---- Steelers document.write("Copyright © 1997-" + ThisYear + " PG Publishing. He helped pioneer variety shows on the new medium of television in the 1950s and performed on television specials over the last four decades. His pay dropped off during the Depression when he went to work for another barber. ---- Golf if(BadCount == 0) He died in 1970 four months shy of his 81st birthday. if(ThisURL.indexOf(BadArray[i]) > 0) var Today = new Date(); Contact Us ---- Penguins Site Map Perry Como trims the hair of his son, Ronald, in this undated file photo. Sports While Como emulated Crosby in his early years, some of his best-known numbers were light novelty songs like "Hot Diggity" and "Papa Loves Mambo." ---- Pets ---- Legal Notices By Amanda Riddle©MMI The Associated Press. Rock 'n' roll had crowded out the crooners who once charmed hordes of screaming bobby-soxers. //--> ---- Local News During a career spanning more than half a century, he recorded exclusively for RCA Victor after signing with the label in 1943. "But those are the songs that, as a singer, you love to sing.". He began his rise in show business when he was signed to sing with Ted Weems big band in 1936, a relationship that continued for six years. "/arts/","/business/","/communities/","/education/", I first met her almost 30 years ago. All rights reserved.
"); Asked to come up with a memory of Perry Como in 1990, Mr. Tarakan recalled the mail song that was sung each week on the Perry Como Show in the 1950's. She was 84. if(BadCount == 0) He began his rise in show business when he was signed to sing with Ted Weems big band in 1936, a relationship that continued for six years. He got lessons on how to cut the hair of coal miners and other workers, and by the age of 14 he had his own barber business earning $150 a week. Sunday, May 13, 2001. Weather "I decided the only thing to do was take it as it came," he recalled in a 1985 interview. He remained with it until the early days of World War II, when Mr. Weems left for military service. He competed with Frank Sinatra and Crosby to be the era's top crooner. Obituary: Perry Como / 1913-2001 Singer 'who invented casual' dies . His idol, the late singer Bing Crosby, once called Mr. Como "the man who invented casual.". In 1945, Mr. Como had his first million-selling hit, "Till the End of Time." In 1943, he began what turned into a 50-year contract with RCA-Victor Records with the recording of the song "Goodbye Sue.". Will Friedwald, author of "Jazz Singing" and an expert of music from Como's era, once called Como "a marvelous singer" who "seemed to do everything they put in front of him.". But he got an offer to sing with Freddie Carlone's band in Cleveland in the early 1930s. She was the first girl he ever took to a dance. "/sports/","/visual/","404.shtm","corrections.asp","/contact/", var BadCount = 0; PG Delivery Will Friedwald, author of "Jazz Singing" and an expert of music from Mr. Como's era, once called him "a marvelous singer" who "seemed to do everything they put in front of him.". / Lived: 88 years: Where was Perry Como born? Rock 'n' roll had crowded out the crooners who once charmed hordes of screaming bobby-soxers. (AP Photo) In 1943, he began what turned into a 50-year contract with RCA-Victor Records with the recording of the song "Goodbye Sue." "We spent two beautiful hours (Friday) with dad, me and my grandson, Holden," Thibadeau told The Palm Beach Post. In 1969, game show icon and television personality Dennis James took his friend Brooks to a North Carolina charity golf tournament to tell some jokes, and then introduced Brooks to good friend, singer Perry Como, who in turn gave the comedian his major break. At the age of 59, on Dec. 9, 2014 at 3:11 p.m., Perry Rocco Luigi Farinola Damone was released from his valiant battle with lymphoma. They raised three children, Ronnie, David, and T… They divided their time between the North Carolina mountains and the Palm Beach County town of Jupiter where he played golf, took long, brisk walks and entertained his grandchildren and great-grandchildren.