The Demensions

Bronx NY-based doo wop group

The Demensions are an American doo wop group from The Bronx, New York. They attended Christopher Columbus High School. Over the years, there have been a number of lineup changes. The group that sang on most of their earlier recordings includes Lenny Dell, Phil Del Giudice, Howie Margolin, and Marisa Martelli.^[1]

At the height of their popularity in the early 1960s, The Demensions played often in Palisades Park, New Jersey, as well as on American Bandstand and The Clay Cole Show . They also appeared at the Braniff Space Rover, known as the "Space Ship," at Freedomland U.S.A. in The Bronx. They first scored radio airplay as a result of Cousin Brucie, a disc jockey at New York radio station WINS, who began spinning their version of "Over the Rainbow".^[2] The song became a hit, peaking at No. 16 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1960^[1] and No. 17 in Canada.^[3] Their only other chart hit was 1962's "My Foolish Heart", which peaked at No. 95 early in 1963.^[1]