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Marty Angelo's '700 Club' Feature Story "Live To Tell"
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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.
Angelo was arrested in 1980 for two
counts of possession of cocaine. Through this life-shattering event he experienced
a "new beginning," a dramatic and electrifying
conversion to Christianity. This miracle happened in 1981 prior to serving
two-and-a-half years in a
federal prison. God had filled the void in Marty's heart with His
Spirit. His life finally began to matter and it took on a new meaning as he discovered
God's true plan and purpose.
Before Marty Angelo's dramatic and
"electrifying" conversion to Christianity in a farm-house outside of
Buffalo New York 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 Buffalo's Raven
and the popular Top 40 rock group,
The
Grass
Roots starring Rob Grill.
Angelo also created,
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
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Photo
2. Angelo is featured in several
documentaries, magazine articles, and radio/television
productions.
Since 1981, Marty Angelo has served
God
first in prison, then upon his release, as director of evangelism for Faith Farm
Ministries of Southern Florida, counselor/teacher for Teen Challenge of Southern
California, assistant aftercare director in Washington DC and Los Angeles area director for Chuck Colson's
Prison Fellowship Ministries,
and court liaison for the Drug
Abuse Foundation's Palm Beach County Sheriff's
'Drug
Farm' program. Angelo also provided nine years of personal
in-home health, medical, and spiritual care for his parents, "the
late Dr. Martin and Marie Angelo."
Angelo has appeared on numerous
popular Christian radio
shows and television
programs (The
700 Club, Praise the Lord,
and Celebration). His
testimony was dramatized in 1987 on
Unshackled,
published in Voice
Magazine, and receives various print
and internet media coverage.
Marty Angelo is currently a full-time
minister, teacher, and author. His second book, "Vision
of New Jerusalem: Now!" will soon be released.
Member - International
Network of Prison Ministries (INPM)
Member - Coalition
of Prison Evangelists (COPE)
Member - American
Correctional Association (ACA)
Member - International
Ministerial Association (IMA)
Alumni
- Vision College
Alumni
- Berean School of the Bible
Alumni - Rhema
Bible School
Alumni - The Full Gospel Bible Institute of Coatesville,
PA
Alumni
- Dunklin
Memorial Camp - Servant Leadership Training
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Special
Historical Disco Projects - 2000-2005
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.
2000 - The Official and
Original - Disco
Dj Hall of Fame™.
Creator. Founder. Member. All files were
donated to the United States Library of
Congress in 2005. Disco
Dj Hall of Fame™ (un-authorized reproduction).
2000 - The Official and
Original -
Hustle
Dancers Hall of Fame™. Creator. All files were donated to the
United States Library of
Congress in 2005.
Hustle
Hall of Fame (un-official).
2000 - The Official and
Original - Disco
Hall of Fame™. Creator. All files were donated to the United
States Library of
Congress in 2005. Discotheque
Pioneers Hall of Fame (un-official).
Dance
Music Hall of Fame (un-official).
2000 - 2005 - various
interviews for music related internet
websites,
NPR
radio,
television,
newspapers,
magazine articles, and
documentaries.
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)
2002 -
2005 - Disco
Step-by-Step®
video clips used in the Experience Music
Project’s exhibit: Disco:
A Decade of Saturday Nights.
This
exhibit opened at EMP's Seattle, Washington headquarters in 2002 (photo)
and
traveled to the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn,
Michigan in 2004 and the
New
York Public Library for the Performing Arts
in 2005 (photos). EMP has since retired this exhibit.
2003 –
Disco
Step-by-Step®
video clips used and on-camera
interview conducted for the VH1 television production: When Disco Ruled
the World. Photo
2003 - ABC Family television show,
Dance Fever - promotion.
2004 - Assisted PBS television in the production:
KC and the
Sunshine Bands Presents: My
Music: Get Down Tonight – The Disco Explosion. Photo
2005
- Robert De Niro's Tribeca Film
Festival salute to the movie, Saturday Night Fever - promotion.
2005 -
Disco
Step-by-Step® video clips used on a CBS "Sunday Morning"
news show. Segment entitled: Disco
Daze.
2005 -
Disco
Step-by-Step® video clips used and on-camera interview
conducted in the Passport Production’s disco documentary: Disco:
Spinning the Story. Photo
2005
- Buffalo Spree
Magazine.
2005 - Angelo received a Lifetime Achievement Award
from the International
Hustle and Salsa Competition (IHSC).
2005
- Disco
2005: The Year in Review.
Marty
Angelo is mentioned in three books:
The
Longest Cocktail Party
-
Beatles history book,
Don't Bother
Knockin... This Town's A Rockin... -
Buffalo, New York music history, and
Disco
Fever, the Beat, People, Places, Styles, DeeJays, and Groups
- disco era.
Djs
Portal
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interview, info., history.
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