Wednesday, November 11, 2026

Songs I'd Forgotten Existed, Let Alone Loved (An Occasional Series): Special "Bronx Blues" Edition

From 1996, please enjoy the incomparable Dion DiMucci -- aka the guy who invented rock-and-roll attitude -- with his short-lived sorta supergroup The Little Kings and their utterly irresistible slice of the aforementioned attitude "You Move Me."

I say "sorta supergroup" because, as you can see from the above, the incomparable Mike Mesaros of The Smithereens is on bass (the other two guys were from the Del-Lords), and alas, I never got a chance to see them live, although they were pretty much a fixture in NYC for a couple of years.

BTW, "You Move Me" featured on a sort of mixtape CD I made in the early 'aughts entitled Great Lost Singles of the 90s, and I stumbled across the playlist the other day. Pretty cool stuff, and I suspect I'll be sharing more selections from it in the not-too-distant future. 😎

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Dion has had one of the most varied and amazing rock and roll careers ever. The track rocks like a Mother-Fer! I was not even aware of this part of his career. Great share Steve.

Captain Al

Gummo said...

It's good; coulda been great with a stronger hook.

Rob said...

Revisited Dion this morning -
Abraham, Martin and John

daudder said...

sorta sounds like Springsteen...not bad at all

MJConroy said...

That is a great cd. Dion was, always, and is still cool.

Rob said...

Unfortunately Dion got caught between his Doo Wop tag (early 60's) and the Beatles invasion. His catalog speaks for itself but he got caught between the cracks.His Doo Wop change never saw 4 Seasons success

M_Sharp said...

Great song! I saw them once in Philly at JC Dobbs. I remember it was a fine show, but not many people were there for whatever reason. Their loss!