1. Dion b. 1939 (Dion DiMucci) Inducted in 1989 Raised in Little Italy in the Bronx Influenced by R&B and doo-wop Formed Dion and the Belmonts in 1957 Viewed as a pioneer of rock and roll attitude The Wanderer(1961)

2. Vocal Harmony Dion and the Belmonts, 1960 Two or more different pitches (or notes) that sound simultaneously in patterns to accompany the melody (tune) In “The Wanderer” Dion’s backup singers harmonize with his melody

3. Rock and Roll and Urban Communities “In my neighborhood, you always had to be cool… you could never… look, at that time, a lot of my friends were dyin’ around me, you know, zip guns, drugs, car crashes, and at that time I didn’t know how to handle that. There were two faces you had to have… your public and private, and I’m talking about those tender breakaway years—13, 14. Well, my music got me through a lot of that […].” -Dion, 1976

4. Second Wave of Rock and Roll The plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper in 1959 is often viewed as the end of the first wave of rock Golden age of rock in the United States begins with the British Invasion The Beatles performed in the US for the first time in 1964