Vic Damone
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1. Vic Damone (Vito Rocco Farinola, June 12, 1928 - February 11, 2018) was an American traditional pop and big band singer, songwriter, actor, radio and television presenter, and entertainer who is best known for songs such as "You're Breaking My Heart" (a number one hit), the number four hit "On the Street Where You Live" (from My Fair Lady), and "My Heart Cries for You" (also No. 4).
Damone was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Rocco and Mamie (Damone) Farinola, Italian immigrants from Bari, Italy. His father was an electrician and his mother taught piano. His cousin was the actress and singer Doretta Morrow. Inspired by his favorite singer, Frank Sinatra, Damone began taking voice lessons. He sang in the choir at St. Finbar's Church in Bath Beach, Brooklyn, for Sunday Mass under organist Anthony Amorello.
When his father was injured at work, Damone had to drop out of high school. He worked as an usher and elevator operator in the Paramount Theater in Manhattan. He met Perry Como, while at the Paramount Theater. Damone stopped the elevator between floors, sang for him, and asked his advice if he should continue voice lessons. Impressed, Como said, "Keep singing!" and referred him to a local bandleader. Vito Farinola decided to call himself Vic Damone, using his mother's maiden name.
Damone entered the talent search on Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts and won in April 1947. This led to his becoming a regular on Godfrey's show. He met Milton Berle at the studio and Berle got him work at two night clubs. By mid-1947, Damone had signed a contract with Mercury Records.
His first release, "I Have But One Heart", reached number seven on the Billboard chart. "You Do" (released November 1) reached the same peak. These were followed by a number of other hits. In 1948, he got his own weekly radio show, Saturday Night Serenade.
He was booked into the Mocambo nightclub on the Sunset Strip in 1949, residing briefly at the Strip's famed Garden of Allah Hotel.
In 1951, Damone appeared in two movies: The Strip (where he played himself) and Rich, Young and Pretty. From 1951 to 1953, he served in the United States Army, but before going into the service, he recorded a number of songs which were released during that time. He served with future Northwest Indiana radio personality Al Evans, and country music star Johnny Cash. After leaving the service, he married the Italian actress Pier Angeli (Anna Maria Pierangeli), and in 1954, made two more movies: Deep in My Heart and Athena. He also made some guest appearances on Milton Berle's television show in 1954.
In 1955, Damone had one song on the charts, "Por Favor", which did not make it above number 73. However, he did have major roles in two movie musicals, Hit the Deck and Kismet. In early 1956, he moved from Mercury to Columbia Records, and had some success on that label with hits such as "On the Street Where You Live" (from My Fair Lady, his final pop top 10) and "An Affair to Remember" (from the movie of the same name). His six original, long-playing albums on Columbia between 1957 and 1961 were That Towering Feeling, Angela Mia, Closer Than a Kiss, This Game of Love, On the Swingin' Side, and Young and Lively.
In 1961, he was released by Columbia. Moving over to Capitol Records, he filled the gap left by Frank Sinatra's leaving to help found Reprise Records. He lasted at Capitol only until 1965; however, he recorded some of his most highly regarded albums there, including two which made the Billboard chart, Linger Awhile with Vic Damone and The Lively Ones, the latter with arrangements by Billy May, who also arranged another of Damone's Capitol albums, Strange Enchantment. Other original Capitol albums included My Baby Loves to Swing, The Liveliest, and On the Street Where You Live.
Damone did limited acting on television in the early 1960s. He played Stan Skylar in the 1960 episode "Piano Man" of CBS's The DuPont Show with June Allyson. He was cast as Jess Wilkerson in the 1961 episode "The Proxy" of the ABC Western series The Rebel, starring Nick Adams. He played the crooner Ric Vallone in the 1962 episode "Like a Sister" of the CBS sitcom The Dick Van Dyke Show. In the summers of 1962 and 1963, Damone hosted a television variety series on NBC called The Lively Ones, which showcased current jazz, pop, and folk performers, as well as comedians. His distinguished group of musical guests over two seasons included Count Basie, Louie Bellson, Dave Brubeck, Chris Connor, Matt Dennis, Frances Faye, Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Buddy Greco, Woody Herman, Jack Jones, Stan Kenton, Gene Krupa, Peggy Lee, Nellie Lutcher, Shelly Manne, Anita O'Day, Ruth Olay, Oscar Peterson, André Previn, Della Reese, Shorty Rogers, Cal Tjader, and Joe Williams.
Other notable television work during this time included three guest appearances from 1963 to 1964 on CBS's The Judy Garland Show. He also guested on UK television, inter alia, on Tommy Cooper's Christmas. In addition to his solo performances, Garland and he sang duet medleys of songs from Porgy and Bess, West Side Story and Kismet.
