Celebrity Interviews and Events
Barry Williams of The Brady Bunch
Early Life
Born and raised in Southern California, Barry Williams began his career as an 11-year-old studying acting and music with other young artists. With his first job as a professional actor on television’s RUN FOR YOUR LIFE, Williams launched himself into a diversified and distinguished show business career that has spanned over 5 decades. Early television credits include DRAGNET, The FBI, IT TAKES A THIEF, GOMER PYLE USMC, THE MOD SQUAD, MARCUS WELBY, MD, and MISSION IMPOSSIBLE. Then came THE BRADY BUNCH, where he was cast to become America’s most reliable big brother, Greg. Following its original 5 year run from 1969-1974, THE BRADY BUNCH has enjoyed unprecedented success, spawning subsequent sequels, movies, a cartoon show, a variety show called The BRADY BUNCH HOUR, specials, and even another series titled simply THE BRADY’S. Barry was the recipient of the Young Artist Foundation Former Child Star LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD in 1989.
Post Brady Bunch
Barry Williams of The Brady Bunch
Immediately following his years with THE BRADY BUNCH, Barry moved to New York and won the title role in the Broadway musical PIPPIN. He created the role for the first National Touring Company and returned to New York to join the cast on Broadway. This launched an extensive career in musical theater with over 85 productions, including Broadway, Broadway National Tours, Regional Theatre, and Performing Arts Centers. Starring roles include; ROMANCE/ROMANCE, CITY OF ANGELS, THE MUSIC MAN, SOUND OF MUSIC, OKLAHOMA!, GREASE, WEST SIDE STORY, and many others. Barry wrote his autobiography, GROWING UP BRADY: I WAS A TEENAGE GREG which stayed on the New York Times bestseller list for more than six months. Williams then Executive Produced GROWING UP BRADY into a two-hour TV movie for NBC. He hosted THE BARRY WILLIAMS SHOW on radio for 5 years as a DJ on satellites’ SiriusXM. Williams also wrote, co-produced, and starred in 3 USO Christmas Shows, touring the world and bringing USA entertainment to our troops overseas. Barry has recorded several CDs and performed all over the world. In 2013, he starred in the Syfy made-for-television movie BIGFOOT(photo on right) with Danny Bonaduce.
Recent
Barry produced and wrote a live variety musical show – 70s MUSIC CELEBRATION!, starring BARRY WILLIAMS, which ran for 6 years in Branson, MO. Currently, Mr. Williams resides in Branson, MO, with his wife Tina Mahina. He continues to sing, act, and perform with no early retirement plans. He is the founding member of the musical trio BARRY WILLIAMS and THE TRAVELIERS.
Don Most of Happy Days 
Don Most is probably best known for his co-starring role as Ralph in the long running television series “Happy Days”. During this time, he worked with such emerging talents as Ron Howard and Garry Marshall.
Recently, Don appeared in the film Far Haven, a Western, which premiered on Amazon Prime and Apple TV in January 2024; and County Line: No Fear, which premiered on Amazon Prime in 2023. Other recent films include Man’s Best Friend, where Don plays defense attorney Ian Tapper; a starring role as Pastor Milo Williams in the film Lost Heart, where Don won Best Supporting Actor In A Feature Film at The International Christian Film Festival. And coming out in January, 2025 is Harsen’s Island Revenge, based on a true story during prohibition. Don plays the head of a murderous and feared mob called The Purple Gang. Other recent films include - When George Got Murdered, Lifetime’s: Holiday In Sante Fe, Cult Cartel, The Yankles, Chez Upshaw, Campin’ Buddies and Follow.
Most’s other past film credits include ED TV, directed by Ron Howard; Crazy Mama, directed by Jonathan Demme, and The Great Buck Howard, starring John Malkovich.
In televison, Don recently starred opposite Robert Wuhl in Old Buddies, and opposite Gail O’Grady in Scramble as part of the new web series Viral Vignettes”. Other TV credits include a recurring role in Glee, guest starring roles in: Men Of A Certain Age, The Odd Couple, Star Trek: Voyager, Yes, Dear, The Crow, Sabrina, Sliders, Century City, Dark Skies’, and The Family Guy.
