Paula Durante

Durante, From Buffalo, New York, has sang with some of Western New York’s top rock and soul aggregations, including Chick & the Diplomats, December, Posse, Scratch and Stan & the Ravens. She was both a singer and dancer on Marty Angelo’s “Disco Step-By-Step” TV show. Two of the 45s Durante recorded in the 1960s are collectibles, highly prized on the English “northern soul” scene. She released them under the name Paula Durante (Dolly’s official name is Adeline Paula Durante), recording them at Tom Calandra’s Poultney Street studio. In 2015 she was inducted into The Buffalo Music Hall Of Fame