Vito Picone
Encyclopedia
Vito Picone is the lead singer of The Elegants
, and along with Jimmy Mochella is a remaining original member. He has also played bit parts in Goodfellas
, Analyze This
, and The Sopranos
.
He was born in and has lived most of his life in South Beach, Staten Island
, New York. For the last ten years he has also hosted Let the Good Times Roll on Staten Island Cable, a nostalgia talk/variety show.
The Elegants
The Elegants is an American doo-wop vocal group, that was started in 1958 by Vito Picone, Arthur Venosa, Frank Tardogno, Carmen Romano and James Mochella in South Beach, Staten Island, New York. Before their nursery rhyme inspired song, "Little Star", became a number one hit, the band usually...
, and along with Jimmy Mochella is a remaining original member. He has also played bit parts in Goodfellas
Goodfellas
Goodfellas is a 1990 American crime film directed by Martin Scorsese. It is a film adaptation of the 1986 non-fiction book Wiseguy by Nicholas Pileggi, who co-wrote the screenplay with Scorsese...
, Analyze This
Analyze This
Analyze This is a 1999 gangster comedy film directed by Harold Ramis, who co-wrote the screenplay with playwright Kenneth Lonergan and Peter Tolan. The film stars Robert De Niro as a mafioso and Billy Crystal as a psychiatrist...
, and The Sopranos
The Sopranos
The Sopranos is an American television drama series created by David Chase that revolves around the New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster Tony Soprano and the difficulties he faces as he tries to balance the often conflicting requirements of his home life and the criminal organization he heads...
.
He was born in and has lived most of his life in South Beach, Staten Island
South Beach, Staten Island
South Beach is the name of a neighborhood located on the East Shore of Staten Island, one of the five boroughs of New York City, USA. It is situated immediately to the south of the Staten Island side of the Verrazano Narrows Bridge...
, New York. For the last ten years he has also hosted Let the Good Times Roll on Staten Island Cable, a nostalgia talk/variety show.
External links
- http://www.myspace.com/vitopiconeandtheelegants