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| Length = | Label = Laurie 3115 | Writer = Ernie Maresca | Producer = Gene Schwartz | Last single = "Runaround Sue" (1961) | This single = "The Wanderer" (1961) | Next single = "Lovers Who Wander" (1962) }} "The Wanderer" is a song written by Ernie Maresca and originally recorded by Dion. The song, with a 12-bar blues-base verse and an eight-bar bridge, tells the story of a travelling man and his many loves. The song is ranked #243 on the ''Rolling Stone'' magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Dion, 'The Wanderer' )〕 ==History== 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 of another Maresca song, so Dion was given it as the B-side of his follow-up single, "The Majestic", a song which his record company had chosen for him. The record was turned over by radio DJs who preferred "The Wanderer", which duly entered the US charts in December 1961 and rose to # 2 in early 1962. It also reached # 10 in the UK and # 1 in Australia. The song was recorded with an uncredited background vocal group, the Del-Satins, in a rockier style than Dion's earlier hits with the Belmonts. The Del-Satins were an established doo-wop group led by Stan Ziska (later known as Stan Sommers), who at the time were also contracted to Laurie Records, and who later formed the core of Johnny Maestro & the Brooklyn Bridge. Musicians on the original recording included Bobby Gregg, Bucky Pizarelli and Johnny Falbo on guitars, Jerome Richardson on alto sax, Buddy Lucas on tenor sax, and Panama Francis and Sticks Evans on drums. Dion said of "The Wanderer":〔( "Dion DiMucci", ''The Pop History Dig'' ). Retrieved 13 July 2015〕 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. However, on Maresca's original demo of the song, the lyrics were ''"with my two fists of iron and my bottle of beer"'', and the change to ''"with my two fists of iron but I'm going nowhere"'' in fact seems to have been at the record company's insistence.〔( "The Original Wanderer: Ernie Maresca", ''Ace Records'' ). Retrieved 13 July 2015〕 The song has been categorized as rock and roll, rhythm and blues and pop. Today, "The Wanderer" is part of the Mijac publishing catalog. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Wanderer (Dion song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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