Marty Angelo, a former music
business entrepreneur, is the author of the powerful life-changing
biography-memoir entitled,
Once Life Matters: A New
Beginning. Angelo's book reveals how God totally transformed
his life of sin into a strong witness of
His saving grace, mercy, and love.
The book is offered free to prisons, jails,rehab
programs, and troubled
celebrities.
Before Marty Angelo's dramatic and
"electrifying" conversion to Christianity on March 28, 1981 and going into full-time
ministry,
he worked in the entertainment business for 15 years, getting his first breaks
from "the late Jimi
Hendrix" and "the
late George Harrison."
He managed several bands including the popular Top 40 rock group,The
Grass
Roots starring Rob Grill.
Angelo alsocreated, wrote, and produced the
'70s trendy dance television show,Disco
Step-by-Step®
and in 1978 was voted one of the
Top 25 disco record promoters. He promoted hundreds of hit albums,
singles, and 12" disco 45s, receiving numerous
recognition awards for his efforts: Photo
1
-Photo
2. Angelo is featured in several
documentaries, magazine articles, and radio/television
productions. Angelo was arrested in 1980 on two counts of cocaine
possession and in late 1981 was sentenced to six years in prison.
From 2000-2005
"Disco" began to make a resurgence and numerous production
companies made contact with Marty for various historical purposes only.
Here are some of the ones he agreed to participate in.
2000
- Disco
Step-by-Step® - website. Creator - internet website. All files were donated to the
United States Library of Congress in 2005.
2001 -
Disco
Step-by-Step®
television
show master videotape collection donated to United States Library of
Congress - 2001.
2002 -
Angelo was awarded a
plaque
from various Djs for being the
first disco Dj in Buffalo, NY back in 1970. This award was presented to
Marty at a Disco
Step-by-Step®
25 year reunion party of former cast, crew, and
dancers. The event was held to benefit "the late Helena Paolini."
2002
- Paramount Pictures
dance related movies
DVD
releases (Grease, Saturday Night Fever, Stayin' Alive, Footloose,
Urban Cowboy, and Flashdance)
The mission of Marty Angelo
Ministries is proclaiming and teaching the gospel of the kingdom of God throughout
prisons, jails, substance abuse recovery programs and to troubled
celebrities utilizing
life-changing books, evangelistic outreaches, and follow-up resources.