 1951
One of the strongest women I have ever know. |
Christmas in Manhattan |
 1966
THE FRAGMENTS OF LOVE |
 1969
THE YOUNGSTERS NYC |
| I Loved to
Sing!
Encouraged to absorb the arts since birth, my mother's favorite song at the time was Over The Rainbow.... Maybe this is why I followed my dreams no matter how unreal they may seem? |
I grew up wanting to become a singer, but to be in a band you had to also be a musician. I always loved the guitar, but the demand was for keyboard players in my town. Playing keys made it easy for me to perform with any local band I desired. | We began at 15 years old. Every summer performing throughout the Catskill hotel circuit. Seeing top entertainers created my thirst to perform even more as the years passed. We were a local group who later adapted the styles of bands like Vanilla Fudge to arrange our own musical arrangements. |
This
band was slowly drawn
one by one
into the live commercial touring group STEAM.
Paul Freda
dropped out
of the music
world years
ago and Alan
Tebaldi
continues to
perform in
Long
Island.
Today we
miss passed
members Tommy Scott and John Faster. |
 1973
Gibraltar This 8 piece "horn" band was lead by Vito Aiello (Singer - Keyboardist) I
had great
fun fronting
Gibraltar!
Although it
contained 8
musicians
who sang as
well as they
played, they
had great personalities
&
showmanship.
There styles
seemed to
bridge the
gap between
Blood,
Sweat, and
Tears &
Chicago!
|
 1970
CRISP The Odyssey Our local hangout!
No
matter what
anyone was
doing we all used
to take time
to jam at
the Odyssey
in
Whitestone,
New York, as
all the
neighborhood
bands used
to swap
ideas as
well as
members.
It was also
the place
where I met
Creative
Talent
Agents,,
Rustin and
Brenner.
|
 1972
Borealis & Jimmy Clanton Doing the Holiday Inn circuit with many famous artists of the 60's. Jim's hit "Just a Dream" was a favorite of mine. stand!
|
 1975
SPOOK THE HORSE This short-lived jazz-rock recording group had gained recognition from Chick Corea, Lenny White, and most of the major recording industries like Polidor Records and Unichappel Publishers.
|
 1976
THE NEWS This high energy original band you could say followed paths of groups like Deep Purple. Yes, this is NYC's CBGBs There
were many other groups I am sorry not to
mention,
|
 1977
Copa'cabana with Borealis I worked for producers of both NBC and ABC TV that year with various projects. My manager was NORBY WALTERS. I began touring once again with groups like The 1910 Fruitgum Company and Chubby Checker, and Steam.
|
 1978
WHAMM This
group
performed
the disco
circuit with
the
likes
of The
Village
People, Afro
Cuban Band,
and Michael
Zager
Band. Disco
was not an
exciting
time for me,
but music
keep me
alive!
|
 1980
Freelancing for name acts GHOSTING for many golden oldie groups of the 50's and 60's. By 1980 I played keys for Chubby Checker, and 1981 I landed a gig fronting The Crests. The tour took me from New Jersey to half way around the world! 
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