Rock and Roll Hall of famer and former member of the Belmonts, Dion, will visit the F.M. Kirby Center on Friday, July 27 at 7:30 p.m.

Tickets are located ORLC, Row O, Seats 107, 109.

A street poet and singer of extraordinary versatility, range and resonance, Dion defined Rock 'n' Roll for a generation.

In 1957 he brought the best of the neighborhood street singers together to form his group, Dion and the Belmonts, named after Belmont Avenue in the heart of the Bronx.

"I Wonder Why" was their first hit, and 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. With songs such as "A Teenager In Love" and "Where or When," Dion and the Belmonts earned their place in the history books.