“I’m not a scholar,” the voice — that voice, older and husky now, but still recognizable — explained to The Post in a brief phone interview earlier this month. “I’m a guy from The Bronx.”
Over his 85 years, Dion Francis DiMucci has been much more than that: lead singer of the Bronx-based doo-wop legends the Belmonts; solo hitmaker and heartthrob in the pre-Beatles ’60s; heroin addict; comeback artist; mature singer-songwriter; prophet and poet; and, once again, author.
An undated portrait of Dion during his early heartthrob days as part of America’s first wave of rock-and-roll stars. Redferns
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