Anthony (Tony) Mammarella (September 2, 1924 – November 29, 1977) was the first producer and second host of American Bandstand.
Mammarella, a World War II veteran, started with Philadelphia television station WFIL-TV in 1947 as a switchboard operator and moved his way up to various positions in production.
In 1958, as a way of increasing his financial portfolio, he, along with Dick Clark and Bernie Binnick started Swan Records, with the first signed artist being "Dickie Doo and the Don'ts".
In this context, he wrote and arranged a number of songs under the name Anthony September, including; ""Ninety-Nine Ways", "Butterfly", "Lock Up Your Heart", "Cryin' The Blues" & "Everybody Loves Saturday Night".
The Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia posthumously inducted Mammarella into their Hall of Fame in 2009.