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(ACE Records) 20 tracks the stunning 1975 Phil Spector Album plus 'Streetheart' The much... more

Dion: Born To Be With You - Streetheart

(ACE Records) 20 tracks
the stunning 1975 Phil Spector Album plus 'Streetheart'

The much sought-after Phil Spector-produced Dion LP coupled with his final Warner Bros album.

Every school day afternoon I'd have my portable transistor pressed up to my ear from 3:45pm (school closing time) to 7:00pm (the end of the show). I was fourteen years old and my hero was Roger Scott, Capital Radio's drive time DJ. He played a record by a singer I had begun to idolise, produced by a man who made records that were like pocket symphonies. The record was five minutes forty seconds long and when it finished he played it again in its entirety.

The record was BORN TO BE WITH YOU by Dion, produced by Phil Spector, and Roger Scott was right.

Over the years I have realised that Dion Di Mucci has to stand at the top of my pantheon of singers whether he is tackling Doo Wop, R&B, Blues, Folk, Rock'n'Roll or Gospel, this voice is one of the truest I have ever heard. For sure that voice could have come from nowhere but the streets of New York.

If singers employed Lee Strasburg's "Method", Dion would be Brando. To inhabit a song is a gift given to few performers. Sinatra, Marvin Gaye, George Jones, Billie Holiday and Bruce Springsteen have the gift, and for me Dion is the master. From No One Knows, through I Was Born to Cry, to Born To Be With You, you hear him yearning, searching for love and trying to hold on to it.

Sure the quality control was sometimes lacking, but the early long players were released at a time when records were made up of singles and fillers. But from 1967's Together Again, Dion was proving himself to be, as Bruce Springsteen said, "...the real link between Frank Sinatra and rock'n'roll". Which brings me back to the record you hold in your hands.

Dion had been signed to Warner Brothers since 1969 and had delivered six albums when a collaboration with a label mate was suggested. Phil Spector had recently been offered a label deal by Warners, with full artistic control and the opportunity to work with any artist on their roster. The first artist he chose was Dion.

Spector and Dion were of the same generation and both born in the Bronx. Spector's first taste of success came with the Teddy Bears in 1958, the year Dion and the Belmont's hit big with I Wonder Why. Phil's eccentric behaviour both in and out of the studio has turned into rock'n'roll folklore, and Dion's first meeting with him to discuss the up and coming recordings was no different. Arriving at "the Tycoon of Teen"s Los Angeles mansion, Dion found himself in a room lit only by one light bulb. Phil was dipping in and out of the shadows and speaking at the pace of a man possessed by demons

"Only you know what you have been through, only you know where you have been to, there's better things you're gonna get into, and I'm gonna be there too."

Through this garbled quote, you can hear where Spector's intentions lay. The recording itself is awesome, every sound melts into another sound. Veteran 'Wrecking Crew' musicians and singers were pulled back onto the front line. The studio was overflowing, with ten guitar players, two bass players, two drummers, choirs, an eight piece horn section and a full string section, with Dion riding the sound with that voice.

Springsteen and 'Miami' Steve van Zandt popped by to watch the maestro at work, but freaked out the ego that is Spector due to Bruce's appearance on that week's covers of both Time and Newsweek magazines, proclaiming him rock'n'roll's messiah.

On completion of the record, Dion's reaction was surprisingly down. He had spent the last ten years building his career as a troubadour, but now found himself in the middle of a 'circus', with Spector as the ring leader.

"Working with Phil Spector could be exciting, frustrating, even a little sad at times. He's a real artist and one who liked to surround himself with spectacle, but it seemed to me that he was afraid of failure. He's got the image of a genius and that puts a lot of pressure on himself, always trying to outdo his last masterpiece."

So this might go some way to explaining why Spector only ever released the record in the UK. Remember that the masterpiece that is Ike & Tina Turner's River Deep, Mountain High had failed miserably in the US, whilst charting in the UK. But even the disconcerting UK public knocked this one back, whilst the music press described it as 'a dirge' (surely part of its genius charm!)

But time has proved them wrong. In the early 90s, Bobby Gillespie of Primal Scream was photographed on the cover of Select Magazine clutching a seven inch copy of Born To Be With You to his heart, proclaiming it to be one of the greatest records ever made. And if Jason Pierce of Spiritualized has never listened to it and been inspired, then I am the monkey's uncle.

And as for me and my humble opinion, it's simple. The greatest singer joined the greatest producer in the studio and made one of the greatest records ever.

In Roger Scott's words, this record will change your life.

ALSO INCLUDED ON THIS CD IS A BONUS LP - STREETHEART
STREETHEART came straight after the Spector sessions and features the Motown classic The Way You Do The Things You Do, the loungey title-song Streetheart and an overwhelming performance of If I Can Just Get Through The Night where he clearly draws on his own experience of addiction. One track from this session that didn't make it onto the album, Young Virgin Eyes (I'm All Wrapped Up), was kept back for a single (WB 8406) in 1977 and will feature as a bonus track on a forthcoming Ace release CDCHD 792: Sanctuary / Suite For Late Summer.

