The media-sphere spent much of last week talking up the golden anniversary of the moon landing, which meant that there wasn’t much of a public shout out on July18th when Dion DiMucci,  one of rock’s  greatest  performers, and a superb vocalist, too, turned 80.

Dion was only 19-y/o when he and his Bronx buddies erupted as The Belmonts–within two years he went solo and the rest is history: “Runaround Sue,” “The Wanderer” …

He continues to perform,  and he’s still got it.  His 2015 performance at the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend (when he was 76), is on youtube.