He is expected to be released on June 23, 2020. [1] Before he became interested in mixed martial arts he wanted to become involved in professional baseball but was too austracized by fellow students to join the varsity baseball team. [7] On April 3, 2012, the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals denied Pitera's motion for DNA testing of the guns and other evidence in three of Pitera's murders. gangstersinc.ning.com/.../a-man...of-genovese-family-mobster-david-petillo We Need More Love Songs: Doo Wop the Duprees and Me by Tommy Petillo Voice was the first wind instrument of man and a simple flute dates as far back as 67,000 years ago. theology, esoteric, married to my best friend, lead singer of the The Duprees. The Duprees are an American musical group of doo-wop style who had a series of hit records in the early 1960s. [3], On June 25, 1992, Pitera was convicted of murdering six people and supervising a massive drug dealing operation in Brooklyn. Pitera was well known for his use of karate and other martial arts when fighting, a skill he had learned at a young age and which earned him nicknames like Tommy Karate, and The Karate Guy Tommy Pitera Crime Family: Bonanno ... who had offended the mob boss by marrying his ex-wife. Discography "You Belong to Me" (1962) "Have You Heard" (1963) "Total Recall" (1968) Chart performance Albums chart. The Duprees - 'Why Don't You Believe Me' - 2008. Product designer and Dementia Circle web manager Tommy Petillo talks to the Elder blog about the value of inclusive design, sharing information and how both can empower people to live independently for longer. Gangi also testified that during a fight with a drug dealer named Marek Kucharsky, Pitera pulled a knife and repeatedly stabbed Kucharsky and finally cut his throat. The current edition of the Duprees are led by Tony Testa. [1], Pitera's defense lawyer, David A. Ruhnke, urged the jury to reject the death penalty on the grounds that Pitera had no prior criminal record and that other participants in the murders were allowed to plead guilty to lesser charges. Happy Birthday Tommy Petillo!!!! Mike Kelly, who had recorded on the group's original demos for George Paxton, replaced Joey Vann as lead vocalist in 1964, and formally left the group in 1977. States Tommy Petillo President and CEO of The East Coast Music Hall of Fame and Lead Singer of The Duprees. At the age of 12, Pitera had been a huge fan of the 1966 The Green Hornet television show and actor Bruce Lee starring alongside Van Williams, triggering his lifelong interest in martial arts. [1], In Pitera's trial, the chief prosecutor, David W. Shapiro, demanded the death sentence for the "heinous, cruel and depraved" murders committed by Pitera. The beloved husband of the late Caroline (Catapano) Petillo, and grandfather of the late Anthony, he is survived by his sons, David Petillo Jr. and his wife, Toni, and Thomas Petillo and his wife, Marina; a sister, Helen Cataldo; two brothers, Peter and Ernest; five grandchildren, Diana, Christina, Thomas, Michael and Luciano, and three great-grandchildren, Te'a, Madeline and Lucy. Thomas is related to Luciano T Petillo and Thomas S Petillo as well as 2 additional people. He was trained to use the tonfa, nunchucks and katanas. Pastor Michael is the lead pastor of Springs Church. I have my opinion. However, Pitera was irritated that Gangi was petitioning Judge Raggi for a reduction of his 10-year prison sentence. The four other murders took place earlier, so those counts carried maximum sentences of life in prison. He gets 10 years, a good deal, and he goes whimpering and weeping to the judge looking for a break. This led him to acquire the nickname "Tommy Karate" by friends and fellow mobsters, despite that he specialized in Togakure-ryū and not karate. Tommy Petillo is the group's fourth member who was the last lead singer to perform with the original Duprees. Tommy Petillo is on Facebook. The Duprees - Is this the original Duprees? In 1981, Massino and Napolitano set up the murders of the three rival capos in a Gravesend club co-owned by Sammy Gravano. Modell used one of Pitera's guns in the murder and threw it in the harbor, angering him. "We have an exceptional line-up and two-day event planned and have managed to successfully bring some very deserving legendary