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From "American Songbook Series: Alan Jay Lerner."RIP Vic Damone {June 12, 1928 ~ February 11, 2018}
- Life and Work
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Early life
When his father was injured at work, Damone had to drop out of Lafayette High School. He worked as an usher and elevator operator at the Paramount Theaterin Manhattan.
Career
Damone met Perry Comowhile at the Paramount Theater. Damone stopped the elevator between floors and sang for him. Como was impressed and referred him to a friend for an audition. He began his career at the New York radio station WHN when he was 17, singing on the Gloom Dodgers show, which provided light entertainment to fans of the Brooklyn Dodgers. He changed his name at the suggestion of a regular on the show, comedian Morey Amsterdam. Damone entered the talent search on Arthur Godfrey's Ta...
Later career
In 1971, Damone began performing in Las Vegas casinos and although he had to declare bankruptcy in the early 1970s, he was earning enough to ease his financial difficulties. He made concert tours of both the US and the UK and recorded more albums for RCA Records. In the UK, he appeared on Tommy Cooper's Christmas Specialtelevision show in 1974. In 1972, Damone was offered the role of Johnny Fontane in The Godfather after singer Al Martino, who had previously been given the role by producer Al...
Damone suffered a stroke in 2002 and another health scare in 2008. He recovered from both, and lived until 2018.Damone was married five times and divorced four: 1. Pier Angeli(1954–1958), actress, singer (one son – Perry Damone, 1955–2014) 2. Judith Rawlins (1963–1971) (three daughters – Victoria, Andrea and Daniella) 3. Becky Ann Jones (1974–1982)...
In 1997, Damone received his high school diploma from Lafayette High Schoolin Brooklyn when officials with the school granted credits for life experience and asked him to give the commencement address, in which he advised students to "Have spiritual guidance. Don't lose God. There is a God. Trust me." In 1997, Damone received the Sammy Cahn Lifetim...
Vic Damone at AllMusicVic Damone at IMDbVic Damone was an American traditional pop and big band singer and actor. He was best known for his performances of songs such as the number one hit "You're Breaking My Heart", and other hits like "On the Street Where You Live" and "I Have But One Heart".
The most popular single of the song was recorded by Vic Damone in 1956 for Columbia Records. It reached No. 4 on the Billboard chart [2] and No. 6 on Cashbox magazine's chart. It was a No. 1 hit in the UK Singles Chart in 1958. [3] [4] Eddie Fisher also had a top 20 Billboard hit with the song in 1956, reaching No. 18. [5] .
"On the Street Where You Live" written by Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner for the 1956 Broadway musical My Fair Lady was recorded by Vic Damone with Per...
