What made him successful? Was it dazzling special effects? Booty-shaking dance routines? Ear-splitting guitar riffs? No, it was the warm, relaxed manner of the man Bing Crosby dubbed “the man who ...
Perry Como, born Pierino Ronald Como on May 18, 1912, in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, was an American singer and television personality. He was the seventh of 13 children born to Italian immigrant ...
In his recent book “The Philosophy of Modern Song,” Bob Dylan described Perry Como as a “downright incredible” performer who “lived in every moment of every song he sang… When he stood and sang, he ...