I was beginning to think I was delusional---this song has been bouncing around my aging brain for a couple weeks. I tried searching for it by the lyrics, but all I got was "new" stuff. I finally found this one when I entered "Do Wop--Tell Me Why". I was just a little kid when this song was popular, but it definitely left me with a fond memory. A "feel good" song!

@Perromedic0

2 жыл бұрын

Love it!

@gilloera8912

2 жыл бұрын

I grew up with this record! Played it over and over. I bopped to this disc for years. I'm still boppin' to this at 73 years old....forever may it still be played....

@enny7617

2 жыл бұрын

Listen to Norman Fox and the Rob Roys the original.

@artiglesias9317

2 жыл бұрын

MAY I HAVE THIS DANCE?

@WhiteChocolate74

Жыл бұрын

I'm with you. I heard this song years ago then forgot about it. A few months ago I had this vague sense this existed while listening to another old song, then I found it again by chance!

"Why the stars in the sky, are the same kind of stars, that I see in your eyes." What a beautiful line.

@FordHoard

10 ай бұрын

I thought the same thing!

My grandma played this song all the time when I was little, and it gives me an unmeasurable sense of nostalgia.

Carlo not only had a killer voice, he could riff like a jazz singer, was a producer, and played the drums! RIP Carlo your fans miss you.

I was born in the small town of Oxnard, California in 1953. I was 4 years old when the Rob Roys version came out and 7 or 8 when the Belmonts sang it. "Tell me why" brings me great memories from my childhood. Especially from my "Teen Idol" who is my older brother David who I love very much. Big brother, you'll always be my teen Idol!!!!😎👍

Thank. God. For. The. Bronx. A. Lot. Of. Great. Music. Came. From. There. Yes. I. Am. A. Proud. Bronx. Boy. God. Bless. The. Bronx. I. Love. It. 187 st. Arthur. Ave. My. Hart. And. Soul

@shimon1166

2 жыл бұрын

I'm a Brooklyn guy. :)

Up-Tempo Doo Wop is the BEST!

I love this song. Makes me want to get up and dance.

A CLASSIC from May 1961...

Both version are great two Great Bronx Groups one classic

Love this track definitely a favourite

So great to hear this song again. Many memories.

@FishBait-ug6ek

5 ай бұрын

Thank goodness for KZread.

Met Carlos and Angelo at empire Hotel in NYC I was with Dion and they had a reunion concert that night at Madison square garden. Great guys. Memories aren't they great !!

Da. Bronx. Love. It. And. The. Belmont. Just. Great. Music. Timeless.

Heard this song on the local oldies station. There are several versions, so it took me awhile to find this version, which is superior, IMO. What a great song, I was learning how to walk when it came out, which means I’m getting pretty old.

@FishBait-ug6ek

5 ай бұрын

Old is new.

I sang this song with Freddie and Angelo of the Belmonts in RAO’S in east Harlem one night the place went crazy every single person in the place came over to meet them but the best was Frankie pelligrino one of the owners of RAO’S as he shook there hands saying I know who you are it’s a honor to meet you guys I also had my old friend Carl Casano singing bass who said it was one of the best days in his whole life Phil caggiano

@jonathanlafrance8643

10 ай бұрын

WOW!!!! What a story! 👏💪

@aaronking7326

Ай бұрын

I love it❤

such a great song.

Great song ❤️❤️

Wah wah ooh... love it

Freddie was my fave of the group, he had a beautiful smile. They were all great guys.

@claudiaengberg3520

Жыл бұрын

I agree. He was my favorite, too. I hope to meet him when I get to Heaven.

Great Sound love the bass backbeat

One of my all time favorites back in the day.....I love that I was a teen when doo wop was in style.....

Anybody under 20 that Love the Song ?

Un sonido exquisito para mis oídos.

Carlo had a really nice voice.

I was there when they made that song

Great song by the belmonts I listen to it all the time whatever happened to them

Been looking for this song all week. Glad I finally found it

love this

@Dion-iu4sg

Жыл бұрын

Hello 👋 pamela How're you doing. Thanks for this comment, I'm nothing without fans like you who appreciate my musical craftiness It's nice meeting you here.

Belmonts were great even without Dion.👍🏿

@geminisixx4

4 жыл бұрын

Hell yes!

@aaronking7326

3 жыл бұрын

Dion fabricated his coin toss story, with Ritchie Valens...Im sorry, I lost respect for the man...it was well known. Waylon himself said who the two were...Dion wasn't one of them

@dukejohnson1956

3 жыл бұрын

@@aaronking7326 it wasn’t a coin toss. He thought it was too expensive

@aaronking7326

3 жыл бұрын

@@dukejohnson1956 with all do respect sir, it was a coin toss

@Nickygino

3 жыл бұрын

Totally agreed! NO doubt....

...AND "COME ON LITTLE ANGEL"❣️

50's❤️🔥❤️🔥🤗

Doo Wooop it Dion and the Belmonts!!!!

@peterh9427

5 жыл бұрын

Rick Smith no Dion in this.

December 2023 👍👍🇨🇦

Anyone listening to this in March 2022? Proper music than the shit that's churned out now 💩💩💩

I played this at the gas pumps. A young lady heard and didn't leave without asking me who did it. Good music is timeless.

Great song thanks.

Great Sound, Thanks

I had this song on the Doo wop tape by the original artist when I was 13 years old now I am 21

ONE OF THE BEST SONGS EVER!

0:03 "Whhhhyyy!".....😚

GREAT!

