- Format: CD
- Label: Ace
- Genre: Blues, Soul, Funk
Hailing from the Bronx, The Belmonts took their name from the area's Belmont Avenue. With Dion they scored such hits as A Teenager In Love (No 5) but this was a short relationship and after Dion went solo, they continued to gain hits with such songs as Tell Me Why (No 18), Come On LIttle Angel (No 28), Don't Get Around Much Anymore (No 57) and the doo wop classic I Need Someone (No 75). This CD includes not only sides made for Laurie and Sabina (many previously unissued) but also, for the first time ever, their complete United Artists recordings from 1964 (spread over this and its companion CD and including two previously unreleased tracks). The music tells both the story of a group that was a very important milestone in the era of doo wop music and also the birth of New York's white group sound.
Tracklisting:01 COME ON, LITTLE ANGELmp3 available
02 TELL ME WHYmp3 available
03 SMOKE FROM YOUR CIGARETTE
04 THAT BACKGROUND SOUND
05 HOW ABOUT ME
06 MY LOVE IS REAL
07 SEARCHING FOR A NEW LOVE
08 I DON'T KNOW HOW TO CRY
09 I NEED SOMEONE
10 HOMBRE
11 DON'T GET AROUND MUCH ANYMOREmp3 available
12 WHY
13 (I'VE GOT) MORE IMPORTANT THINGS TO DO
14 HAVE YOU HEARD
15 DANCIN' GIRL
16 TIME TO DREAM
17 NOT RESPONSIBLE
18 NOW IT'S ALL OVER
19 WALK ON BOY
20 SUMMERTIME TIME
21 I CONFESS
22 DIDDLE-DEE-DUM (WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOUR LOVE HAS GONE)
23 ANN-MARIE
24 COME TAKE A WALK WITH ME
25 SUCH A LONG WAY
26 WE BELONG TOGETHER
27 I DON'T KNOW WHY, I JUST DO
28 I GOT A FEELING
29 TODAY MY LOVE HAS GONE AWAY
30 YOU'RE LIKE A MYSTERY
