It was a sunny day in New York City in 1955. Strutting down the sidewalk in his pompadour, the collar on his leather jacket turned up, Dion DiMucci was feeling like the king of the streets. “Rebel Without a Cause” had just come out on the silver screen and every boy in the Bronx wanted to be James Dean—the tough…
What does it mean when “the voice of a generation” puts a shotgun under his chin and pulls the trigger? The suicide of Kurt Cobain, 27-year-old leader of the rock group Nirvana, made international headlines because Cobain’s music—exciting, creative howls of rage, sarcasm, defiance and confusion—was said to be one big anthem for “Generation X,” the generation born in the…
Not long ago, the legendary Dion walked into a Miami recording studio accompanied by some old friends — longtime members of his blistering road band along with some of the best doo-wop harmony singers in the business.