page_title: List of people from Staten Island
section_title: Past
hierarchical_section_title: List of people from Staten Island / Musicians / Past
caption_attribution_description: English: Roy Clark on the set of A Conversation With (OETA)
context_page_description: This is a list of notable people who were either born or have lived in Staten Island, today a borough of New York City, New York, at some time in their lives. The list does not include people who were only in Staten Island as college students, military personnel, or prisoners. Approximately 750 people are listed alphabetically under their primary vocations, which themselves are listed alphabetically.
context_section_description: Vito Bratta – guitarist for White Lion; lives on Staten Island
  Roy Clark (1933–2018) – country music performer; co-host of the television show Hee Haw; spent his early years on Staten Island
  Bobby Darin (born Walden Robert Cassotto, 1936–1973) – singer; his family had a summer home as a child in South Beach, Staten Island
  The Elegants – had #1 hit record in 1959, "Little Star", recorded in a South Beach studio
  Anthony Esposito – former bassist for Lynch Mob and Ace Frehley; film producer; born on Staten Island
  Vincent Fanelli (1883–1966) – principal harpist of Philadelphia Orchestra and Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra
  Eileen Farrell (1920–2002) – singer of classical and popular music; lived on Emerson Hill and Grymes Hill
  Force MDs – vocal group; several members were born and raised on Staten Island
  Bobby Gustafson – guitarist best known for the heavy metal band Overkill
  George Harrison (1943–2001) – member of the Beatles; briefly lived in Staten Island while being treated for cancer at Staten Island University Hospital
  Frankie LaRocka (1954–2005) – drummer and producer; played for Bryan Adams and Jon Bon Jovi; born and raised in South Beach
  Q Lazzarus (born Diana Luckey) – singer known for "Goodbye Horses", featured in the films Married to the Mob and The Silence of the Lambs
  Carl Lesch (1924–1983) – music director and educator for Catholic churches and schools
  Antoine "T.C.D." Lundy (1963–1998) – singer-songwriter with the Force MDs
  Max Maretzek (1821–1897) – opera director and composer
  Patricia Neway (1919–2012) – operatic soprano and musical theater actress; won a Tony Award for The Sound of Music
  Vito Picone – with The Elegants, recorded #1 hit of 1959, "Little Star", in South Beach
  Charles Seeger (1886–1979) – musicologist in family of folk music specialists Ruth, Peggy, Mike, and Pete Seeger; brother of poet Alan Seeger
  George Siravo (1916–2000) – saxophonist for Glenn Miller; orchestrator for Tony Bennett, Doris Day, Frank Sinatra
  Axel Stordahl (1913–1963) – music director for hundreds of Frank Sinatra songs
  Roland Trogan (1933–2012) – classical composer; lived on Staten Island
  UMC's – 1990s hip-hop duo of Haas G and Kool Kim
  Cherry Vanilla (born Kathleen Dorritie) – singer and publicist, including for David Bowie and Vangelis
  Buz Verno – bass guitarist, including for fellow Staten Islanders David Johansen and Cherry Vanilla
  Chuck Wayne (born Charles Jagelka, 1923–1997) – jazz guitarist with Woody Herman, George Shearing, and Tony Bennett
caption: Roy Clark
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