names to the forefront and shine a light on their outstanding contributions to music. Select this result to view Thomas Petillo's phone number, address, and more. or. Moreover, only two of the murder victims, Richard Leone and Solomon Stern, were killed on March 15, 1989, after the Federal death penalty law went into effect. There are still plenty of original Duprees fans on the internet and I would never disrespect the original group.They were the first and should always be reco… Dementia Circle is a project that finds, tests and shares information about domestic products for people with dementia. “The Duprees’ music can be described in one word – class,” said Karin Lisowski, who came to the concert with her husband, Ron. This group lasted from 1981–83. Tom Bialoglow left in 1963. Frank confessed to all the murders he was involved in with Pitera, and provided information on other Pitera murders. In 1990, Mike Arnone took a back seat to performing so he could manage the group full-time. About Tommy. The group had more top 40 hits in the next few years. Pitera's aunt, sister-in-law and two cousins testified on Pitera's defense that he was a loving and caring family member. Shopping. In the late 1960s and early 1970s they released an album under the name The Italian Asphalt & Pavement Company (or I. Thomas Pitera (/ p ɪ ˈ t ɛər ə /; born December 2, 1954) is a former Mafia hitman in the Bonanno crime family.Pitera was suspected by law enforcement of as many as 100 murders. [1], One of Pitera's crew members, Frank Gangi, the nephew of Genovese family capo Rosario Gangi, decided to testify against Pitera. Pitera shot Siksik four times in the back, chopped the body up into six pieces, and then buried it at a secret dumping ground. Pitera's inmate number is 29465-053. Phil Granito has been with the Duprees since 1987. #Tommy Petillo_ A Video Love Letter To My Wife. COME JOIN US! The group was founded in the early 1960s in Jersey City, New Jersey, by William L. Dickinson High School students Michael Arnone, Joe Santollo, John Salvato, Tom Bialoglow, and lead singer Joey Canzano (later known as Joey Vann). Later in 1992, Judge Raggi again refused a motion to reduce Gangi's sentence. John Salvato is a booking agent. Shopping. Pitera studied books on dissection and carried a special tool kit for cutting up bodies. If you're really sorry for killing five people, you take your punishment like a man. He was one of the original guitarists for the Duprees during the early years. Pitera's weakness was that he enjoyed keeping jewelry and other souvenirs of his work. Thomas attended the David A. Boody Junior High School at 228 Avenue South in Gravesend, where he left little impression with his teachers, daydreamed a lot and was bullied by his peers because of his high-pitched voice. Its members--Michael Arnone, Joe Santollo, John Salvato and Tom Bialoglow--were students at … Investigators eventually found six of Pitera's victims in a mob graveyard in Staten Island near the William T. Davis Wildlife Refuge. The group currently consists of Tommy Petillo (with the group since 2002), Jimmy Spinelli, Phil Granito, and Tony Testa. He used the Staten Island graveyard because he believed that the damp soil would accelerate decomposition and the wildlife refuge would ensure the bodies were not discovered during construction projects. $24.95. Tommy Bialoglow has his own group called Twilight Time. Pitera was charged with the Johnson murder but acquitted at trial. Also, author Philip Carlo writes that Shlomo Mendelsohn an Israeli drug dealer said the bodies were buried on Staten Island or New Jersey. The Original Duprees (Joey Vann Canzano, Mike Kelly, John Salvato, Tom Bialoglow, Joe Santollo, and Mike Arnone) were inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2006. He always insisted on burying corpses deep enough so that police dogs could not locate their scents. Mike Kelly, who sang briefly with The Chaperones in 2006, died of cancer on August 7, 2012. The first 5 cabins sold mentioning this video will r... eceive a cabin upgrade. He and his wife have three children, Landon, Max and Daely. Testa also sings bass, baritone and top falsetto parts for the group. Tommy Petillo. After winning an arduous kumite competition in Sheepshead Bay, Pitera spent 27 months in Tokyo, Japan training