TODAY IN ROCK AND ROLL HISTORY - 10/23/1961
Dion DiMucci continued his hit streak after leaving The Belmonts when “Runaround Sue” went to number one in the US. It reached #11 in the UK. Although he married a girl named Sue, Dion said he was thinking about a girl named Roberta when he wrote the song
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