Spector 0403
	"Born to Be with You" b/w "Good Lovin' Man"	Big Tree/Spector 16063
1976	"The Wanderer" b/w "Little Diane"	Philips 6146 700 (UK)			16		Dion's Greatest Hits (UK)[101]
	"Hey My Love" b/w "Lover Boy Supreme"	Warner Bros. 8234					Streetheart[102]
	"The Way You Do the Things You Do" b/w "Lover Boy Supreme"[103]	Warner Bros. 8258
	"Queen Of '59" b/w "Oh the Night"[103]	Warner Bros. 8293
1977	"Young Virgin Eyes[104] (I'm All Wrapped Up)" b/w "Oh the Night" (from Streetheart)[105]	Warner Bros. 8406					non-album track
1978	"Heart of Saturday Night" b/w "You've Awakened Something in Me"	Lifesong 1765					Return of the Wanderer[106]
	"Midtown American Main Street Gang" b/w "Guitar Queen"[107]	Lifesong 1770
	"(I Used to Be a) Brooklyn Dodger"[108] b/w "Streetheart Theme"[109]	Lifesong 1785
1980	"Fire in the Night"[110] b/w "Street Mama"	Lifesong 45082					non-album tracks
	"Sweet Surrender" B-side unknown	Dayspring 618					Inside Job[111]
1981	"The Best" B-side unknown	Dayspring 622					Only Jesus[112]
1983	"Day of the Lord"[113] B-side unknown	Dayspring 632					I Put Away My Idols[114]
	"I Put Away My Idols" B-side unknown	Dayspring 633
1984	"Golden Sun, Silver Moon"[115] B-side unknown	Dayspring 9016294155					Seasons[116]
1985	"Still in the Spirit" B-side unknown	Myrrh[117] 9016382151					Kingdom in the Streets[118]
1986	"Simple Ironies" B-side unknown	Dayspring 9016676155					Velvet & Steel[119]
1989	"And the Night Stood Still" b/w "Tower of Love"	Arista 9797	75	16			Yo Frankie[120]
	"King of the New York Streets" b/w "The Wanderer" (non-album track)	Arista 662556			74[121]
	"Written on the Subway Wall"/"Little Star" (with Paul Simon)[122] "King of the New York Streets" b/w "And the Night Stood Still"/"Tower of Love"	Arista 662910			97[123]
1990	"Sea Cruise" (from The Adventures of Ford Fairlane) CD single	Elektra 8191		28			The Adventures of Ford Fairlane (soundtrack)[124]
1993	"Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" b/w "Jingle Bell Rock"[125]	The Right Stuff 17651					Rock 'N Roll Christmas[126]
1997	"Please Come Home for Christmas" b/w "Wintertime" (non-album track)	The Right Stuff 19769
2015	"New York Is My Home"[127] (with Paul Simon)[128]	Blue Horizon					New York Is My Home[129]
2020	"Song for Sam Cooke (Here in America)"[130] (with Paul Simon)	KTBA Records[131]					Blues with Friends[132]
	"Blues Comin' On" (with Joe Bonamassa)[133]
2021	"Angel in the Alleyways" (with Patti Scialfa & Bruce Springsteen)[134]						Stomping Ground[135]
2024	"An American Hero" (with Carlene Carter)						Girl Friends
2025	"New York Minute"[136]						non-album track

"Hello Christmas" (with Amy Grant) and "You Know It's Christmas" (with Joe Bonamassa) were released in 2020.^[137][138]

Billboard Year-End performances

Dion and the Belmonts

Year	Song	Year-End position
1959	"A Teenager in Love"	25
1960	"Where or When"	21

Dion

Year	Song	Year-End position
1961	"Runaround Sue"	46
1962	"The Wanderer"	12
	"Lovers Who Wander"	67
	"Little Diane"	86
1963	"Ruby Baby"	32
	"Donna the Prima Donna"	76