60s Music Journey (Part 3) Dion - Runaround Sue 

This was edgy for the day, the Wanderer is also a great song by Dion. 🙂

I’m 61. It’s great to see you both enjoying music from the 60’s and 70’s. I still listen to it everyday and I enjoy it as much as I did the first time I ever heard it

Dion wrote this song about his wife named Susan. At the time they weren't married. They met the day before Dion wrote this song. At 14 (I'm not really sure how old she was) her family moved to the Bronx from outside of New York City. Dion noticed the new girl in the neighborhood and began to talk with her. As Dion tells this, back then on the streets in the Bronx if you talked to a girl, she became your girl. Not being from the Bronx, she didn't know about this unwritten rule of the streets. The next day Dion See's her talking to another gie out on the sidewalk at the bus stop. She broke his heart. He went home and wrote this song. As Sue tells it, she was getting directions from a passerby to the Bronx Zoo. She didn't know who he was and never saw him again. Two years later they were married. I heard all this on the Oprah Show. She did a show about women who had number one hit songs written about them.

Love this song. Dion is 82 years old and still performing to this day!

I love this freaking song! Makes me dance everytime!

This song has stood the test of time. Still love it to this very day ❤️👍 Great job reacting you guys 👌

This song was from a movie. I think was called "Rock Around The Twist" The did a lot of Rock N' Roll films in the early 60s. That's why the audience was the way they were. Not a real live performance.

I have six sisters. One of my sisters is very promiscuous and loose. Her name is Sharon but about 40 years ago we had nicknamed her Lucy (Loosey) and still call her that now today. This is what this song reminds me of.

2 years late, but it was the times. People would listen politely and then clap at the end. It was just about to change though, rock and roll was still a baby and was about to come a rowdy teenager. This was from a movie though, so not quite real life. Peace.

Love your dancing Tasha. Keep it up!!! 💃🏿

Dion had tons of rocking hits, but his masterpiece is "Abraham (Lincoln), Martin (Luther King) and John (Kennedy)."

In the 1961 film, “Twist Around The Clock”, there were musical segments, that were supposed to be performed in a nightclub full of people over 30, who were fans of Big Band and Jazz Pop music. There were other music artists in the film that had Rock dance segments to them. This was the third in a series of Rock dance films, that debuted with “Rock Around The Clock” in 1956, that starred Bill Haley And His Comets, and The Platters.

The voice is freakin outstanding

Dion, he is great, good times back in the day. Them good ol' days are gone. Great job guys, love from Maine. God Bless.

Like your dancing! Have fun! You get up and dance together!

Fun fact Dion was Italian from the Bronx. My grandparents were his neighbor growing up

Excellent comments and reaction. The crown was older and it was obviously a dinner/show venue. They waited till the end of the sun to respond

Heartthrob Leif Garret redid this song in the 70's!! His mug was one of the many posted ion my wall!!! On another note, I think back then it was frowned upon to be getting in the groove

Out there in the cheap seats, we were movin' and groovin'! 😉

I always figured what older generations mean when they say “we didn’t do that stuff”, they really just meant “we had no social media and didn’t advertise it” lol

People showed respect for the performer instead of disturbing the presentation.

This man is a true icon and he is still putting out music that is better than anything that the young artist are doing. Dion is the not only the king of 50's Bebop music but he has covered rock and roll and blues music to this day. You should listen to the song If I should fall behind. They sing this acapella and the ranges just take you back to this time period where they could actually make their voice the instruments by having a bass voice to the high range and while one does his thing the others might do something else. So cool.

As already mentionend in the other commets: Do "The Wanderer" ;) Fun fact: My mother was in her teens when this kind of "evil" music came out and was not (!) allowed to hear it!!! But she did, when the parents weren't home - she kept those records hidden in her room, under her bed! If her parents would have discovered it, she would have gotten in serious trouble ... XD

Dion DiMucchi, simply known by his first name Dion, he was amazing!

Dion was Drake before Drake. Man just flamed this girl up.

IMHO The late 50s into the early 70s is the best era of music ever!!!

Exellent video, the quiet crowd was by design, I joined your channel.

Good for you Tasha!! Dance!!

You two are the best.

you guys are the best and I love your personalities working together

Looked like part of a movie or something. They could have shown him on stage with a bunch of teenagers dancing in the audience or at a senior prom or something. This was a rather absurd, weird-ass situation with him singing Runaround Sue in a seemingly formal restaurant setting. Anyway, great song! The Wanderer is another fantastic Dion song, and it's pretty much the opposite of Runaround Sue, where this time HE's the one running around. Check it out.

