Joe Isgro

Joe Isgro
Born1948 (age 75–76)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Occupations
  • Record promoter
  • marine
  • mobster

Joe Isgro (born c. 1948) is an American former record promoter and a reputed soldier in the Gambino crime family.[1] In the 1980s, Isgro was at the center of investigations into the role of payola in the music industry.[2][3]

  1. ^ Record Chief Is Termed a Mob ‘Soldier’ Chuck Philips, Los Angeles Times (April 1, 2000) Archived April 4, 2024, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Figure in '80s Payola Scandal Now Faces Mob-Linked Charges". Billboard.
  3. ^ "Special Segment (The New Payola) | Vanderbilt Television News Archive".