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...