assiduously under the revered Japanese martial arts Shihan Hiroshi Masumi in the ways of the Ko-ryū Ninjutsu. [1] The group became known for mixing doo-wop vocals with big band arrangements. He died in 2005. [4], All chart listings are according to Billboard, Learn how and when to remove this template message, "The Dead Rock Stars Club 2012 July To December", "No harmony between past and present Duprees", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Duprees&oldid=983611779, Articles needing additional references from August 2012, All articles needing additional references, Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz identifiers, Wikipedia articles with WORLDCATID identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, "My Own True Love" – Pop Chart #13 (1962), This page was last edited on 15 October 2020, at 06:46. He grew up pursuing an artistic career in photography until God got a hold of his heart and moved him on to Mt. Upon returning to Brooklyn, he had aspirations to open his own Kendo Dojo and teach Japanese martial arts such as aikidō, judō and karate-dō. FBI agents discovered more than sixty automatic weapons, knives, swords, and literature such as The Hitman's Handbook and Kill or Be Killed, which dealt primarily with assassination techniques as well as torture and the dismemberment of cadavers, in Pitera's apartment in Gravesend. [2] Mike Arnone kept the group going into the 1980s with Richie Rosato on lead, Al Latta on baritone, Bob Leszczak on first tenor, Bobby Wells on keyboards, and Duane O'Hara on drums. [6]. The prosecution also produced a Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent who testified to digging up graves containing the dismembered bodies of some of Pitera's victims. Johnson had been a longtime associate and driver for Gambino family boss John Gotti. The killers intended to drive their car to Staten Island to bury the bodies, but as they could not drive a stick shift, they left the car – with the bodies inside the trunk – in a Brooklyn parking garage. He began to think of himself as invincible. He grew up having no friends and did not tell his mother and father about the bullying, instead staying in his room and crying. His mother and aunt Angelina Bugowski went to visit him and were impressed with the change to his physical appearance, maturity, sensibility and understanding of the Japanese culture and people. A. P. CO.), and had a minor hit called "Check Yourself". Elaine V. Anderson, nee Carlson, beloved wife of the late LeRoy; loving mother of Donna (Howard) Stronk and Sandra Petillo; loving grandmother of Alysia (Anthony) Porrello and Torrey Petillo; great-gr George Paxton, a former big band leader was impressed by the group's style and signed them to his Coed Records label. Elaine V. Anderson, nee Carlson, beloved wife of the late LeRoy; loving mother of Donna (Howard) Stronk and Sandra Petillo; loving grandmother of Alysia (Anthony) Porrello and Torrey Petillo; great-gr This bullying would later lead him to be diagnosed with antisocial personality disorder. To connect with Tommy, sign up for Facebook today. As Pitera later remarked. Judging by the audience’s response, those songs and those warm, nostalgic feelings still resonate with the group’s fans. John Salvato is a booking agent and no longer performs. Tommy Petillo is the group's fourth member who was the last lead singer to perform with the original Duprees. Thomas Pitera grew up in the Gravesend neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York to parents Joseph (Joe) and Catherine Pitera from Campagna in Province of Salerno. You make the call. Info. Their first single, "You Belong to Me", had been a hit for Jo Stafford in 1952. [4] During the deliberation on sentencing, the jury rejected the death penalty for Pitera. They have also lived in Toms River, NJ and East Orange, NJ. Zion Bible School in Grantville, Pennsylvania. Investigators alleged that Pitera had been involved in as many as sixty murders. [5] In October 1992, alluding to evidence that Pitera brutally killed his victims and dismembered their bodies, Judge Reena Raggi sentenced him to life in prison, saying, "Mr. Pitera, nobody deserves to die as these people died." The classic "doo-wop" group The Duprees formed in the early 1960s in Jersey City, NJ. [1], On June 