BIOGRAPHY
Steven Maglio was born in East Harlem, N.Y. on December 25,1958. In 1966, his family moved to the Bronx, and being the new kid on the block, he walked back and forth to school alone for the first few weeks. He heard a recording of Frank Sinatra singing MY KIND OF TOWN, and to pass the time on his new daily trek, he would sing the song to himself over and over. After a few days, he decided he needed another song and began to explore the only Sinatra album his parents owned at the time, A MAN AND HIS MUSIC. That was the beginning of his
addiction to Sinatra and that whole world of standard songs and singers.
His professional career began on June 19, 2002, at the age of 43, as male vocalist for Joe Battaglia and The New York Big Band, playing at TAVERN ON THE GREEN & THE RAINBOW ROOM.
Steven is NOT an impersonator, but he's so reminiscent of Frank Sinatra in voice and style, that contemporaries consider him to be the world's premier Frank Sinatra tributeer.
Every Saturday since 2004, with an 11 piece orchestra, Steven performs his Sinatra tribute show at THE CARNEGIE CLUB (currently the longest running nightclub act in New York City). He also performs “NOT Just Sinatra” once monthly at the Cutting Room NYC, and has been critically acclaimed by the NY Times, NY Post, NY Daily News, Variety, Newark Star Ledger, Epoch Times, The New Yorker & New York Magazines, Cabaret Scenes, British Vogue, Oggi, BroadwayWorld.com, The Kennedy Family, President & Mrs. Donald Trump, and most of the cast of The Soprano’s. Steven Maglio is the only singer to currently have two big band residencies in Mid-Town Manhattan, NYC.
He has performed at Resorts AC, The Sands Hotel & The Hilton Hotel in Atlantic City, The Paris Hotel & Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas, The Breakers in Palm Beach, The Villages in Florida, and events in Nashville, Cape Cod, and Beverly Hills. Steven is an international performer, appearing on several occasions in Italy, Canada, Brazil, and with The Symphony Orchestra of Guayaquil in Ecuador.
He’s shared the stage with Frankie Valli, Wayne Newton, Dionne Warwick, Deana Martin, Jay Leno, Steve Tyrell, Tony Danza, Smokey Robinson, Lisa Lampanelli, Danny Aiello, Larry King, Joe Piscopo, Pat Cooper, Tony Orlando, Jordin Sparks, Johnny Maestro & The Brooklyn Bridge, The Duke Ellington Orchestra, and with Frank Sinatra’s former pianist, conductor & music director, Vincent Falcone, to name a few.
Steven Maglio's first CD, SONGS FOR SINATRA LOVERS includes a voice/guitar rendition of “NANCY with the laughing face ” featuring the legendary guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli.
In 2015 he released two CDs, YOU BELONG TO ME and other songs Sinatra never recorded and SINATRA en BOSSA NOVA. Steven is also the co-writer and official singer of the famed DANNY DeVITO LIMONCELLO SONG.
In films, Steven starred in the short film, FRANK & ALICE. He's also appeared in ONCE MORE WITH FEELING, starring Chazz Palminteri & Drea de Matteo, and ONCE UPON A TIME IN BROOKLYN, with Armand Assante, Cathy Moriarty, Vincent Pastore, Tony Darrow & Ice-T. Unfortunately, his scene in Martin Scorsese's THE IRISHMAN missed the film's final cut.
Steven's version of THE TENDER TRAP is heard in the romantic comedy, MY BEST FRIEND'S GIRL with Dane Cook, Kate Hudson & Alec Baldwin. Undetected by the New York critics, Steven’s recordings of 11 Frank Sinatra signature songs were used to replace the original recordings in the 2013 Off-Broadway show, PLAYING SINATRA.
A proud member of The Friars Club, The Screen Actors Guild, The Society Of Singers, The Manhattan Association Of Cabarets & Clubs and the National Italian American Foundation.
What is the most common compliment paid to Steven Maglio ?
"If Frank Sinatra could hear you sing his songs, he'd be proud."
He likes to believe that’s true.
