I had no idea he was half Italian. He has some Jewish relatives around the Baltimore area.
I once had the dubious fortune of doing a small bit of business with him involving a record album he was producing. He had the Napoleon complex—very short—and made obnoxious sexual comments to the young women in our shop.
Nevertheless, a legend in the old time South Philadelphia rock’n’roll scene, so RIP.
I once had the dubious fortune of doing a small bit of business with him
Had no idea...!
Put together a multi-hour playlist for the lovely Mrs Prov1322 for our summer road trip last year that involved alot of Hy Lit, Joe Niagara, et al WIBG/WFIL DJ voice overs and song intros but no Blavat. Found out that Hy Lit was extremely jealous of Blavat even though Hy was far more popular.
Ego.