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 * Lead and 1st tenor Dennis Hurlie is a native of Westchester County, N.Y.. He has 32 years of experience performing across the New York metropolitan area. His credits include 18 years with the seven-piece band Rolland Desoto and the Fabulous Studebakers and 14 years with a five member acapella group, "The Magic Touch" which recorded two CDs on "Starlight Discs."  *Lead, 1st/2nd tenor Brian "The Kid"
Daly is no new comer to Doo-Wop. He has performed with Carlo Mastrangelo from the original Belmonts and Classic Artists performers,
The Five Buroughs. During his tenure with The Five Buroughs, he performed with and did backup harmonies for Rudy West of The
Five Keys, Jimmy Beaumont of The Skyliners and opened for "Dion", along with a host of great 50's performers in
Fort Lauderdale, New York and California. His single "Heaven & Cindy" was recorded on Classic Artists Records
and has been requested on oldies radio from New York to California and Europe.
 * Lead, 2nd tenor Pete Barbera hails from
Queens, New York. Pete is a graduate of old time Rock & Roll and street corner harmony. After thirty something years of playing
drums and singing with the "Last Call" and numerous N.Y. groups. He formed, sang and recorded with
"The Note-tations", a Long Island based oldies show group. Pete has proudly shared the stage with such greats as
Emil Stucchio and The Classics, The Duprees, Frankie Lymons Teenagers, The Impalas, The Mystics, The Passions, The Marvelettes
and many others. Pete is proud to be part of "Knights to Remember". Five crazy guys sharing the same passion of
keeping the music of our yesterdays" alive and kickin' ass......"
 * Baritone, lead Danny Bruno, who hails from Albany,
N.Y. has been singing since his teens on street corners, graduating to various nightclubs and venues throughout northern
New York State. Danny spent many years working with THE BOTTOM LINE, TRADITIONS, THE CATS MEOW and other musical groups
and bands in the Washington D.C. and Baltimore area. He is also an accomplished guitarist and songwriter.
His songs have been performed and recorded by a number of groups including "The Memories" from the Vocal Group Hall
of Fame....He has shared the stage with THE MEMORIES, Pooky Hudsons SPANIELS, THE ORIOLES, THE COASTERS and THE RAINBOWS
to name a few....
 Our bass man "Crazy Mike Van Degna" is also from the New York metropolitan area.... Every group needs its resident clown and Mike is ours, hence the handle "Crazy Mike". Mike grew up singing with his friends on street corners, in bathrooms and train stations. (any place with an echo). Later moving on to singing with various groups in various clubs and venues. Mike enjoys imitating the styles of the original artists, adding his own unique bottom notes. He is a charter member of "The Doo Wops". He has opened for a number of performing groups includung Joey D. & The Starliters, The Flamingos, Larry Chance & The Earls etc.. Mike donates his talent to many charities and fundraisers . Mike says "Singing doo wop music with my friends and members of "Knights to Remember" is the ultimate blast from the past". |
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