Dion DiMucci was a kid from Bronx when in the late ’50s the vocal group Dion and the Belmonts ... and “A Teenager In Love” made him a star of early rock ‘n’ roll. As a solo artist ...

Dion and the Belmonts would release their next major hit, “A Teenager in Love," in March 1959 ... He had to reinvent himself ...

Over his 85 years, Dion Francis DiMucci ... based doo-wop legends the Belmonts; solo hitmaker and heartthrob in the pre-Beatles ’60s; heroin addict; comeback artist; mature singer-songwriter ...

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "A TEENAGER IN LOVE") DION AND THE BELMONTS: (Singing ... MARTIN: You wrote specifically about Black artists, and you wrote, quoting here, "The deepest forms of love are ...