JOHNNY CONTINO
BORN DECEMBER 26, 1942, COUSIN TO DICK CONTINO, THE FAMOUS ACCORDION PLAYER (lady of spain), THAT`S WHERE MUSIC CAME INTO JOHNNY`S LIFE. GROWING UP IN NEW HYDE PARK AND COMMACK LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK, JOHNNY STARTED PLAYING THE SAXOPHONE AT AGE TEN, LISTENING TO HIS FATHER PLAYING THE PIANO, HIS MOTHER SINGING AND COUSIN DICK PLAYING THE ACCORDION. JOHNNY PUT DOWN THE SAX, PICKED UP SINGING AND DANCING AND WENT ON THE ROAD EARLY AND THERE WAS NO STOPPING HIM. IN 1960 JOHNNY MET SAL RICHARDS, COMEDIAN/ACTOR WHO BECAME HIS MANAGER/AGENT FOR A SHORT WHILE. IT WAS SAL'S GROUP IN 1957, THE "ROYAL AIRS" WHO INSPIRED JOHNNY TO BECOME A GROUP VOCALIST. HE THEN SANG WITH "THE VELVET SATANS" THEN "THE ORIGINAL CHAPERONES" (Cruise to the Moon) AND SIGNED CONTRACT WITH JIM GRIBBLE, WHO AT THE TIME MANAGED THE PASSIONS,THE MYSTICS, THE MELLO KINGS AND MANY MORE. IN 1980 JOHNNY JOINED A LONG ISLAND GROUP KNOWN AS "THE CHARADES" THEY RECORDED "HE WILL BREAK YOU HEART" "I BELIEVE" "WONDERFULL GIRL" & "TONIGHT COULD BE THE NIGHT". IN 1984 JOHNNY WENT BACK TO "THE ORIGINAL CHAPERONES" WITH ORIGINAL LEAD TONY AMATO AND ORIGINAL BARITONE NICK SALVATO ALONG WITH PETE PEREZ. THEY TOURED THE OLDIES CIRCUIT ALL OVER THE STATES UNTILL TONY AMATO`S UNTIMELY DEATH IN 1990. JOHNNY AND NICK ALONG WITH PETE PEREZ AND CHARLIE MOLLICA KEPT IT GOING UNTILL, NICK MOVED TO VEGAS AND JOHNNY TO FLORIDA. IN 2007, JOHNNY, NICKY AND TOMMY RONCA (original second tenor) GOT TOGETHER ONE MORE TIME IN VEGAS FOR "DOOWOP IN THE DESERT". JOHNNY HAS SHARED THE STAGE WITH SUCH PERFORMERS AS, "THE RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS," "GLEN CAMPBELL", "LITTLE ANTHONY", "JACKIE WILSON", "ROY ORBISON", "JERRY LEWIS," "THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE", "CHUCK BERRY", "FRANKIE VALLI", "JAY AND THE AMERICANS", "THE COASTERS", "THE TYMES" AND "THE INK SPOTS". JOHNNY HAS FILLED IN WITH "THE BELMONTS" AS SECOND TENOR, "TONY AMATO`S CHAPERONES" FROM 1982-2004 "MANHATTAN HARMONY" WAS PUT TOGETHER IN 1991 IN SOUTH FLORIDA. JOHNNY HAS PERFORMED IN MANY CONCERT VENUES SUCH AS "RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL", "WESTBURY MUSIC FAIR" 'VALLEY FORGE MUSIC FAIR." "CRITERION THEATRE" ON BROADYWAY "ATLANTIC CITY" "ASBURY PARK CONVENTION CENTER" "PALM BEACH MEYER AMPHITHEATER" "POUGHKEEPSIE CIVIC CENTER" AND FAIRS ACROSS THE EAST COAST. KNOWN FOR BEING "THE HOST WITH THE MOST", JOHNNY IS AN ENTERTAINER THAT CAPTURES A CROWD NO MATTER HOW BIG OR SMALL. AS THE LEADER OF "MANHATTAN HARMONY", JOHNNY WANTS YOU TO BE ENTERTAINED! JOHNNY HAS MANY RECORDINGS TO HIS CREDITS WITH "THE CHARADES" ,"T.A.'s CHAPERONES" AND WITH "MANHATTAN HARMONY". HE ALSO HAS APPEARED ON T V AND RADIO ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
RENEE` PALMERIO CONTINO
