Gannascoli has starred in 42 episodes as a mob captain who is gay.
Gannascoli was born on February 15, 1959 in Brooklyn, New York who portrayed Vito Spatafore on the hit series The Sopranos.
The Capris are still performing today with Frank Reina (original member ) In 2007, The Capris were inducted into the Cleveland Rock-and-Roll Hall of Fameįor a time, the Capris toured and performed in major venues all over the United States and in 1982, Santo, Mike Mincieli, and Frank Reina – joined at the time by Tommy Ferrara of The Del-Satins and Tony Danno, recorded There's a Moon Out Again, an album of 12 songs, including nine compositions by Santo. Realizing that their manufacturing and distribution capacity could not meet the demands of a hit record, Greene and Lost Nite sold their interest to Old Town Records, which had the capacity to meet the needs of the 1961 number three national hit. WINS 1010's disc jockey Murray the K played the song often, and it hit the top of the charts. The Capri's name was taken from the Lincoln Capri in 1958, they recorded two songs for Planet Records, "Indian Girl," and "There's a Moon Out Tonight. So tune-in and listen to this podcast interview while we play their newest song “You’re A Rose” being released and hitting the world for the first time on !Īll of the original members were Italian Americans from the borough of Queens, New York. So we are HONORED to have had these two awesome individuals and legends Ronnie & Gary Whitehead on our show that we call family and friends. The legendary Ronnie and Gary Whitehead still continue with their passion singing together to this day. The Whitehead Brothers also traveled around the world with the U.S.O.
Additionally, while both brothers entertained and singing for thousands of people, they sang with well known musical artists around the world such as other legends like James Brown, Ike & Tina Turner, and the legendary Michael Jackson among many others.
Ronnie writes and plays all kinds of instruments while Gary did singing in the background teaching others how to sing. The Whitehead Brothers were known for singing on local television and Ronnie recorded his first single at the early age of 13. Singers, composers, and legends "Ronnie and Gary Whitehead" started singing at a very early age in church in addition to singing on gospel radio stations every Sunday.