Alphonse "Sonny Red" Indelicato, was particularly fond of a pair of custom-made red leather cowboy boots, which may have been the source of his nickname.

Dominick "Sonny Black" Napolitano,he was born with blond hair, but by his forties it had turned a gunmetal white-silver color. To hide the color, he dyed it black, earning him the nickname "Sonny Black".