In 1964, he sang "Back Home Again in Indiana" before the Indianapolis 500 car race.
In 1965, Damone next moved to Warner Bros. Records with the albums You Were Only Fooling and Country Love Songs. On Warner Bros., he had one top 100 chart hit: "You Were Only Fooling (While I Was Falling In Love)". The next year, he switched record labels again, moving to RCA Victor and releasing the albums Stay with Me, Why Can't I Walk Away, On the South Side of Chicago, and The Damone Type of Thing. In 1967, Damone hosted The Dean Martin Summer Show, which was rerun in 1971. In 1969, he released his last US chart record, a cover of the 1966 song "To Make A Big Man Cry", which made the Billboard Easy Listening chart.
Also in 1965, he appeared on the Firestone album series, Your Favorite Christmas Music, Volume 4, singing "It Came Upon A Midnight Clear" and "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas".
In 1971, Damone started touring Las Vegas casinos as a performer, and although he had to declare bankruptcy in the early 1970s, he earned enough as a casino performer to clear up his financial difficulties. He extended his geographical range, touring through the United States and the United Kingdom, and as a result of his popularity, decided to record some albums again for RCA. In the UK, he appeared on Tommy Cooper's Christmas Special television show in 1974.
In 1972, he was offered the role of Johnny Fontane in The Godfather. The role ultimately went to Al Martino, as Damone turned down the role for a variety of reasons, reportedly including him not thinking the role had enough screen time or paid enough, but also due to a fear of provoking the mob and Frank Sinatra, whom Damone profoundly respected.
Damone appeared in a Diet Pepsi commercial first aired during Super Bowl XXV in January 1991. Damone and other stars, including Jerry Lewis, Tiny Tim, Charo and Bo Jackson, attempt to sing Diet Pepsi's theme song, "You've Got the Right One Baby (Uh-Huh)", which was performed by Ray Charles.
His final album was issued in 2002, with other albums being repackaged and rereleased. He has recorded over 2,000 songs over his entire career. He has garnered new fans following the launch of the Vic Damone website in 2002 www.vicdamone.com, managed by his son-in-law William "Bill" Karant.
One of his final public performances was on January 19, 2002, at the Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts in Palm Beach, Florida. Damone suffered a stroke the same year and subsequently retired.[6] Damone did, however, step out of retirement on January 22, 2011, when he once again performed at the Kravis Performing Arts Center in Palm Beach, to a sold-out crowd. Damone dedicated this performance to his six grandchildren, who had never seen him perform. Damone stated that "I don't need the money ... But, you know, my six grandkids have never seen me on stage. It will be the first time. I will introduce them. It's going to be exciting for me. Before I die, I want them to have heard me perform at least once".
In Brett Ratner's movie Money Talks, Chris Tucker's character sees a commercial about Vic Damone and then pretends to be Damone's son.
On June 12, 2009, Vic Damone released his autobiography titled Singing Was the Easy Part from St. Martin's Press.
In 2010, Damone called Canadian crooner Michael Bublé talented but "cocky" and criticized him for smoking and drinking "straight alcohol" after a show, believing that it would damage his vocal cords. Bublé responded by saying that he knew what he was doing, but promising that he from now on would always mix his alcohol with soda or orange juice.
In December 2, 2011, at the age of 83, Damone launched an official Facebook profile dedicated to his fans. In addition to posting recent photos, Damone writes that besides spending time with his family, he spends his retirement enjoying golf and football.
Damone suffered a stroke in 2002 and another health scare in 2008. He recovered from both, and lived until 2018. Damone was married five times and divorced four:
Pier Angeli (1954–1958), actress, singer (one son - Perry Damone 1955–2014)
Judith Rawlins (1963–1971) (three daughters - Victoria, Andrea, and Daniella)
Becky Ann Jones (1974–1982), entertainer
Diahann Carroll (1987–1996), actress, singer
Rena Rowan-Damone (1998–2016) (her death), fashion designer, businessperson, philanthropist
Damone had six grandchildren from his daughters (Tate, Paige, Sloane, Rocco, Daniella, Grant).
Damone's first wife, Pier Angeli, was previously in a well-publicized relationship with James Dean, but left him to marry Damone, a move which garnered great media attention. Six years after divorcing Angeli, Damone was arrested on October 15, 1964 on Angeli's charge that he had kidnapped their 9‐year‐old son Perry (named for Perry Como) from New York to Los Angeles. He was released three hours later after having pled "not guilty" to being a fugitive from a kidnapping charge. At the same time, a Santa Monica, California judge awarded him custody of Perry. However, Angeli would ultimately gain custody of Perry and left Hollywood for her native Italy, taking Perry with her. Perry would however return to California after Angeli's death. Perry died of lymphoma aged 59, on December 9, 2014.
