Real name: Louis Antonio Castro

Effective period / Period of releases: 1971

Louis Antonio Castro was born in Spanish Harlem to Puerto Rican immigrants from Ponce. Due to 1960’s foreign politics Castro used the stage name of Tony Amaro for the majority of his career. His first record release was in 1960 on Chicago based Stacy Records. His vocal feature on the song “Little Shepherd Boy” by The Pete King Chorale And Orchestra came out the same year. Later he teamed up with Gospel group the Sweet Chariots and they released a 45 on Loma Records, a subsidiary of Warner Brothers, in 1967. Two more releases, one of them the stunning and attentive W.E.L.F.A.R.E. track on the delusory Universal International Records, and Castro’s career in music wrapped up.