Steve Rossi was born Joseph Charles Tafarella. At the age of 6, he appeared in Going My Way with Bing Crosby, The Jolson Story and over 30 movies.

At 16, Steve received a scholarship to The University of Loyola Marymount in Los Angeles and received his Bachelor of Arts degree in communication, arts and theater and in Latin and Greek.

In 1954 Steve co-starred with Mae West in her sold out concerts all over America. It was Mae West who gave Steve his stage moniker while they were playing the Sahara in Vegas. She gave him a smaller-sized name because his real name took up too much of the marquee and tended to overshadow hers. He worked with Ms. West for 14 months in her muscleman nightclub act as her handsome leading man who sang to her in the show and fed her comic lines. Other such performing venues included Ciro's Supper Club on the Sunset Strip.

Steve Rossi teamed up with Marty Allen in 1957 where they became America’s #1 comedy team.

They appeared on over 700 television shows including 44 appearances on the Ed Sullivan Show 3 of which were with the Beatles in 1964.

Other shows he guest starred on were Perry Como, Dean Martin, Dinah Shore, Merv Griffin, Mike Douglas and the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. Allen and Rossi were also regular guests stars on “What’s My Line”, “Hollywood Squares”, “Password” and numerous other game shows. They also starred in several Paramount films notably The Last of the Secret Agents with Nancy Sinatra and Ed Sullivan as guest stars. The film is shown worldwide and has been the movie of the week on Showtime, HBO, Cinemax and 11 appearances (a record) on American Move Classics.

In 1969, after breaking up with Marty Allen, Rossi teamed with up with African-American comic Slappy White, becoming one of the first successful racially-mixed comedy acts.

On September 21, 1999. Steve Rossi produced and starred in The 25th Anniversary Allen and Rossi Special with special guest stars Engelbert Humperdinck, Jerry Lewis, Sammy Davis Jr., Don Rickles, Phyllis Diller, Redd Foxx, Martin Sheen, Ernie Borgnine, Rich Little, Jack Jones and Tony Orlando. Steve has produced 11 comedy albums and eight singing albums on such labels as RCA and Columbia. Steve sold 2 million copies of his hit record “More”, which was nominated for an Academy Award. On May 20th 1999, Steve Rossi was inducted into the Show Business Legends Hall of Fame at the Tropicana Hotel in Las Vegas.

The third and last time he teamed with Marty Allen was during the early 1990s where they performed at Vegas World for four years.

In 1999, Steve celebrated his 50th year in show business and is young enough to look forward to the next 50 years.

Steve, a native of Harlem, N.Y., was given the nickname "The Legend" by shock jock Howard Stern. Steve was Howard Stern's manager at one time and a frequent guest on his radio show (around 125 times).

Steve said that Martin and Lewis' comedy team is one of his greatest influences. He considers Dean Martin one of the greatest comedy straight men of all time.

Marty Allen and Slappy White were his best known comedy partners. Other short-lived partners over time included Joe E. Ross the "ooh-ooh" guy from "Car 54, Where Are You?" and Bernie Allen (again "Allen & Rossi").

The longtime Las Vegan still appears at age 70+ where he performs with sometimes-comedy partner Sandy Hackett. Rossi is also a frequent guest at area parties, business openings and showrooms.

Steve is actively working today, and is in New York as of April 2009 and will be performing at the Actor's Theatre on 47th Street in "Don't Leave it all to Your Children."