ABOUT US Al was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. and became interested in music at the age of sixteen while listening to Alan Freed's radio show in 1956. A neighborhood friend asked him to sing with a group called The Overons because Al had a bass voice, which was rare for a teenager. The Overons became The Mystics, shortly thereafter, when Al found the name in a dictionary. The Mystics met their manager, Jim Gribble, while recording a demo in N.Y.C. and he got them a recording contract with Laurie Records in 1959. Their first released recording, "Hushabye", became a national hit in 1959. The Mystics introduced The Passions and The Classics to Jim Gribble that same year. Al dropped out of a college engineering program to become a recording artist. He continued to record and toured the U.S. until 1964 when the music industry changed. Al pursued a mechanical engineering /sales career after The Mystics stopped recording in 1964, but continued to work with the group in the N.Y.C. area on a limited basis. In 1986 he helped form The Brooklyn Reunion that consisted of The Mystics, The Passions and The Classics, who were lifelong neighborhood friends. (Note: Today, The Brooklyn Reunion - www.TheBrooklynReunion.com - consists of The Classics, The Excellents and The Emotions)In 1988, Al teamed up with Emil Stucchio to re-form The Classics ("Til Then") with whom he continues to perform with today.