Having fulfilled his obligations to Warner Bros, Dion turned to the producers of New York City Song (which had been added to the Spector album) for his next record label Lifesong, where he pursued the Streetheart theme. Whereas that album had been made by the Streetheart Players, the cream of studio musicians clearly enthralled by the chance to play with a great performer, a new type of band was needed to recreate it live. That task was handed to his best band ever, the Streetheart Band who took Dion into the next decade of his career.

by Sean Rowley

Article properties: Dion: Born To Be With You - Streetheart

  • Interpret: Dion

  • Album titlle: Born To Be With You - Streetheart

  • Genre Rock'n'Roll

  • Label Ace Records

  • Artikelart CD

  • EAN: 0029667179324

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Dion - Born To Be With You - Streetheart CD 1
01 Born To Be With You Dion
02 Make The Woman Love Me Dion
03 Your Own Back Yard Dion
04 (He's Got) The Whole World In His Hands Dion
05 Only You Know Dion
06 New York City Song Dion
07 In And Out The Shadows Dion
08 Good Lovin' Man Dion
09 Baby Let's Stick Together Dion
10 The Way You Do The Things You Do Dion
11 Runaway Man Dion
12 Queen Of 1959 Dion
13 If I Can Just Get Through Tonight Dion
14 More To You (Than Meets The Eye) Dion
15 You Showed Me What Love Is Dion
16 Hey My Love Dion
17 Oh The Night Dion
18 I'll Give You All I've Got Dion
19 Lover Boy Supreme Dion
20 Streetheart Dion
Dion and The Belmonts A Teenager In Love Dion und die Belmonts Dion and The Belmonts... more
"Dion"

Dion and The Belmonts

A Teenager In Love

Dion und die Belmonts

Dion and The Belmonts
A Teenager In Love
(Doc Pomus-Mort Shuman)
Laurie 3027
2:36

The pride of the Bronx, Dion and The Belmonts personified the best in Italian-American doo-wop, by now flourishing across the boroughs of New York City. Lead singer Dion DiMucci describes his quartet's brawny sound as "black music filtered through an Italian neighborhood and comes out with an attitude: 'Yo!' It's true. It has all those elements. But the New York Italian-American, there's an element of, 'Yo! You talkin' to me?' There's this kind of idea, like you come across like you're supposed to know everything. I don't know where I got that idea, because it's absurd. But anyway, that's the attitude. I would say it's a confidence."

DiMucci assembled his Belmonts from the mean streets of his home turf, gathering first tenor Angelo D'Aleo, second tenor Fred Milano, and baritone/bass Carlo Mastrangelo. Their infectious I Wonder Why was a pop hit in the spring of 1958 on brothers Bob and Gene Schwartz's freshly minted Laurie Records, and they were just getting started (it's on our previous compilation). For their next Laurie outing, Dion and his cronies gave Fats Domino's I Can't Go On (Rosalie) a rocking reading, but it was the butter-smooth ballad flip No One Knows that made the charts late that summer, actually bettering I Wonder Why at #19 pop. Before year's end, they charted again with another tender ballad, Don't Pity Me.

Brill Building denizens Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman were about to embark on an incredible songwriting roll, having just handed Fabian his first smash. "I wanted to do 'Turn Me Loose,'" notes Dion. "I liked 'Turn Me Loose.'" The prolific duo had something special for Dion and The Belmonts too. "The way 'A Teenager In Love' came in, Ricky Nelson had 'Poor Little Fool.' So I kind of sang it to The Belmonts, and they started doing this thing," says Dion. "Then Mort Shuman and Doc Pomus, they had another song, I forget what it was called. And they kind of changed it to 'Teenager In Love,' and put that together. So it was kind of wonderful to just kind of sit on this blanket, the sound that the group was making. But definitely, if you listen to 'Poor Little Fool,' you can hear what kind of inspired it.' Waxed March 3, 1959 and issued on the same month with the mellow I've Cried Before on the flip, A Teenager In Love was a #5 pop smash that spring. Dion and The Belmonts were now teen idols. DiMucci wisely never underestimated the value of his songwriters.

"Doc Pomus was like a father to me, very much so. He really encouraged me. I miss him. He was just a great guy. I just used to like talking to Doc. Mort Shuman I loved. Mort Shuman was totally incredible," says Dion. "He was a great guy to hang out with. He was so interesting. I loved being with him."

Various Street Corner Symphonies 1959 Vol.11
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Tracklist
Dion - Born To Be With You - Streetheart CD 1
01 Born To Be With You
02 Make The Woman Love Me
03 Your Own Back Yard
04 (He's Got) The Whole World In His Hands
05 Only You Know
06 New York City Song
07 In And Out The Shadows
08 Good Lovin' Man
09 Baby Let's Stick Together
10 The Way You Do The Things You Do
11 Runaway Man
12 Queen Of 1959
13 If I Can Just Get Through Tonight
14 More To You (Than Meets The Eye)
15 You Showed Me What Love Is
16 Hey My Love
17 Oh The Night
18 I'll Give You All I've Got
19 Lover Boy Supreme
20 Streetheart