Dion

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human recording artist singer songwriter

Dion is an American singer and songwriter best known for his 1950s and 1960s rock and roll and doo-wop hits like "Runaround Sue" and "The Wanderer."

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Dion DiMucci	3
Dion left for solo career in 1960	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	human ⓘ recording artist ⓘ singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ
activeYearsStart	1950s ⓘ
birthName	Dion Francis DiMucci NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1939-07-18 ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Italian American ⓘ
familyName	DiMucci NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre	doo-wop ⓘ pop ⓘ rhythm and blues ⓘ rock and roll ⓘ
givenName	Dion NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart	career with Dion and the Belmonts ⓘ solo career ⓘ
instrument	vocals ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
memberOf	Dion and the Belmonts NERFINISHED ⓘ
movement	doo-wop era ⓘ early rock and roll ⓘ
name	Dion NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableAchievement	major figure in late 1950s and early 1960s rock and roll ⓘ pioneer of Italian-American rock and roll singers ⓘ
notableSong	A Teenager in Love NERFINISHED ⓘ Abraham, Martin and John NERFINISHED ⓘ Runaround Sue NERFINISHED ⓘ The Wanderer NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWork	A Teenager in Love NERFINISHED ⓘ Abraham, Martin and John NERFINISHED ⓘ Donna the Prima Donna NERFINISHED ⓘ Ruby Baby NERFINISHED ⓘ Runaround Sue NERFINISHED ⓘ The Wanderer NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation	musician ⓘ singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth	The Bronx, New York City, New York, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
recordLabel	Ace Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Columbia Records ⓘ Laurie Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
residence	New York City ⓘ surface form: New York City, New York, United States
spouse	Susan Butterfield NERFINISHED ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ruby Baby → recordedBy → Dion ⓘ

Dion and the Belmonts → hasMember → Dion ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dion DiMucci

Dion and the Belmonts → associatedAct → Dion ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dion DiMucci

Dion and the Belmonts → leadVocalist → Dion ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dion DiMucci

Dion and the Belmonts → splitOfLineup → Dion ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dion left for solo career in 1960

Dion Anthony Fay → givenName → Dion ⓘ

Dean Torrence → designedFor → Dion ⓘ

Laurie Records → notableArtist → Dion ⓘ