The Original Pageants with Rocco Galante on lead (center)
The Pageants (1) (Newark, New Jersey)
Personnel :
Tony "Dee" DuBella (Lead)
John Albanese
Vince Luciano
Sammy Ventola
Sibby ..?
Discography :
Tony Dee & The Pageants (1)
Single :
1961 - Saturday Romance / Make You My Queen (Du-Well 101/Arlen 731)
Unreleased:
1961 - Vickie Lee (Urania)
Paul Kirk & The Pageants (1)
1959 - Long Ago / Ready Little Steady (Urania 5006)
Biography :
Vocal group from Newark, New Jersey fronted in 1958 by Rocco Galante
with John Albanese, Vince Luciano, Sammy Ventola and Sibby... The
Pageants have been singing at school dances in the area for the past
year. Unfortunately, when they were ready to record, their lead singer,
Rocco Galante left the group. John Albanese recruited Tony DuBella to
replace it. In August 1959, Bill Nielsen, general manager of Urania
Records signed the Pageants and Paul Kirk, a young pop singer. Tony
DuBella, wrote both tunes for their first disk "Saturday Romance" and
"Vickie Lee".
The Pageants recorded the original version of "Saturday Romance" on
Urania Records in NY City with the flip side "Vickie Lee", however the
song never was released due to Urania going belly up. At the same
session The Pageants backed up Paul Kirk singing on "Long ago" and
"Ready Little Steady". Paul Kirk's record will be released the next
month while the Pageants will have to wait more than two years with
another flip side "Make You My Queen". The Single was released in
October 1961 by Du-Well Records in New York as Tony Dee & The
Pageants.
