The Delmonicos

In the late fifties, five youngster from the East Harlem section Of New York, 116 th street, got together and harmonized like hundred of other music lovers from that era. this five young men were John Martin, Gary Knight, Nick DiBona, Victor Rodriguez and Joe Cariati. In the year 1959 John Martin came up with the name, The Delmonicos. The Fellas sang at local clubs and dances and waited patiently for that big break. Well, that break finally came in 1963 when the group recorded « There They Go » b/w « You Can Call » for the small Aku Label. Then in 1964 with the British invasion, the Delmonicos retired. But In 1966, Joe Cariati, Victor Rodriguez and new group members were ready to try again! They had recorded a song called « We Can Find Love » on Johnny Nash’s new Joda Label. Then Fate raised it’s awesome hand and the record label went bankrupt! So the group went into retirement again. A reformed Delmonicos group got back together in 1989 and cut one single and an Album. Members include Gary Knight , Nick DiBona, Joe Cariati , Bobby Castalano and Manny Giz.