This video was in a movie scene👍👍👍

The woman in front was downright pissed off. 🤣😂

You dance young lady! Adds so much to your reactions. Great couple.

Dion started doing Christian music in the 80's. Some of us met him when he toured with our very good friend, John Polce, at the time.

The girl comes with a Warning label. LOL!

It's always been that way.

Jan and Dean: Surf City. :)

And if you throw them in video games they magically hit the top 100s again over 60 years later😅 It's cool how it never really gets old it always comes back around like Sue🤣

You guys should look into door woo music they had a lot of good groups and great songs. Like in the jungle the mighty jungle the Lion sleeps tonight. I always watched PBS when ever they had a fund raising show a lot of times they would all the door wop groups. They were always a big hit. And you donate and get CDs or DVDs . and sadly we are starting to lose a lot them cause they are older than me. That is what so great about RU-vid and people like you. Bringing us the music from my younger days. 1955 to 1965 was probably the best 10 years of music...................be water my friends

This song doesn't accuse her of sleeping with every guy in town. Must put the song into perspective of this era: The song is about a girl that doesn't date anyone guy, and any guy who thinks that he will become the only guy she will go out with is going to get heartbroken. Back then, the standard was to have a "steady" boyfriend or girlfriend = he or she will not go on a date with anyone else while "going steady". This song depicts a girl who doesn't follow that standard. Dion also had a hit (same year 1961) about a guy that doesn't follow that standard either, the song "The Wanderer". In other words, each song is about "playing the field" so to speak. Yes, now he may be singing about a girl that is playing the field, but he is not referring to her as a "ho, or b...." or using other degrading names. Such disrespect was not the way back in the day!

This is awesome music. Ya just have to move. Dion is a long line of Italian rockers back then.

Looks like an unusual venue for Dion's type of music: think you'd have had to be at least 21 to even get in. Dion's music was popular with teen-agers.

Another way to describe Sue was "Suzie Roundheels"

That’s funny stuff. Nothing changes

I believe this was a movie that’s why it was like that

This song is fun,I just want to dance jive with the beat .

This was probably a clip from some movie. The context of the story isn't explained here.

Great song! Now try The Wanderer!

That's right sweetie, you said it perfectly, this is a reaction channel. You dance gal🤗

You are actually watching another movie. I think this was "Teenage Millionaire" from I think 1961. Yes I saw it when I was young. It took a year or two for movies to get played on TV, after their theater run, so I think I was about ten or eleven when I saw it . Later, in the early seventies Dion did a song I think you might like. Look for "Abraham, Martin and John". It's a kind of heartfelt song about Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King and John Kennedy. All three assassinated.

I think that the audience wasn't moving because the one in the front was Sue.

Loving your reactions to things. You're becoming my favorite couple.

Check out his hit “ Ruby Baby”! And after that , check out Donald Fagen’s ( of Steely Dan) incredible version!

You two had me laughing.

This clip is from a movie, not a concert.

Awesome guys. Thanks. Leif Garrett did a great cover of this song.

Wanderer by Dion and Runaway by Del Shannon!

Dion was a top G

It looks like a clip from a movie or he was singing to manikins

Ariba LA raza for keeping the oldies but goodies alive

You should do a 60s live-stream.

so if Sue was giving it away, she would be the most popular girl in town, that you did not want to be seen with, because everyone knew what you were up to.

Hey!, TNT this gent would go on the write "ABRAHAM, MARTIN AND JOHN (1968) This is from the 1961 movie: "TWIST AROUND THE CLOCK"

60s music plentry of dance rhythms, 70s not really until disco, 80s lost it unless you heard the club remixes, late 90s it comes back with techno. Modern day you have lesser known genres like glitchhop that have fire beats.

Elvis did a song similar to this called litter sister.

You notice how we dressed back then?

No, this was from a movie. Not a live event.

Another great old classic on a similar theme you could consider reacting to, is Jezebel, by Frankie Lane. Much older though, 1951.

He's out there killing it, and the audience looks like they are bored as shit

It was movie scene 🤩🤩🤩💥💥💥💥💥 not actual concert!

Check out Ruby Baby by Dion.

Young people have been doing it, with different words...forever!!! 1920's introduced autos and sex!!!😉😉😉😉

The song/ music is off the charts, and the audience is dead.

