Now, Tony Clifton, ah, there was a voice!
Posted on 02/12/2018 12:48:33 PM PST by sodpoodle
Legendary singer Vic Damone passed away on Sunday at the age of 89, his family tells Fox News. Damone, whose smooth baritone led Frank Sinatra to famously declare he “had the best pipes in the business,” died at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach, Fla., surrounded by several close relatives.
Damone starred in several television series, including "The Vic Damone Show" on NBC, and hit movies including "Kismet" and "Rich, Young and Pretty," but the crooner did not consider himself a true crossover star. “I never thought of myself that way,” Damone wrote in his memoir. “That wasn’t my particular gift. My gift was singing.”
Best known for hits "You're Breaking My Heart" and "On the Street Where You Live," with over 2,500 recordings under his belt, Damone was part of the golden age of lounge singers who came to fame after World War II, including Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Dean Martin and Perry Como.
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RIP
He sure sounded like Sinatra;)
Ooooops!!
I missed that - my bad;(
Google the youtube of Orson Welles roast of Dean Martin.
Shame...RIP
Now, Tony Clifton, ah, there was a voice!
Tony has not been seen since Latka left the scene.
Victor Moan, as my sister used to call him - RIP.....
R.I.P. Velvet Fog.
The Velvet Fog was Mel Torme.
Vic was before my time, but my best memory of him was some late night comedian on the Tonight Show had a bit. He said it was now the hip thing to refer to the singers in Vegas by their initials.
You’d say for Frank Sinatra, “Hey, I caught FS at the Sahara.” Or Wayne Newton was “I caught WN at Caesar’s last week.”
“Evidently no one goes to see Vic Damone anymore.”
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