Jody Giambelluca

Thank You to my old friend Jody Giambelluca for opening up his scrapbooks and letting pick out some stuff for this page. We went through a bunch of pics and clippings and it was hard to narrow it down to just these few. Jody has played with just about everybody in town and is my best reference for Trenton Rock and Roll information. 

You've heard of the "Six Degrees Of Kevin Bacon" Game, In Trenton Rock and Roll you can play the same thing with Jody. There probably isn't a working musician in the area who can't be connected in some way with him! Try it!

A lot of the pictures on this page are from a great collection of Valentine memorabilia that was compiled and given to Jody by fellow Trenton rocker, Larry Eubanks.

Here is Jody in his first band in 1965,
The Fevers.

l to r : Ron Rogy, Jody, Alan Unger & 
Steve Amoroso.

They were about 15 at the time and were considered the best band in Levittown PA.

They won a Battle of The Bands contest and got to perform at The Lambertville Music Circus as opening act to the play "Bye Bye Birdie".

This pic was taken before a performance for schoolmates on the stage at
Charles Boehm (now Middle School) in Yardley, PA.


The Sweet Nothin', 1967

Jody in the center of the pic in white pants along with John Roth, Toby Hill, Jim Smith & Jack Van Austin.

Live at Le Garage on Long Beach Island.
Ad for the Sweet Nothin' at Inside The Looking Glass, Croydon PA. Even cooler, check out who else plays there:
Woody's Truck Stop which was Todd Rundgren's band,
Edison Electric which was T.J. Tindall's band and American Dream who had a local Philly hit "I Ain't Searchin' "
Jody tearin' it up with The Sweet Nothin' at The Cellar, in the Levittown (PA) Shopping Center in 1967. 
Thanks to Jody and Barbara Willson Smith for the pics.

Ad from 1975

Valentine as the Street Corner Singers in the movie "Rocky" 1976


l to r: Robin Garb, Frank Stallone, Bob Tangrea, Jody and Bill Ring (1973)

Signing on with manager Robin Garb
(who also managed Lon & Derek Van Eaton).


Promo picture from the Valentine album 1977.
The Dinah Shore Show

l to r : Bob Tangrea, Sly Stallone, Frank Stallone, Dinah Shore
and Jody Giambelluca.

The Midnight Special 1977
l to r : Jody, Frank Stallone & Cory Spags

Frank Stallone was trying out for a movie role playing Elvis
and got some help from some old friends at the audition.

Jody with Sylvester Stallone at the premiere of Rocky Balboa in Philadelphia, Secember 2006.
Jody appears in a scene with Sly and brother Frank Stallone in the movie.