Fred Milano

Fred Milano (August 26, 1939 – January 1, 2012) was an American doo-wop singer of Italian descent.

He had participated in every one of the Belmonts' recording sessions dating back 54 years.

We knew each other from our teenage boyhoods; even though we weren’t close and didn’t talk in later years, what we went through together made us like family.

"[6] In 2000, Dion and the Belmonts were inducted in the Vocal Group Hall of Fame.

Milano died on January 1, 2012, from lung cancer in New York, at the age of 72.

Milano (right) with Dion and the Belmonts in 1960