THE DEBONAIRS...Carol Ann records

The Debonairs.

-Going To Town / Will You Marry Me. Carol Ann records-1962

Paul Dino Bertuccini went to New York former American singer-songwriter and musician. In his youth he learned the trade of barbering, but in reality he wanted to be a singer and in the '50s he started a band called The Nite Caps, adopted the shortened professional name Paul Dino.

Dino wrote "Goin' In Town" and "Will You Marry Me". The Record was released by Dino with The Nite Caps in early 1960 for Flame records but appeared only as by Paul Dino. After this recording in 1961 Dino was signed to the Promo label, and his single "Ginnie Bell" debuted in January 1961, which eventually broke into the Top 40 that year. Dino took advantage of this success by appearing on shows such as Dick Clark's American Bandstand.

In 1962 with the popularity of the doo wop sound his first two songs (Going To Town / Will You Marry Me) were reissued by the Carol Ann record label under the name The Debonairs. Dinio followed in the music scene record for a number of labels until his days of him as a teen idol were over and a new status as a one-hit wonder would loom. Dino and his wife Justine Carrelli (a former regular dancer on American Bandstand) moved to Las Vegas, Nevada where they performed at lounge bookings before going into a successful real estate business.

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