Lee Shapiro (musician)

Shapiro was 19 and studying at the Manhattan School of Music at the time he was offered an audition to replace Gaudio, the man he had idolized as a child.

[3][1] In the 1980s, after leaving the Four Seasons, Shapiro collaborated on song writing with L. Russell Brown, Sandy Linzer and Irwin Levine.

[5] In 2020, Shapiro was nominated in the "Legend Musician" category of the East Coast Music Hall of Fame.

[3] Lee Shapiro is one of the musicians featured in the documentary, "Banded Together: The Boys From Glen Rock High," released in 2022.

The documentary chronicles Shapiro and his classmates, many of whom went on to musical fame, including the Vivino brothers, Jerry, Jimmy and "Uncle" Floyd.