A little background info...
Joe Amato
has over thirty five years performance experience. His first vocal performance
was in the St. Vincent's choir in New York City. As a teenager, he was an
original member of the Del-Satins, and sang backup vocals with Dion
on his hits 
"Runaround Sue", "The
Wanderer" and many others. During the 1960-1970's Joe performed as lead
guitarist and vocalist with Joey Dee and the Starlighters,
on the "Peppermint Twist" tour.
Later in his
career, Joe became an accredited songwriter for many artists. His biggest
thrill was when the great artist, B.B. King recorded his song on his "King
of Blues" CD on MCA Records. Joe also sang background vocals on that
album.
Joe's
knowledge of music was put to work as a radio personality for 12 years on WIXL
and WNNJ AM/FM. His weekly specialty shows included "Sunday with
Sinatra" - a special four hours of music and information about the
"Chairman of the Board" and "Rock and Roll Lives On"
- four hours each week featuring Doo-Wop music of the 50's and 60's.
In the early 1990's, Joe joined the
world renowned Las Vegas production company "Legends in
Concert". Spending more that seven years with them traveling around the United
States and overseas. His impersonations of Frank Sinatra, Rodney
Dangerfield, and Conway Twitty pleased and
astounded all.
Expanding
his talents, Joe acted in the dinner theater production of "Vito and
Angela's Wedding", and "Grandma Capolla's Funeral". He was also seen in the Oscar
winning movie "Leaving Las Vegas" with Nicolas Cage and Elizabeth Shue.
Born and
raised in New York City, home base is now northern New Jersey,