Peter DeAngelis

Co-founder, with Robert Marcucci, of Chancellor Information, Peter DeAngelis was one-half of 1 probably the most successful administration/production teams from the 1950s and ’60s. Collaborating with Marcucci, DeAngelis penned a lot more than 100 music, including strikes for Dean Martin, Eddie Fisher, Mike Douglas, and Bobby Rydell. Their use Frankie Avalon and Fabian in the past due ’50s and early ’60s yielded a treasure trove of strikes, including Avalon’s chart-topper “Venus” and Fabian’s smash strike “Youthful and Great.” Blessed and elevated in south Philadelphia, DeAngelis was similarly skilled at composing large symphonic functions and parts for chamber orchestras. He and Marcucci released Chancellor with cash lent from Marcucci’s dad in 1957. The label was aided by support from Dick Clark’s American Bandstand, which supplied national attention because of its performers. The achievement of Avalon and Fabian’s information symbolized the high stage for Chancellor. Once the two performers began to concentrate on performing in youth-oriented movies, the label experienced. Though it released a high Ten strike, “Party Lighting” by Claudine Clark, in 1962, the one marked the final time a documenting released by Chancellor reached the graphs. DeAngelis was the consummate skill scout, offering the motivation for the business lead character within the 1980 film Idolmaker.