Born in Omaha, Nebraska on December 6, 1939, Steve Alaimo was a teen idol who
eventually became a well-respected record producer, label owner, and TV host
best known for his work on the music program Where the Action Is, a show he
co-produced with Dick Clark. Steve Alaimo got his musical start in Miami,
Florida in the late 1950s when he joined his cousin’s band, The Redcoats. Signed
to label owner Henry Stone’s Marlin Records. The band was hired to provide
musical assistance to the artists featured on the Miami leg of Dick Clark’s
Caravan of Stars tour. After The Redcoats broke u...