DION and The Belmonts represent Doo Wop at it's best. We just love their sound and performing their incredible catalog! “I Wonder Why” was Dion’s first hit with The Belmonts. Over the next two years the group earned a reputation not only for topping the charts, but for creating some of the most vital and exciting doo wop music on the American scene. “I Wonder Why,” “A Teenager In Love” and “Where or When” cements Dion & The Belmonts in music history. | Under The Streetlamp

"I WONDER WHY" A doo-wop song, written by Melvin Anderson and Ricardo Weeks (lyrics), and first recorded by Dion and the Belmonts (released as Laurie Records' first single, number 3013), becoming the group's first national pop chart hit, in 1958. It is sung from the point of view of a man telling his girlfriend that he loves her but does not know why. The song is noted for Carlo Mastrangelo bass part. 24K Gold covers this fun oldies but goodie! | Golden Oldies Music Shows by 24K Gold