Vic Damone lived in Palm Beach County, Florida in his later years.. In January 2015, Damone and his fifth wife, Rena, parted ways with La Casita, their landmarked residence at 200 Via Bellaria. The house sold for $5.75 million. Damone and his wife downsized to a townhouse in Sloan's Curve.
Damone was raised Roman Catholic and served as an altar boy, claiming to have never found deep meaning in his original faith.[6] In the late 1950s, he was introduced to the Bahá'í Faith by a drummer in his band. Damone said his rendition of "On the Street Where You Live" incorporates gestures meant to summon a sustaining vitality from `Abdu'l-Bahá.[13][17] He officially joined the religion in the early 1960s.
Damone met his Polish-born wife Rena Rowan (born Irena Aurelia Jung on Jan. 4, 1928 in Lida, then part of Poland) in 1996, after she asked him to perform at an event to raise money for her Rowan House charity in Philadelphia, which provides housing for homeless single women with children. Rowan, a breast-cancer survivor, was a clothing distributor who started the Jones New York chain in the mid-1970s. She suffered a stroke in 2011. In 2013, Damone was involved in a tug-of-war in a Palm Beach County court with Rowan's two daughters, Nina and Lisa Rowan, for control over the destiny of Rowan and her fortune, which was reportedly worth more than $50 million. The court ultimately sided with Damone, ruling that Rena Rowan was capable of making her own decisions. Rowan died on November 6, 2016 at home in Palm Beach, Florida, from complications of pneumonia. She was 88.
Damone was a personal friend of Donald Trump. In May 2016, Trump offered to be a character witness on Damone's behalf in the event of any legal action his step-daughters may take to prevent him from receiving any of his then ill wife's estate, with an estimated worth of $900 million.
In his 2009 autobiography, Singing Was the Easy Part, Damone claimed he had been held dangling out of a window of a New York hotel by a "thug". Damone claimed he had been engaged to the thug's daughter, but ended the relationship when she insulted Damone's mother. He wrote that his life was spared when, during a Mafia meeting to determine the singer's fate, New York mob boss Frank Costello ruled in Damone's favor.
In a 2015 interview, his daughter Victoria recalled an incident in the late 1960s or early 1970s, in which a "bookie" showed up and said Damone owed him a lot of money. Damone phoned Frank Sinatra and asked him to intervene. Sinatra ultimately showed up, but the bookie showed Sinatra a "secret sign", which Sinatra recognized and rendered him unable to intervene. Damone consequently had to relent and pay the bookie.
In 1997, Damone received his high school diploma from Lafayette High School in Brooklyn when officials with the school granted credits for life experience and asked him to give the commencement address - advising students to "Have spiritual guidance. Don't lose God. There is a God. Trust me.
In 1997, Damone received the Sammy Cahn Lifetime Achievement Award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
Frank Sinatra said that Damone had "the best set of pipes in the business".
For his contribution to the recording industry, Damone has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1731 Vine Street in Los Angeles, California.
In 2014, Damone received the Society for the Preservation of the Great American Songbook's first Legend Award in recognition of those who have made a significant contribution to the genre.
2. Vic Damone is a rap artist from South Jamaica, NY who features on the "Queens Da Movement" mixtape (aka QDM) and is signed to Def Squad/Universal Records.
1. Vic Damone (Vito Roc… Read Full Bio ↴There are at least two artists by this name:
1. Vic Damone (Vito Rocco Farinola, June 12, 1928 - February 11, 2018) was an American traditional pop and big band singer, songwriter, actor, radio and television presenter, and entertainer who is best known for songs such as "You're Breaking My Heart" (a number one hit), the number four hit "On the Street Where You Live" (from My Fair Lady), and "My Heart Cries for You" (also No. 4).
Damone was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Rocco and Mamie (Damone) Farinola, Italian immigrants from Bari, Italy. His father was an electrician and his mother taught piano. His cousin was the actress and singer Doretta Morrow. Inspired by his favorite singer, Frank Sinatra, Damone began taking voice lessons. He sang in the choir at St. Finbar's Church in Bath Beach, Brooklyn, for Sunday Mass under organist Anthony Amorello.
When his father was injured at work, Damone had to drop out of high school. He worked as an usher and elevator operator in the Paramount Theater in Manhattan. He met Perry Como, while at the Paramount Theater. Damone stopped the elevator between floors, sang for him, and asked his advice if he should continue voice lessons. Impressed, Como said, "Keep singing!" and referred him to a local bandleader. Vito Farinola decided to call himself Vic Damone, using his mother's maiden name.
