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Frankie Laine

Born in Chicago, Illinois to Sicilian immigrant parents, Francesco Paolo LoVecchio knew he wanted to be a singer, after skipping school to see the Al Jolson movie 'The Singing Fool', and was performing concerts locally by the time he was 17. Influenced by everyone from opera star Enrico Caruso to the blues queen Bessie Smith, he developed the vibrant, impassioned vocal style which characterised his whole career, getting his big break when invited to replace his friend Perry Como at a show with the Freddy Carlone Band in Cleveland. He went on to gig in small jazz clubs although su...