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Biography
Infobox musical artist| name = Jerry Vale| image = Jerry Vale 1965.JPG| alt = Jerry Vale 1965| caption = Vale in 1965.| image_size =| landscape = | background = solo_singer| birth_name = Gennaro Luigi Vitaliano| alias =| birth_date = birth date and age|1930|7|8|mf| birth_place = The Bronx, New York City| origin =| death_date = | death_place =| genre =| occupation = Vocalist| instrument =| years_active = | label =| associated_acts =| website = | notable_instruments = Jerry Vale (born Gennaro Luigi Vitaliano ; July 8, 1932, The Bronx , New York City|New York ) is an United States|American singing|singer .
Career
Expand section|Early life, critical reception of music|date=January 2011In high school, to earn money, Vale took a job shining shoes in a barbershop in New York City. He sang while he shined shoes, and his boss liked the sound so well that he paid for music lessons for the boy. Enjoying the lessons, Vale started singing in high school musicals and at a local nightclub. This led to additional club dates, including one that lasted for three years at a club in the suburb of Yonkers, New York , just north of the city. When Paul Insetta, (who was a road manager for Guy Mitchell and a hit songwriter) heard him there, he signed him to a management contract, changed his name, and further coached him. He then arranged for Vale to record some demo (music)|demonstration records of songs he'd written, and brought the demos to Columbia Records . Vale then signed a recording contract with Columbia, and Insetta managed him for many years.
His version of " The Star-Spangled Banner ", recorded in the late 1960s, was a fixture at many sporting events for years.
Vale and Rita, his wife of over 40 years, reside in Palm Desert, California . His autobiography , ''A Singer's Life , was published in 2000 by Celebrity Profiles, Long Island, New York. He sang the Late Night with David Letterman '' anthem "It's a Late Night Word" on the program's eighth anniversary special in 1990. He made cameo appearances as himself in the 1990 film Goodfellas (voice only, Vale was disappointed that Scrcese did not invite him to do the scene, which was played by a lookalike actor) and the 1995 film Casino (film)|Casino , both directed by Martin Scorsese .
Discography
Studio albums
I Remember Buddy (1958)
I Remember Russ (1958)
The Same Old Moon (1959)
''Jerry Vale's Greatest Hits (1961)
I Have But One Heart (1962)
Arrivederci, Roma (1962)
The Language of Love (1963)
Be My Love (1964)
Till the End of Time (1964)
Christmas Greetings from Jerry Vale (1964)
Have You Looked Into Your Heart (1965)
There Goes My Heart (1965)
''It's Magic (1966)
The Impossible Dream (1967)
Time Alone Will Tell and Other Great Hits of Today (1967)
I Hear a Rhapsody (1968)
''You Don't Have to Say You Love Me (1968)
''This Guy's In Love with You (1968)
Till (1969)
''Where's the Playground Susie? (1969)
''We've Only Just Begun (1971)
The Jerry Vale Italian Album (1971)
''I Don't Know How to Love Her (1971)
Sings the Great Hits of Nat King Cole (1972)
Alone Again (Naturally) (1972)
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1973)
What a Wonderful World (1973)
''Jerry Vale's World (1974)
Free as the Wind (1974)
Singles
Year
Single
Chart positions
Hot 100
AC
1953
"You Can Never Give Me Back My Heart"
29
-
1954
"Two Purple Shadows"
20
-
"I Live Each Day"
29
-
1956
" Innamorata (Sweetheart)"
30
-
" You Don't Know Me (Eddy Arnold song)
14
-
1957
"Pretend You Don't See Her"
52
-
1958
"Go Chase a Moonbeam"
60
-
1962
" Al di là "
-
-
1963
" Old Cape Cod "
118
-
1964
"On and On"
123
-
" Have You Looked into Your Heart "
24
1
1965
"For Mama"
54
13
"Tears Keep On Falling"
96
30
"Where Were You When I Needed You"
99
19
"Deep In Your Heart"
118
16
1966
"Ashamed"
-
28
"Less Than Tomorrow"
-
14
"It'll Take a Little Time"
120
14
"Dommage, Dommage (Too Bad, Too Bad)"
93
5
1967
"I've Lost My Heart Again"
132
32
"Time Alone Will Tell (Non Pensare a Me)"
126
6
"Blame It On Me"
-
26
"Have You Seen The One I Love Go By"
-
30
"In the Back of My Heart"
-
5
"Signs"
-
36
1968
"Don't Tell My Heart to Stop Loving You"
-
6
"My Love, Forgive Me (Amore, Scusami)"
-
25
"That Girl Would Be So Pretty"
-
37
"Till Now"
-
39
"With Pen in Hand"
-
30
1969
"He Who Loves"
-
34
"Life"
-
28
"This Is My Life (La Vita)"
-
26
1970
"Hello and Goodbye"
-
40
"I Climbed the Mountain"
-
27
"Stay Awhile"
-
27
1971
"My Little Girl (Angel All A-Glow)"
-
36
See also
List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Adult Contemporary chart
External links
Jerry Vale at http://www.myspace.com/jerryvale12345 MySpace
Bio on http://www.nndb.com/people/243/000085985/ NNDB site
Bio on http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/vale_jerry/bio.jhtml VH1 site
IMDb name|0883890
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