-- Joe Lanza was a wonderful Ballroom dancer of the 1950's. Stating to have learned "Real Swing" from Dean Collin's, adding Collin's style of dancing to his ballroom studio, and taught many people to dance over the years. Joe Lanza has been said to have invented the Bossa Nova dance of the 1950's.

-- The Hollywood Reporter announced in May of 1957 that he was Hollywood's leading 'Rock & Roll Choreographer' and he is said to have originated the "Overhead Throw' (an acrobatic movement) called the "Lanza Flip" with Charlotte Cross in 1956.

--  Lanza proudly served in the Air Force in W.W.II. as well as taught out of his own dance studio called "Lanza Dance Studio" and started the (now defunct) Hollywood Dance Club in 1957. Lanza was an unaccredited dancer in many moviesas well as the recipient of the 1952 Valentino Award for tango.