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The perry Como home on the internet: A gathering place for all fans of Perry Como.
Perry Como was born Pierino Ronald Como in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania on May 18, 1912, the son of Pietro Como, a mill hand, and Lucia Travaglini Como, immigrants from Palena, Italy. The seventh of thirteen children, Perry Como earned a few cents a day working after school in a local barbershop in Canonsburg. Later, while attending high school, he operated his own barbershop. Como, performing at wedding receptions and other functions, gained local recognition for his singing ability. One of the few vocalists of his generation to read music, he played both organ and baritone horn.
Vacationing in Cleveland in 1933, Como auditioned for Freddie Carlone's band and was hired at twenty-five dollars a week. That same year Como married his high school sweetheart, Roselle Belline, the daughter of French immigrants; they had three children, whom they sheltered from the celebrity world of show business. "Roselle always stood by me," Como remarked. She died in August 1998, two weeks after celebrating their sixty-fifth wedding anniversary ...
During the final years of his long life Como spent most of his time at his home in Jupiter Inlet Beach Colony near Palm Beach, Florida, golfing, fishing, and taking long walks with his wife. Near the time of his death he had become a great-grandfather. He devoted himself to various charities, including his annual golf benefits at Duke University in North Carolina, and even found time to visit radio stations that carried Weekend with Perry, a weekly program syndicated throughout the United States ...
Perry Como was born Pierino Ronald Como in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania on May 18, 1912, the son of Pietro Como, a mill hand, and Lucia Travaglini Como, immigrants from Palena, Italy. The seventh of thirteen children, Perry Como earned a few cents a day working after school in a local barbershop in Canonsburg. Later, while attending high school, he operated his own barbershop. Como, performing at wedding receptions and other functions, gained local recognition for his singing ability. One of the few vocalists of his generation to read music, he played both organ and baritone horn.
Vacationing in Cleveland in 1933, Como auditioned for Freddie Carlone's band and was hired at twenty-five dollars a week. That same year Como married his high school sweetheart, Roselle Belline, the daughter of French immigrants; they had three children, whom they sheltered from the celebrity world of show business. "Roselle always stood by me," Como remarked. She died in August 1998, two weeks after celebrating their sixty-fifth wedding anniversary ...
During the final years of his long life Como spent most of his time at his home in Jupiter Inlet Beach Colony near Palm Beach, Florida, golfing, fishing, and taking long walks with his wife. Near the time of his death he had become a great-grandfather. He devoted himself to various charities, including his annual golf benefits at Duke University in North Carolina, and even found time to visit radio stations that carried Weekend with Perry, a weekly program syndicated throughout the United States ...
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Kennedy Center: biography of Perry Como
(singer, born May 18, 1912, Canonsburg, Pennsylvania; died May 12, 2001)
When he was an 11-year-old apprentice sweeping floors and stropping
razors in Steve Fragapane's three-chair barber shop in the small mining
town of Canonsburg, PA, he dreamed of cutting hair. Several years later, as owner of his own shop, he began to think he would like to sing like a young newcomer to the musical scene called Bing Crosby. He contented himself with serenading his customers with this new style of delivery as he cut their hair and shaved their whiskers until, at the urging of a friend, he traveled to Lorain, Ohio, to audition as a vocalist with Freddy Carlone's dance band. That trip launched him on his way to a star.
Born Pierino Ronald Como, Perry was the seventh son of a seventh son in a family of 13 children, and he started helping out in the local barber shop to earn extra money for the family at the age of 10. At 14, with no professional barber school training, he had his own shop with two barbers working for him. He worked there after school well into the nights. Young Como was also playing the Sousaphone in the town marching band ...
(singer, born May 18, 1912, Canonsburg, Pennsylvania; died May 12, 2001)
When he was an 11-year-old apprentice sweeping floors and stropping
razors in Steve Fragapane's three-chair barber shop in the small mining
town of Canonsburg, PA, he dreamed of cutting hair. Several years later, as owner of his own shop, he began to think he would like to sing like a young newcomer to the musical scene called Bing Crosby. He contented himself with serenading his customers with this new style of delivery as he cut their hair and shaved their whiskers until, at the urging of a friend, he traveled to Lorain, Ohio, to audition as a vocalist with Freddy Carlone's dance band. That trip launched him on his way to a star.
Born Pierino Ronald Como, Perry was the seventh son of a seventh son in a family of 13 children, and he started helping out in the local barber shop to earn extra money for the family at the age of 10. At 14, with no professional barber school training, he had his own shop with two barbers working for him. He worked there after school well into the nights. Young Como was also playing the Sousaphone in the town marching band ...
