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    • Jul 18, 1939
    Dion DiMucci is born in The Bronx, New York. Two of his 1960s pop successes become country hits for other artists: "Ruby Baby," for Billy "Crash" Craddock; and "The Wanderer," for Eddie Rabbitt
    May 24, 1958
    Bobby Helms sings "Jacqueline" on ABC-TV's "The Dick Clark Show." The lineup also features Jackie Wilson and Dion & The Belmonts
    Jan 17, 1959
    Conway Twitty is a guest on ABC's "The Dick Clark Show," along with The Platters and Dion & The Belmonts
    Jan 23, 1959
    Buddy Holly performs in Milwaukee, where the temperature is 25 below, sharing the bill with Ritchie Valens, Frankie Sardo, The Big Bopper and Dion. Waylon Jennings plays bass for Holly on what proves to be the first date on Holly's final tour
    Oct 17, 1960
    Dion & The Belmonts split. Dion goes on to score with "The Wanderer" and "Ruby Baby," which become country hits for Eddie Rabbitt and Billy "Crash" Craddock
    Feb 27, 1976
    Michael Martin Murphey performs "Wildfire" on NBC-TV's "The Midnight Special." Other guests include B.B. King, Dion, Anne Murray and Fleetwood Mac
    Apr 2, 1982
    The movie "Diner" opens, with a soundtrack that includes Elvis Presley's "Don't Be Cruel," Jerry Lee Lewis' "Whole Lot Of Shakin' Going On" and Carl Perkins' "Honey Don't," plus Eddie Cochran, Dion, Jimmy Reed and Fats Domino, among others
    Oct 10, 1986
    Kathleen Turner and Nicolas Cage star as the movie "Peggy Sue Got Married" debuts in theaters. The picture features music by Buddy Holly and Dion & The Belmonts, and inspires Tony Arata to write the Garth Brooks hit "The Dance"
    Aug 27, 1988
    Eddie Rabbitt hits #1 on the Billboard country singles chart with his remake of a Dion pop hit, "The Wanderer"
    Jan 18, 1989
    "To Know Him Is To Love Him" songwriter Phil Spector is inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as a non-performer at New York's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. Other new additions include Dion, Otis Redding and The Rolling Stones
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