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The Belmonts are a highly acclaimed and veteran doo-wop group with a number of personnel changes over the years that became famous beginning in the mid 1950s. Their best known songs include the bouncy "Tell Me Why" (1961) and the early rocker, "Come On Little Angel" (1962). During the late 1950s, they had a number of other top hits as Dion & The Belmonts when Dion DiMucci served as lead singer at that time.

Formed in the Bronx, New York in 1955, the original lineup consisted of neighborhood friends Angelo D'Aleo (b. February 3, 1940), Carlo Mastrangelo (October 5, 1937 - April 4, 2016), and Fred Milano (August 26, 1939 - January 1, 2012), who were all students at Roosevelt High School. They took their group name from Belmont Avenue, the street on which Milano lived. By 1957, the trio had signed with Mohawk Records and released their first single, "Teenage Clementine." Dion DiMucci (b. July 18, 1939), who also lived in the same neighborhood, joined the group later that year as lead tenor, and D'Aleo, Mastrangelo, and Milano served as falsetto, bass, and second tenor, respectively. As Dion & The Belmonts, they had several top hits that include such oldies classics as "A Teenager In Love" (1959) and "Where Or When" (1959) before DiMucci went solo in 1960. Other key personnel changes during The Belmonts' hitmaking years included the departure of Carlo Mastrangelo in 1962 who was replaced by Frank Lyndon.

The Belmonts made their debut on the Pop/Rock charts in 1961 with the romantic ballad, "We Belong Together." They had their greatest hit later that year with "Tell Me Why" (1961), which made the Top 20, and had one other Top 40 hit in 1962 with "Come On Little Angel." Their long string of hits, which continued through 1963, also includes "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" (1961), "I Need Some One" (1961), "Diddle-De-Dum (What Happens When Your Love Has Gone)" (1962), and "Ann-Marie" (1963). The Belmonts re-emerged many years later in 1981 with one final hit, "Let's Put The Fun Back In Rock N Roll" (with Freddy Cannon).

Since their peak in commercial fame during the 1950s and 1960s, The Belmonts have continued to perform and record actively to the present day, with a current lineup that includes the group's only surviving original member, Angelo D'Aleo. In addition, The Belmonts and Dion have reunited periodically over the years, and in 2000, Dion & The Belmonts were inducted in the Vocal Group Hall of Fame. In 2003, The Belmonts formed "The Belmonts Internet Radio," an online radio station specializing in 1950s and 1960s classic oldies.

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