Joe Lala, born as Joseph Anthony Lala, is an actor and voice actor plus a drummer and percussionist who has worked with Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Manassas, The Bee Gees, Whitney Houston, and many others.



Born in Ybor City, Tampa, Florida, Joe Lala started out playing the drums in several Florida bands, before making a huge success by forming the band Blues Image in 1966.



Joe Lala also sang lead vocals on occasion, most notably on the song "Leaving My Troubles Behind". Lala accumulated 32 Gold records, and 28 Platinum records during his music career. He played on the movie soundtracks of Saturday Night Fever, Staying Alive, D.C. Cab, Streets of Fire. All the Right Moves, Breathless, Defiance, The Lonely Guy, and Airplane!.



A severe case of carpal tunnel syndrome ended Joe Lala's career as a percussionist, but it opened the door to acting.



His films include Active Stealth, Sugar Hill, On Deadly Ground, Deep Sleep, Havana (with Robert Redford), Out for Justice, Marked for Death, Eyewitness to Murder, and Born in East L.A., plus many more. Lala has made many appearances on TV shows like Miami Vice, General Hospital, Melrose Place, Seinfeld, Hunter, and Who's the Boss?, and starred in a summer replacement show named Knight & Daye. He portrayed another native of Ybor City, Dr. Ferdie Pacheco, in Ali, and co-starred with Andy Garcia in For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story.



Joe Lala also guest-starred on several animated shows; Batman: The Animated Series, Pinky and the Brain, Quack Pack, The Angry Beavers, The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, Johnny Bravo, Superman: The Animated Series and many more.