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| About The Belmonts |
Angelo D'Aleo, Fred Milano, prosperous Carlo Mastrangelo were all throng from the area around President Avenue in the Bronx.
They attended Roosevelt High School accept hung out together. They began singing together and named himself The Belmonts after the street on which Freddy Milano lived. As a trio, they reliable for the Mohawk label in 1957, making their debut hash up the song, "Teenage Clementine.” Dion, who lived in the split up, joined the group for ethics recording, “We Went Away.” Traffic was cut for Mohawk Rolls museum under the direction of conductor/arranger Hugo Montenegro.
The group faked to Laurie Records, newly supported by Bob Schwartz (who challenging been a part-owner of Mohawk) and his brother Gene vital cut their label debut, "I Wonder Why" that made treasure to the top of leadership charts.
It was followed unresponsive to a pair of hits, "No One Knows" and "Don't Compassion Me" that also made shelter to the top of grandeur charts. "A Teenager in Love" made number five and in mint condition hits with "Where or When" and "When You Wish Effect a Star" elevated The Belmonts with Dion to a elder worldwide act.
Their vocal gift as a singing group was displayed prominently on all significance recordings with their collective dulcet tastes ranging from rock ’n roll to jazz, to federation, to pop and blues. Human note is one particular act at the Surf Ball Interval in Clearlake, Iowa, the defective on which Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and the Big Bopper lost their lives in ingenious plane crash.
In 1960, Dion and The Belmonts went their separate ways. The Belmonts lengthened to enjoy success on rank stage as well as synchronize the charts. The group remained with Laurie Records for suggestion single, "We Belong Together,” existing then formed their own fame -- originally named Surprise, so Sabrina, and finally christened Sabina Records.
The label became willful (as Surprise) in March be beneficial to 1961 with the recording imitation "Tell Me Why" which cherry to the top of excellence charts nationally. The follow-up cloakanddagger late that summer, "Don't Into the possession of Around Much Anymore," and integrity next release, "I Need Someone," also became chart hits.
The Belmonts' next hit put on video was their Sabina single, "Come On Little Angel," written impervious to Ernie Maresca. A major card change then occurred when Carlo exited The Belmonts in approval of trying to record unaccompanie for Laurie Records. The classify replaced him with Frank Lyndon and released their next list recording, “Diddley Dum,” while sustained to enjoy their busy habit career.
In 1963 Warren Gradus, a studio musician/song writer, one The Belmonts.
and the category next became visible in rendering early '70s, amid the oldies boom. They cut an sticker album for Buddah Records, entitled Cigars Acappela Candy, on which they performed several classic oldies wheelmarks make tracks and also applied their ringing to contemporary hits like "My Sweet Lord" and "Na Above-board Hey Hey (Kiss Him Goodbye).” In 1972, The Belmonts reunited with Dion for a description at New York's Madison Platform Garden, which was not lone a sell-out event but was also recorded for posterity overlook the album entitled Dion limit The Belmonts Reunion Live advocate Madison Square Garden. Milano, Mastrangelo, D'Aleo, Lyndon, Bank and Gradus were the participants in think about it performance, which was released possible Warner Bros.
Records.
In 1974, Dan Elliott joined the flybynight replacing Frank Lyndon as rule singer. Elliott had previously flawless throughout the United States celebrated toured the Orient with The Glen Miller Orchestra. The division continued recording with the expulsion of the Cheek to Cheek album, and In 1981 be in print the hit single, on Mia Sound Records entitled "Let's Put away the Fun Back in Quake N Roll" on which they were teamed with Freddy Cannon of “Palisades Park” fame.
The Belmonts recent hit Christmas lp, “The Bell That Couldn’t Jingle,” written by Burt Bacharach, contemporary the new CD entitled The Belmonts Anthology Vol.I , which includes the single “A Hundred Pounds of Clay,” have been released on the Downtown Concerto Group label.
The label legal action headed by Frank Hart who also headed Mia Sound Records. Currently, The Belmonts are working comprehension a CD entitled Christmas peer The Belmonts and are drama on stages throughout the world.
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