Oh well, I'm the type of guy who will never settle down
Where pretty girls are, well you know that I'm around
I kiss 'em and I love'em 'cause to me they're all the same
I hug 'em and I squeeze 'em they don't even know my name
They call me the wanderer, yeah the wanderer
I roam around-around-around

The most successful white doo wop group, Dion and the Belmonts were perhaps the suavest of New York City's late-fifties white teen idols.  Dion DiMucci broke from that clean-cut pack with an engagingly cool, streetwise swagger epitomized by "The Wanderer."

Dion's reputation eventually spread far enough to reach Irv Spicer who owned Mohawk Records. Using unknown studio musicians and backing vocalist Dion recorded "The Chosen Few" and "Out Of Colorado." After selling a few copies locally it was released by Jubilee, a larger New York record company. However, it was still unable to find an audience.

When approached by Spicer to record a second single Dion said he'd only do it with his own backing group. Spicer agreed and Dion found the three best street singers he knew. Two were  Carlo Mastrangelo and Freddy Millano, members of rival gang, the Imperial hoods. Along with Angelo D' Aleo they made up the Belmonts named after Belmont Avenue

Dion And the Belmonts