4, 1990, Pitera was indicted for heading a drug dealing crew and for his involvement in seven murders, including the 1988 Johnson murder. This website is designed for general information purposes only. Before burying body parts, he either wrapped them in plastic or placed them in suitcases. In the early 1970s, they recorded as The Italian Asphalt & Pavement Company (also credited as I. 6/17 Just saw your review on Amazon and then visited your site. He had a daily regiment of working out, lifting weights, reading about Kyokushin fighting strategies and tactics and watching violent films, mostly kung fu films. In 2013, a jury acquitted Cacace for Dols’ murder. Narcotics, prostitution, and bootlegging, Genovese’s Neapolitan mob ran the streets of the Prohibition Era Greenwich Village where law breaking became sheik. HAVE YOU HEARD? -Tommy Petillo Sr. We Need More Love Songs: Doo Wop the Duprees and Me. Tap to unmute / • EnchantedVideo 1.72K subscribers. You adding it to your review made me very happy. He called Pitera a "heartless and ruthless killer," explaining in detail how Pitera tortured one victim by slowly, deliberately shooting him seven times in various parts of the body, in one of a series of murders carried out in a deliberately barbaric manner. However, Pitera was acquitted in the 1988 Johnson murder. Pitera joined the Bonanno crime family and quickly became one of their most feared soldiers. Good music, great restaurants, deep blue green oceans, travel, the power of love. After their deaths, Massino made peace with the rest of the leaderless faction, including Pitera. Jersey hasn’t stopped producing legends, however, and Johnny Petillo is a proud member of the ranks of Doo Wop and Rat Pack shows to come out of New Jersey in the years that followed. They scored their first top 10 hit in 1962 with "You Belong To Me". They made fun of his voice, his clothes, his walk and was slapped, kicked and spit on for no reason, often several times a day. Pitera then cut Burdi's corpse into six pieces in the bathroom. He described how Pitera matter-of-factly assassinated Gangi's girlfriend Phyllis Burdi while she was passed out in bed after sharing cocaine and sex with Gangi. [1] Pitera was well known for his use of karate and other martial arts when fighting, a skill he had learned at a young age and which earned him nicknames like Tommy Karate, and The Karate Guy. He was later arrested and charged for the burglary but he was convicted as a juvenile and his record was sealed. This is not the original group but they are great and maybe better than the original group. Villager Jack Puleo talks to Tony Testa of the Duprees as his wife, Joan, enjoys a laugh. The hit was reportedly delegated to Pitera and fellow gunman Vincent "Kojak" Giattino after Gotti had discovered that Johnson had been a government informant since 1966. Tap to unmute / • Info. Joe Santollo died in 1981, Joey Vann died in 1984, and Mike Arnone died in 2005. [1], Pitera was close to Spero, whose Bath Beach crew were involved in extortion, loan sharking, drug dealing and murder, as well as robbing drug dealers and then reselling their product. The group’s last major recording was ‘Delicious’, a disco hit for RCA Records in 1975 featuring Jesus Alvarez standing in for Kelly. Frank had been arrested for driving under the influence and allegedly started reliving Pitera's worst atrocities in his mind while sitting in the holding cell. [2] This went beyond Mafia culture and was classic serial killer behavior. He attended a karate school in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn and quickly rose to the top of his class. If you enjoy the tonal qualities of doo-wop favorites mixed with a splash of comedy, Johnny Petillo should be on your list. [8] As of April 2017, Pitera is serving a life sentence at the United States Penitentiary, McCreary near Pine Knot, Kentucky. After the verdict was read, Pitera smiled and gave a thumbs up to reporters sitting in the Brooklyn courtroom; he had avoided the death penalty. While in Japan, he grew his hair down to his shoulders to adopt the Bruce Lee image. 3: A group formed in 1960 from Union City, New Jersey. Tap to unmute / • EnchantedVideo 1.72K subscribers. Info. Jimmy Spinelli joined the group in 1989. 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