Following in the footsteps of some of his peers, Don has directed three feature films. His first, The Last Best Sunday, had its World Premiere at the Seattle International Film Festival, and was a feature film winner at the Tel- luride IndieFest. Moola, starring William Mapother, Shailene Woodley, Treat Williams, Daniel Baldwin, and Curtis Armstrong, premiered at The Newport
Beach Film Festival, where it earned Most The Outstanding Achievement In Directing Award. Don also directed Harley’s Hill, his first family film, which was recently seen on Showtime, Starz and Encore.
In another area, Don has recently gone back to his first love – singing. Don has always loved the standards/swing/big band style of music, and has mounted his show – D Most Mostly Swinging. He has performed it at 54 Below and The Cutting Room in NYC, Catalina’s Jazz Club in Hollywood, CA, and Vibratto’s and Vitello’s Jazz Club, in Los Angeles to great acclaim. Here is the review he got from “The Hollywood Times”.
Don also has a CD out: “D Most Mostly Swinging”. It features an out- standing 17 piece band comprised of some of the top jazz/studio players in Los Angeles. He also just released a new CD, New York High, with Nashville based producer, Tony Mantor. It features some jazz standards in a contemporary jazz setting, along with some classics from the 60’s and 70’s.
John Luongo
2000 to Present: President of John Luongo Management, LLC. a Full Multimedia Content Provider with divisions in Administration, Licensing, Artist Representation, Artist Advocacy, Conflict Mediation, Commercial Television and Film Licensing, Corporate Sponsorships, Branding and a comprehensive knowledge in every facet of Record Production, Mixing and Mastering. A former elected official to the New York Board of Governors for NARAS. Having been involved in every facet of the music industry for the past 45 years and consulted on all Major and Independent labels and startups as well as their bands and management on aspects of delivering great finished product.
Experienced in production, mixing & mastering John has been personally responsible for sales of music accounting for over several $100 Million Records worldwide and Billions of streams. Clients include Sterling Sound, SONY Red, Universal Republic, Saatchi & Saatchi, the Arnold Agency, Dunkin' Donuts, ESPN, NESN, AWE (hosted by Mark Goodman and co-produced by Stu Cohen who conceived MTV News and Brian Diamond who headed MTV Europe) & Felix the Cat Productions just to name a few.
Trecter Entertainment, LLC is a division of John Luongo Management LLC. directly works with new and existing Artists and their representation on everything from music to Art and Design and reaching new fans with their music. Trector is helping many clients and late artists estates with collection of past royalties. Accomplished music clients are coming to us for that extra critical ear and advice on the release of new product and the input we offer prior to a release regarding the quality of the mixing.
During this time John Luongo served a term as an elected official on the NARAS Board of Governors for the New York Chapter. He was chosen to serve on the Producer and Membership Panels and is still today a voting member of the GRAMMYs after 26 years.
Today Trector Entertainment is one of the most experienced licensing companies today. We can handle all the licensing and clearances for film or compilations and are noted for doing the impossible when others have failed.
2003 to 2010: Worked with Steven Van Zandt (Springsteen and Sopranos fame) starting and running his record Label, Publishing and Licensing companies as well as overseeing all aspects of each. Consulting under Trector Entertainment.
During this time John Luongo served a term as an elected official on the NARAS Board of Governors for the New York Chapter. He was chosen to serve on the Producer and Membership Panels and is still today a voting member of the GRAMMYs after 26 years.
1986 to 2000: John Luongo founded “The Office, Inc.” which works with all major labels to explore new technologies that enhance the future of the entertainment business, develop new artists and assist established acts in their repertoire and contemporization of their product. John Luongo personally produced many top compilations since 1993 and achieved successes in producing classics such as “Pure Disco I & II”, Video Juke Box’s “Big Phat Ones Series”, Polygram’s “Non-Stop Disco”, “Electronic 80’s” and many more. John Luongo was instrumental in mixing and producing songs that have benefited groups from Aerosmith and ZZ Top to Jesus Jones and Bobby Brown. John Luongo was sought to offer artists his intuitiveness, insights and uncanny ability to pick POP and crossover hits.