What I can't understand is that Dion left the group to pursue a solo career into Country western and blues. he said he didn't want to do rock & roll anymore. I don't think he was telling the truth since his following songs were not of that genre and used the Del satins to back him up on his so-called solo songs. Runaround sue, the wanderer, etc. These were songs he could have done with the Belmonts. I think he just wanted solo billing so only his name would appear on the record and make more money for himself. I don't think the Del-Satins ever got credit for doing backup for him on his solo career. Not right to turn your back on friends you grew up with. But then I heard that the Belmonts were fed up with Dion because of his drug use and maybe it was a mutual parting of the ways?

@doctorfienstone2978

8 жыл бұрын

Dion never said that. He wanted to do more rock oriented music whereas the Belmonts wanted to keep doing clean cut doo wop.

@peanutzinuk

6 жыл бұрын

jgv007-I am sure you are RIGHT - he wanted top billing! After researching info of the Del Satins with their NY work, the billing said 'he wanted a rockier felling' to his song The Wanderer. In my outro on my show, I mentioned about money, and wondered if the Del Satins got proper royalties or just 'studio' rates. Betcha the later! PeanutzinUK

@LanceisLawson

5 жыл бұрын

The Belmonts are said to have thrown Dion out of the band because of his worsening drug use.

@precisionbrown6829

5 жыл бұрын

jgv007 I knew Dion from New York when I was a kid I’d sneak in bars just to see the Belmonts

@BoomBoom77156

4 жыл бұрын

precision Brown thanks for the useless info

Que musica tan bonita tiempos inolvidables

Love it.

Why Dion why!!!! Why did you leave the Belmonts and deprive us of your talents !!!

@stephenbrower4216

4 жыл бұрын

Heroin

@BoomBoom77156

3 жыл бұрын

@@stephenbrower4216 get a clue. Heroin wasn’t the reason Dion left

@stephenbrower4216

3 жыл бұрын

@@BoomBoom77156 He was a addict...listen to his hour long interview

@nagato1374

3 жыл бұрын

I’m late to this convo but pretty sure Dion just wanted to do his own thing while the Belmonts would focus on their Doo-Wop career. Of course Dion and the group would still stay in contact afterwards.

who cannot love this song, even my 11 year old granddughter loves it, so up beat

Do wop forever!

@williamschubert3929

Жыл бұрын

Doo wop,is the best music in the fifties. Filtered into the 70s and 80s minus the British rock of the 60s.

Nice song

@Dion-iu4sg

Жыл бұрын

Hello 👋 jose How're you doing. Thanks for this comment, I'm nothing without fans like you who appreciate my musical craftiness It's nice meeting you here.

thanks

The Rob Roys did it FIRST. I like both versions.

@pobrepaco

5 жыл бұрын

R0b Roys rock!!!!

@jonnychingas5757

3 жыл бұрын

The Belmonts version is far superior to Norman Fox & Robroys version. Carlo Mastroangelos vocals put this over the top

🌹

@Dion-iu4sg

Жыл бұрын

Hello 👋 Lil melody How're you doing. Thanks for this comment, I'm nothing without fans like you who appreciate my musical craftiness It's nice meeting you here.

XD perfect!

Also performed by Norman Fox and the Rob Roys with good success.

The Belmonts covered this song very well. Norman Foxx and the Rob Roys came from the same neighborhood!

Great song. Lead singer is on par with Dion.

@225marklin3

8 жыл бұрын

No.

@darcharge

8 жыл бұрын

It's Carlo. Dion had already left the belmonts.

@marianneravina6795

7 жыл бұрын

Killshotx7 no in this song dion hasent joined the belmots yet

@BPags

4 жыл бұрын

You guys are totally misinterpreting what this guy said. I believe the lead here is Carlo Mastrangelo and yes he’s on the same level as Dion in my book!

@jonnychingas5757

4 жыл бұрын

@@marianneravina6795 Shut up idiot. You don't what your talking about

With Dion or without Dion 👍🏻❤️

Oh ya! I'm not sure when I first heard this song, possibly on an oldies LP, even though I'm old enough to have heard it when it was new. But I don't believe we heard very much doowop in Vancouver, B.C. in the 1950's.

@leechjim8023

11 ай бұрын

You had to be in NY, Chicago, or LA to really get a lot of it.

Belmonts were great even without Dion

Great song. There's also a good Sha Na Na cover version as well.

Is so crazy i,m dominican

🔥🔥🔥🔥

I like this version a little more than the Rob Roys; it's more up-tempo. An awesome arrangement.

@1979cl1

4 ай бұрын

In a different era, the Rob Roys was more R&B and the Belmonts with the Twist beat.

1962......

Daddy Cool ❤️🎸💃

I like this slower version.

I was friends with Carlos

Dis shit 🔥

The best sound & version of this great song! The Rob Roys did it too, but this version is best!

the belmounts high chart hit with out dion #18 of5/22/61 the bellmounts carlo and freddie canyon all told rack up 9 chart singles with out dion and on 10/27 /62 the belmounts only chart album 127# on billboards album charts the carnivall of hits album gave them 10 chart records with out dion

@jonnychingas5757

3 жыл бұрын

Who are The Belmounts?

@4001rics

3 жыл бұрын

@@jonnychingas5757 oh shut up you know what he meant

Too bad the Belmonts couldn't make it after Dion left. Carlo was a truly great singer.

Love this song. When exactly was this released? Thanks

Another great group was the Chantones who backed up Jack Scott (Scafone). Too bad Non-Anglos had to change names to hide ethnicity, I like their birth names better.

@barryware7497

2 жыл бұрын

Jack Scott was white...

Is this 58'?

Not the Rob Roys

Much better than the Rob Roys! The Belmonts took it from very good to Great!

I lived that crazy life honey with the Mafia and black leather coats you think your cool I don't think so say that to my Sicialian friends

Compara esta hermosa composición musical con la basura que escuchan hoy en dia 😂

@1979cl1

4 ай бұрын

Tienes mucho razon, hoy es puro rap, wacala!!