The Wanderer - Dion (BEST QUALITY)

Dion said of “The Wanderer“:[1] At its roots, it’s more than meets the eye. “The Wanderer“ is black music filtered through an Italian neighborhood that comes out with an attitude. It’s my perception of a lot of songs like “I’m A Man“ by Bo Diddley or “Hoochie Coochie Man“ by Muddy Waters. But you know, “The Wanderer“ is really a sad song. A lot of guys don’t understand that. Bruce Springsteen was the only guy who accurately expressed what that song was about. It’s “I roam from town to town and go through life without a care, I’m as happy as a clown with my two fists of iron, but I’m going nowhere.“ In the fifties, you didn’t get that dark. It sounds like a lot of fun but it’s about going nowhere. Maresca had co-written Dion’s previous # 1 hit, “Runaround Sue“, but originally intended “The Wanderer“ to be recorded by another group, Nino and the Ebbtides. They passed on it in favour