The Belmonts are an American doo-wop group from the Bronx, New York, that originated in the mid-1950s. The original group consisted of Angelo D’Aleo, Carlo Mastrangelo, and Fred Milano. They took their name from Belmont, the Bronx neighborhood in which they lived, known as the Little Italy of the Bronx.
Why did Dion leave the Belmonts?
Due to the musical differences between DiMucci and the Belmonts, Dion decided to leave the group. “They wanted to get into their harmony thing, and I wanted to rock and roll,” said Dion. “The label wanted me doing standards. I got bored with it quickly.
I said, ‘I can’t do this. I gotta play my guitar’. So we split up and I did ‘Runaround Sue’, ‘The Wanderer’ and ‘Ruby Baby’ D’Aleo recalls, “The breakup? I loved that guy. But there was a reason why he left. Our reason was we wanted to stick to light rock ‘n’ roll and standards, and he wanted to get into the blues.
