--Joe Piro was crowned the "King of dance" and Instructor for the Mob!. Supposedly won the Harvest Moon Ball several times in the 1940's, opened his own Dance Studio in Manhattan and taught many famous people such as Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Margot Fonteyn, Ray Bolger, The Duke and Duchess of Windsor and Lucy Baines Johnson (president Johnson's daughter) to dance such dances as the Jitterbug, Cha-Cha, Mambo, Twist and Watusi as well as others. He was also the teacher at the Palladium.

--The "Killer" was also said to have taught such infamous people as Al Capone. Piro got his name from his ability to wear down many partners over a period of hours through dancing and a "Killer" dancing style. (not his connection to the mob as some people have said). He was married to Lucienne and has a daughter and step son and two sisters. Joe Piro died of kidney disease in New York City hospital, he was 68 years old.