"She goes out with other guys." The horror!

The guy is reading too much into it, I think its just part of a movie & Tash is right, it's just the video & people would def dance to this.

Wonder how many of those women were called Sue! 🤣

1:26 1:26 1:26 Now these White❤😊❤ Folk, Could Dance!!- Plus.. you Had to jump.. To Do It Too.. Lol😂° Their Twickin Was Done in a 1957 Car 😂😂😂

This was a clip from a Rock 'n' Roll movie. I think it was "Twist Around The Clock (1961)". The nightclub audience are all actors, as are the guys playing the instruments behind him. And yes, it was a reserved time. Audiences were there to pay attention to the performer, not to indulge themselves.

Another great song by Dion is ABRAHAM, MARTIN AND JOHN. The song is about Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King, Jr., John F. Kennedy, and also Robert (“Bobby”) Kennedy.

DANCE AWAY, TASHA!! This is a clip from a movie, and this is an ALL ADULT audience, NOT teenagers. Adults didn't like rock and roll, my parents didn't either. They were teenagers in the late '30s and early '40s, so this was NOT their music. They weren't necessarily bored, just not loving the music. Lol! "Runaround Sue" came out in 1961 and went to #1 on the charts. I was 14 then and every time I hear this song, I think of my lunch hour when I was in 8th grade. Our high school (which was grades 7-12) had just built a new cafeteria addition on to the school. Outside the cafeteria they had a very wide hall way, and they would play music out there during lunchtime. We used to do this dance in a big circle when "Runaround Sue" came on. SO, that is the memory that sticks in my head to this day, for this song! You should listen to Dion's follow up song "THE WANDERER" where HE is now a male version of "Runaround Sue." ! It's another great rocker.

Dion was fantastic!!! What a voice! Always enjoyed this song!! 😃

Also, rock was new then. Dion was from the Bronx where I grew up and him, Frankie Vali and other stars were neighborhood Italian kids who used to harmonize in the hallways and corners and then went on to cut records.

I love the gruffness of Dion's voice. But Tasha is right on it just being the video. This wasn't an actual live performance. It's like the Animals' Eric Burdon singing "House of the Rising Sun." You can't tell me he was that stoic when performing that song.

They tell you not to react during a reaction video? Haha! Ok

Absolutely LOVE y’all’s reaction to this awesome song!!! It was the times, especially if on TV. Especially girls had to remain prim and proper. What y’all are witnessing is how it really was. Everyone’s generation is different. Back then, things were just starting to heat up so to speak. Back then, this kind of music was not acceptable across-the-board. Back in the day, when Elvis Presley was on TV and shaking his hips, parents didn’t want their daughters flaunting all over Elvis. Y’all still have lots to learn but y’all are learning it! Love ya

Definitely have to follow this up with The Wanderer!

Dion has an amazing life story! He is still preforming, and producing albums.

Oh this takes me back my momma loved Dion … she always had 50’s and 60’s rock going on in the house . My daddy would put 40’s 50’s 60’s country . Go to my aunts houses Motown and R&B and as 60’s the flower children rock . Thank you for taking me back to a good memory with my mom we just lost her thanksgiving week

Loving your 60s reactions. Great stuff.

This was actually a clip taken from a movie called "Twist Around the Clock" from 1961 when this song came out. The "audience" was actually extras who were told to keep quiet so the movie audiences could hear Dion singing..

Is voice is butter man. No auto-tune. Amazing

This was the answer to Dion's "The Wanderer". You must hear it.

I burst out laughing at the same point you both did, when you both saw the uptight white women. Such a different time.

Looks like a movie cut. His audience would be younger at the time. If you ever watch "Peggy Sue Got Married", the teenager "Charlie" (played by Nicholas Cage) idolizes Dion and aspires to be a singer.

Should listen to the sort of flip side to this song; Dion's "The Wanderer"

60s music you had to sing no auto tune back then

Thx! These are actors in the audience! Hollywood never gets it right! Guarantee they were tapping their feet!

How can the crowd stay so still?! This song is so fun to dance to.

Dion DiMucci is still going. Buddy Holly invited him onto the rented airplane that crashed on February 3, 1959, The Day The Music Died, but the ticket was $36, which was exactly what the family’s rent was on their apartment when he was growing up, his dad had told him “Never spend your rent money!”, and so he turned down Buddy Holly’s offer. So did Waylon Jennings. This song is a classic example of the Brooklyn doo-wop style from the 1950s.