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Larry Cutrone is an American Musician/Comedian/Writer born in New Jersey on December 3, 1948 to Italian parents. At an early age Larry was adept at doing impersonations of Durrante and Jolson and his father brought the young boy with him to entertain at local Jersey nightclubs. During his late teen years Larry formed the musical combo the 4 Roses. The band recorded with early rock & roll pioneer Wayne Stierle and was offered a tour of the Middle East. After the band broke up in 1966 Larry went solo and was an in demand act on the Greenwich Village and college circuit. in the late 1960's Larry was writing songs for Chubby Checker through the legendary PPX recording studio (Hendrix fame) for Irving McCarnnick. Although no songs were ever chosen Larry was discovered by scouts and was signed as an opening act for Rodney Dangerfield at his New York club. While performing there he was offered a spot on the Joe Franklin TV show which led to his getting his own radio show on WPRJ AM in the early 1970's. The show pioneered the two man comedy team and thirty years later Larry and his partner Tony Cee were inducted into the NJ AM Radio History Museum. During the mid 1970's Larry went to work as a comedy writer for the Garden State NiteLife. The paper was affectionately referred to as the "Showbiz Bible of New Jersey". Following that in 1977 Larry was asked to take over Manhattan Alive TV which at the time was a talk show. The producers asked Larry to become head comedy writer and star of the series. The show was a cable TV alternative to the more "slickly" produced Saturday Nite Live show. During the 1980's and 1990's Larry toured and worked the resorts, nightclub, concert, and festival venues mainly as a musical act. Recently Larry had an instrumental album submitted for Grammy consideration. In 2006 a mob comedy written by Larry called Louie Louie had its world premiere. A screenplay written by Larry Cutrone entitled "Fly Me To The Moon" - The Pat Galo Story has generated great interest and is currently out for bid awaiting option from HBO. In 2007 the Ovation Guitar Company enlisted Larry Cutrone for an exclusive artist endorsement of their ground breaking new hybrid acoustic/electric VXT guitar. Ref: www.larrycutrone.com