RENEE` IS A FEMALE VOCALIST WHO GIVES "MANHATTAN HARMONY" THE ABILITY TO PERFORM ALL THE 1950`s-1960`s GIRL GROUP SONGS AS WELL AS SOME OF THE OLD CLASSIC`S AND POP FEMALE SONGS. HER BEAUTY AND HER SHOWMANSHIP ARE SOMETHING TO HEAR AND SEE AS SHE SINGS SONGS FROM "THE SHIRELLES", "THE CHIFFONS", AND THE "TUNE WEAVERS". HER RENDENDITIN OF " CABARET" BY LIZA MINNELI IS A SHOW STOPPER. RENEE` HAS BEEN PERFORMING SINCE SHE WAS FIVE YEARS OLD PLAYING THE PIANO AND THE GUITAR, LISTING TO HER DAD AS HE SANG WITH HIS VOCAL GROUP ON THE "AL ALBERTS TV SHOW". AL ALBERT WAS THE LEAD SINGER TO "THE FOUR ACES" AND HOSTED A TALENT SHOWCASE IN PHILA. . RENEE` STARTED TO SING AT AN EARLY AGE IN THE PHILADELPHIA AREA, SHE PERFORMED IN MANY THEATRE WORKSHOPS SUCH AS THE "SOUND OF MUSIC", "OLIVER", AND HAS THE KIND OF PERSONALITY THAT MAKES "MANHATTAN HARMONY" MORE VERSATILE. RENEE` IS NO STRANGER TO THE ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS ATTENDING YORK COLLEGE IN PENNSYLVANIA STUDYING COMMUNICATIONS BROADCASTING ARTS. AT THAT TIME SHE WORKED FOR "W G A L" TV IN LANCASTER, PA. AND DID VOICE OVERS FOR MANY COMMERCIALS. SHE ALSO WORKED IN THE NEWS ROOM AND HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE IN THE INDUSTRY. BORN AND RAISED IN A FAMILY OF MUSICIANS AND SINGERS, WAS WHEN RENEE` KNEW WHAT TO DO EARLY IN HER LIFE , BUT RAISING HER FAMILY CAME FIRST. A MOTHER OF TWO CHILDREN MICHAEL AND NICOLE, AND WIFE OF JOHNNY CONTINO, RENEE` IS BACK AGAIN DOING WHAT SHE LOVES TO DO. ENTERTAINING!
Greg Woods
GREG IS A DYNAMIC VOCALIST AND ENTERTAINER SPECIALIZING IN R & B, MOTOWN AND DOO WOP MUSIC. HE HAS PERFORMED IN DOZENS OF VENUES IN MASSACHUSETTS AND MORE RECENTLY IN SOUTH FLORIDA. HE IS AN ENTERTAINER WHO BELIEVES IN THE HEALING POWER OF MUSIC. MANY HAVE BEEN AMAZED BY THE HIGH ENERGY AND GOOD VIBE THAT GREG DELIVERS THROUGH TIMELESS MELODIES. YOU`VE HEARD ALL THESE SONGS BEFORE BUT GREG ADDS A SPECIAL TOUCH TO CLASSIC FAVORITES LIKE "SUGER PIE HONEY BUNCH", "GET READY" AND "JUST MY IMAGINATION". MR. WOODS HAS BEEN PERFORMING SINCE HE WAS SEVEN YEARS OLD PARTICIPATING IN NUMEROUS CONTESTS, DANCE COMPETITIONS AND TALENT SHOWS. IN FACT, HE IS A 2003 NEW ENGLAND SENSATION WINNER. ADDITIONALLY, HE HAS BEEN SINGING PROFESSIONALLY FOR YEARS HARMONIZING IN BANDS SUCH AS "JUSUS," "THE DOWN FIVE," "THE MEMORIES" AND MOST RECENTLY "MANHATTAN HARMONY." GREG IS THE LEAD ON A NUMBER OF TUNES BUT HIS MOST REQUESTED SONGS ARE "MY GIRL" AND "AIN`T TOO PROUD TO BEG" BY THE TEMPTATIONS. GREG`S LOVE FOR R & B, MOTOWN AND DOO WOP MUSIC CAN BE FELT WITH EVERY NOTE. HE IS A SHOWMAN AND CROWD PLEASER WITH A UNIQUE ABILTY TO LIFT THE HUMAN SPIRT THROUGH SONG. GREG IS DELIGHTED TO BE THE MOST RECENT ADDITION TO MANHATTAN HARMONY, BLENDING HIS SOULFUL MOTOWN VOICE IS AN EXTRA ADDED ATTRACTION.
​​​ MANHATTAN HARMONY
​ FOUR DECADES OF MUSIC
MUSIC FROM DOOWOP TO DISCO TO MOTOWN TO R&B TO GOOD OLD ROCK & ROLL