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JUPITER INLET BEACH COLONY, Florida (CNN) -- Singer Perry Como, best known for his hit Christmas television specials and albums, died Saturday at his home, according to the co-host of his weekly radio program ...
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The perry Como home on the internet: A gathering place for all fans of Perry Como.
Perry Como was born Pierino Ronald Como in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania on May 18, 1912, the son of Pietro Como, a mill hand, and Lucia Travaglini Como, immigrants from Palena, Italy. The seventh of thirteen children, Perry Como earned a few cents a day working after school in a local barbershop in Canonsburg. Later, while attending high school, he operated his own barbershop. Como, performing at wedding receptions and other functions, gained local recognition for his singing ability. One of the few vocalists of his generation to read music, he played both organ and baritone horn.
Vacationing in Cleveland in 1933, Como auditioned for Freddie Carlone's band and was hired at twenty-five dollars a week. That same year Como married his high school sweetheart, Roselle Belline, the daughter of French immigrants; they had three children, whom they sheltered from the celebrity world of show business. "Roselle always stood by me," Como remarked. She died in August 1998, two weeks after celebrating their sixty-fifth wedding anniversary ...
During the final years of his long life Como spent most of his time at his home in Jupiter Inlet Beach Colony near Palm Beach, Florida, golfing, fishing, and taking long walks with his wife. Near the time of his death he had become a great-grandfather. He devoted himself to various charities, including his annual golf benefits at Duke University in North Carolina, and even found time to visit radio stations that carried Weekend with Perry, a weekly program syndicated throughout the United States ...
Perry Como was born Pierino Ronald Como in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania on May 18, 1912, the son of Pietro Como, a mill hand, and Lucia Travaglini Como, immigrants from Palena, Italy. The seventh of thirteen children, Perry Como earned a few cents a day working after school in a local barbershop in Canonsburg. Later, while attending high school, he operated his own barbershop. Como, performing at wedding receptions and other functions, gained local recognition for his singing ability. One of the few vocalists of his generation to read music, he played both organ and baritone horn.
Vacationing in Cleveland in 1933, Como auditioned for Freddie Carlone's band and was hired at twenty-five dollars a week. That same year Como married his high school sweetheart, Roselle Belline, the daughter of French immigrants; they had three children, whom they sheltered from the celebrity world of show business. "Roselle always stood by me," Como remarked. She died in August 1998, two weeks after celebrating their sixty-fifth wedding anniversary ...
During the final years of his long life Como spent most of his time at his home in Jupiter Inlet Beach Colony near Palm Beach, Florida, golfing, fishing, and taking long walks with his wife. Near the time of his death he had become a great-grandfather. He devoted himself to various charities, including his annual golf benefits at Duke University in North Carolina, and even found time to visit radio stations that carried Weekend with Perry, a weekly program syndicated throughout the United States ...
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A Perry Como Discography:
"Sing to me, Mister C., sing to me ... " The familiar theme music swells as Mister C. takes his place at the boom mike. On screen you see Perry looking over the music on the stand before him. Above him is the mike, and in the lower right hand corner, a single rose stands in its vase. Tony Mottola, on guitar, picks up the melody from the Ray Charles Singers, and segues into Perry's first number. As the medley builds, Mitchell Ayres expertly brings in rhythm, strings and brass.
"Sing to me, Mister C., sing to me ... " The familiar theme music swells as Mister C. takes his place at the boom mike. On screen you see Perry looking over the music on the stand before him. Above him is the mike, and in the lower right hand corner, a single rose stands in its vase. Tony Mottola, on guitar, picks up the melody from the Ray Charles Singers, and segues into Perry's first number. As the medley builds, Mitchell Ayres expertly brings in rhythm, strings and brass.
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Pictures of Perry Como: Comedian Jack Swersie toured with PERRY COMO in 1990 ,91 & 92. Here are 30 photographs of the legendary singer from those years.
I was honored to have spent the 1990, 1991, and 1992 Christmas season touring as Perry's opening act for his annual holiday tour. Never in my twenty year career have I worked with anyone as warm, caring, and humble as Perry, and my life has been greatly enhanced by my association with this great talent, and even greater man. For this I am eternally grateful. He will be missed, but the memories I have of Perry will be with me forever. He was, simply put, the nicest person I have ever met! - Jack Swersie
I was honored to have spent the 1990, 1991, and 1992 Christmas season touring as Perry's opening act for his annual holiday tour. Never in my twenty year career have I worked with anyone as warm, caring, and humble as Perry, and my life has been greatly enhanced by my association with this great talent, and even greater man. For this I am eternally grateful. He will be missed, but the memories I have of Perry will be with me forever. He was, simply put, the nicest person I have ever met! - Jack Swersie
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