Runaround Sue (album)

Runaround Sue is the first solo album by Dion and was released in 1961 by Laurie Records.[3]

Runaround Sue
Studio album by
Dion
Released1961
Genre
Length30:21
LabelLaurie
Dion chronology
Wish Upon a Star with Dion and the Belmonts
(1960)		 Runaround Sue
(1961)		 Alone with Dion
(1961)
Singles from Runaround Sue
  1. "Somebody Nobody Wants/Could Somebody Take My Place Tonight"
    Released: July 1961
  2. "Runaround Sue/Runaway Girl"
    Released: August 1961
  3. "The Wanderer/The Majestic"
    Released: November 1961
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [2]

Track listing

Side A
  1. "Runaround Sue" (Dion DiMucci, Ernie Maresca)
  2. "Somebody Nobody Wants" (George Goehring, Sylvia Dee)
  3. "Dreamlover" (Ahmet Ertegun, Jerry Wexler)
  4. "Life Is but a Dream" (Raul Cita, Sam Weiss)
  5. "The Wanderer" (Ernie Maresca)
  6. "Runaway Girl" (Barbara Baer, Eliot Greenberg, Robert Schwartz)

Side B
  1. "The Majestic" (Brenda Lee Jones, Welton Young)
  2. "Little Star" (Vito Picone, Arthur Venosa)
  3. "Lonely World" (Dion DiMucci, Ernie Maresca)
  4. "In the Still of the Night" (Fred Parris)
  5. "Kansas City" (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller)
  6. "Take Good Care of My Baby" (Carole King, Gerry Goffin)

Chart positions
Chart (1961) Peak
position
US Billboard 200 11
Singles[4][5]
Year Single Chart Peak
position
1961 "Somebody Nobody Wants" US Pop 103
"Runaround Sue" 1
US R&B 4
UK 11
"The Majestic" US Pop 36
"The Wanderer" 2
UK 10

References
  1. McGee, David (2004). "Dion". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 239–241. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  2. Runaround Sue at AllMusic
  3. Dion, Runaround Sue. Discogs.com, Retrieved May 9, 2023.
  4. Dion Single Releases. Retrieved May 9, 2023.
  5. Dion Charting Singles. Retrieved May 9, 2023.
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