Phil Paladino

American public relations, press agent and songwriter. Press agent of many well-known artists including [a2353628] & Zsa Zsa Gabor (2). He worked in public relations in New York before moving to California in 1960. He was co-owner of P.R. companies including Phil Paladino and Marc Landia which in 1971 merged with David Mirisch's P.R. company David Mirisch & Associates and became Mirisch, Paladino & Landia Public Relations. The firm was based at 9000 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles. In 1972, he started his own PR company, based out of Century City, California. The song "Cha Cha Twist", which Paladino co-wrote with Chuck Fayne and Jimmy Bowen, seems to be his only composition, and was written for his client Margarita Sierra.