I Wonder Why

I Wonder Why

"I Wonder Why" is a doo-wop song, written by Maxwell Anderson (lyrics) and Ricardo Weeks, [ [http://wm03.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=17:776603~2~T00A allmusic ] ] and first recorded by Dion and the Belmonts in 1958. It is sung from the point of view of a man telling to his girlfriend that he neither knows nor, ultimately, cares the reasons for his love for said other.

The song was covered by The Alley Cats, which has appeared at least on two different CDs; and by Showaddywaddy.

The Dion & the Belmonts version is used in the opening sequence of A Bronx Tale as well as the pilot episode of mob-drama The Sopranos.

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