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Dion DiMucci was born July 18, 1939 in the Bronx, New York, United States. He was a singer and songwriter whose career began in popular music in the 50s with his group known as Dion & the Belmonts. As a solo artist, he switched to protest songs in the late 1960s; his best-known song as a soloist, " Abraham, Martin, and John", was a response to the 1968 assassinations of Martin Luther King and Robert F. Kennedy. He continued to record protest songs into the 1970s.

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DioneDione (pronounced in three syllables) may refer to several things: In Greek mythology, Dione ("divine queen"), in three syllables, was the mother of Aphrodite by Zeus. She was a Titan. Her name is actually a feminine form of Zeus. The name is also used toDionysius ThraxDionysius Thrax ( Θξ) ( 170 BC 90 BC) was a Greek linguist who lived and is thought by some to have worked in Alexandria and later at Rhodes. He collected the knowledge of the time on language and grammar. His main work on language is. LinguistsDion & the BelmontsDion and the Belmonts was a musical group led by singer/songwriter Dion DiMucci. Their music was known for catchy lyrics and rhythmn. The band is named for the "Belmont" section of the Bronx, their home. Their better known tunes include: :"Runaround Sue"
DionysusDionysus the name of a god, is occasionally confused with Dionysius the Elder, tyrant of Syracuse. Dionysus (or Dionysos also known as Bacchus in Roman mythology and associated with the Italic Liber , the Greek god of wine, represents not only the intoxicDionysius ExiguusDionysius Exiguus ("Dennis the Small") (c. 540) was a 6th century AD Dacian monk born in Scythia Minor, in what is now the Dobruja, Romania. From 500 he lived as monk and friend of Cassiodorus (who wrote about him in Institutiones in Rome where, as an abbDion (tyrant of Syracuse)Dion ( 408- 354 BC), tyrant of Syracuse in Sicily, was the son of Hipparinus, and brother-in-law of Dionysius of Syracuse. In his youth, he was an admirer and pupil of Plato, whom Dionysius had invited to Syracuse; and he used every effort to inculcate th
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