1983 to 1986: John Luongo became one of the youngest President of a CBS Associated Label with a term at the helm of Pavillion Records. He was responsible for discovering top R&B group Fantasy that had a top 5 hit, The Sorrows and The Quick as well as bringing talents such as Patty Smyth and Full Force to the attention of CBS Records. At this same time John Luongo started a new promotion company, Pavillion Promotions, to assist in his efforts to break bands for himself and other labels. Pavillion Promotions soon became the premiere crossover Radio and Dance promotion company in the country and handling accounts for Pavillion and all the major labels as well.
At this same time, John Luongo mixed and broke many hit tracks such as:
Don Henley’s “All She Wants To Do Is Dance”,
Dan Hartman’s “Relight My Fire” and “Instant Replay”,
Huey Lewis “I Want A New Drug” and “Power Of Love”,
John Waite's "Missing You" and Greg Kihn’s “Jeopardy”
all of which he did Remixing and additional Production on to turn them into hit singles on the Pop and CHR Charts.
1980 to 1983: John Luongo mixed records that were met with tremendous success turning out POP hits which got the attention of major players such as Charles Koppleman who said," If you want a POP hit you go to Johnny Luongo!". Radio Hits included his remixes of artists as: The Jacksons, Melba Moore, Brian Adams, Don Henley, Patti Labelle, Gladys Knight, Dolly Parton, John Waite and Cheap Trick to name a few.
1975 to 1978: John Luongo started the Boston Record Pool which was one of the first three record pools to begin the Record Pool phenomenon we know today. Boston was the first record pool in the country to charge a fee and run a profitable operation by supplying records to DJs throughout New England. John revolutionized the influence of Record Pools by tying their charts into radio station airplay and retail store awareness. John had the wonderful experience of working at Skippy White’s Records in Mattapan, Everett Music in Everett and ‘Strawberries’ which was a chain owned by the legendary Morris Levy of Roulette Record fame. John spoke to the buyers because he saw them as his portal to reach the labels and become important and integral to labels, artists and managers. John Luongo also became a Billboard Reporter for New England making his influence and clout more undeniable. John was able to constantly pick the groups and the hits that would not only enter but climb the charts starting in dance and crossing over to POP. John published the first of many weekly NIGHTFALL magazines on April 1, 1975.
JOHN LUONGO's START IN MUSIC...
1973 to 1975: Upon graduation from Northeastern University, obtained a BS in Civil Engineering and worked for AJ Lane Construction and became the head engineer on a project to build an 8 Story 175 Unit apartment building in Mass. John broke the record for the erection of the building and finished it in 11 months to the day he started. At this point John Luongo decided his real passion was to be in music and started to spin full time at The Rhinoceros. He followed this by spinning for the largest club ever in New England called Whimseys which held over 2,500 people and was packed when it opened. At this same time, John was working at both WNTN in Newton Mass and at WTBS in MIT where John reached thousands of music lovers with his late night signals. This marked the beginning of his rise to success in his dance/ pop career.
John Luongo's songs were heard by and influenced the black station (WILD) the POP station (WRKO) the AOR station (WBCN) and the alternative station (WAAF). All who listened to John Luongo's show from their varied backgrounds, took the music he played and used the songs that applied to their formats as John always played a very diverse playlist but it had to be danceable to be included. John Luongo called his show The Right Track and subtitled it "The Music That's Making America Dance!". The show became so popular that it was syndicated by Scott Knight and Rich Balsbaugh of Knight Quality Stations and broadcast on over 22 stations within their network alone. John was asked to be PD of KISS 108 by Rich Balsbaugh but went to New York to pursue a recording career in music.
1969 to 1973: Major in Civil Engineering at Northeastern University in Boston, Mass. While at Northeastern John Luongo was the morning DJ and played morning met which was a closed circuit radio station between the dorms and the school buildings
During college, John was introduced to the dance scene when he happened to stumble upon a place called The Towne House on Beacon Street in Boston. The Towne House is above the Bull and Finch Bar which was the basis for the sitcom CHEERS! It was here that John cut his DJ teeth and began spinning to hundreds of customers nightly. I went from the Towne House to The Rhinoceros run by Jackie Gateman and his wife Enid. Worked here and changed the face of music in Boston and New England. John Luongo had crowds coming from Rhode Island to New Hampshire and New York to the southern states.