Damone entered the talent search on Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts and won in April 1947. This led to his becoming a regular on Godfrey's show. He met Milton Berle at the studio and Berle got him work at two night clubs. By mid-1947, Damone had signed a contract with Mercury Records.
His first release, "I Have But One Heart", reached number seven on the Billboard chart. "You Do" (released November 1) reached the same peak. These were followed by a number of other hits. In 1948, he got his own weekly radio show, Saturday Night Serenade.
He was booked into the Mocambo nightclub on the Sunset Strip in 1949, residing briefly at the Strip's famed Garden of Allah Hotel.
In 1951, Damone appeared in two movies: The Strip (where he played himself) and Rich, Young and Pretty. From 1951 to 1953, he served in the United States Army, but before going into the service, he recorded a number of songs which were released during that time. He served with future Northwest Indiana radio personality Al Evans, and country music star Johnny Cash. After leaving the service, he married the Italian actress Pier Angeli (Anna Maria Pierangeli), and in 1954, made two more movies: Deep in My Heart and Athena. He also made some guest appearances on Milton Berle's television show in 1954.
In 1955, Damone had one song on the charts, "Por Favor", which did not make it above number 73. However, he did have major roles in two movie musicals, Hit the Deck and Kismet. In early 1956, he moved from Mercury to Columbia Records, and had some success on that label with hits such as "On the Street Where You Live" (from My Fair Lady, his final pop top 10) and "An Affair to Remember" (from the movie of the same name). His six original, long-playing albums on Columbia between 1957 and 1961 were That Towering Feeling, Angela Mia, Closer Than a Kiss, This Game of Love, On the Swingin' Side, and Young and Lively.
In 1961, he was released by Columbia. Moving over to Capitol Records, he filled the gap left by Frank Sinatra's leaving to help found Reprise Records. He lasted at Capitol only until 1965; however, he recorded some of his most highly regarded albums there, including two which made the Billboard chart, Linger Awhile with Vic Damone and The Lively Ones, the latter with arrangements by Billy May, who also arranged another of Damone's Capitol albums, Strange Enchantment. Other original Capitol albums included My Baby Loves to Swing, The Liveliest, and On the Street Where You Live.
Damone did limited acting on television in the early 1960s. He played Stan Skylar in the 1960 episode "Piano Man" of CBS's The DuPont Show with June Allyson. He was cast as Jess Wilkerson in the 1961 episode "The Proxy" of the ABC Western series The Rebel, starring Nick Adams. He played the crooner Ric Vallone in the 1962 episode "Like a Sister" of the CBS sitcom The Dick Van Dyke Show. In the summers of 1962 and 1963, Damone hosted a television variety series on NBC called The Lively Ones, which showcased current jazz, pop, and folk performers, as well as comedians. His distinguished group of musical guests over two seasons included Count Basie, Louie Bellson, Dave Brubeck, Chris Connor, Matt Dennis, Frances Faye, Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Buddy Greco, Woody Herman, Jack Jones, Stan Kenton, Gene Krupa, Peggy Lee, Nellie Lutcher, Shelly Manne, Anita O'Day, Ruth Olay, Oscar Peterson, André Previn, Della Reese, Shorty Rogers, Cal Tjader, and Joe Williams.
Other notable television work during this time included three guest appearances from 1963 to 1964 on CBS's The Judy Garland Show. He also guested on UK television, inter alia, on Tommy Cooper's Christmas. In addition to his solo performances, Garland and he sang duet medleys of songs from Porgy and Bess, West Side Story and Kismet.
In 1964, he sang "Back Home Again in Indiana" before the Indianapolis 500 car race.
In 1965, Damone next moved to Warner Bros. Records with the albums You Were Only Fooling and Country Love Songs. On Warner Bros., he had one top 100 chart hit: "You Were Only Fooling (While I Was Falling In Love)". The next year, he switched record labels again, moving to RCA Victor and releasing the albums Stay with Me, Why Can't I Walk Away, On the South Side of Chicago, and The Damone Type of Thing. In 1967, Damone hosted The Dean Martin Summer Show, which was rerun in 1971. In 1969, he released his last US chart record, a cover of the 1966 song "To Make A Big Man Cry", which made the Billboard Easy Listening chart.
Also in 1965, he appeared on the Firestone album series, Your Favorite Christmas Music, Volume 4, singing "It Came Upon A Midnight Clear" and "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas".
In 1971, Damone started touring Las Vegas casinos as a performer, and although he had to declare bankruptcy in the early 1970s, he earned enough as a casino performer to clear up his financial difficulties. He extended his geographical range, touring through the United States and the United Kingdom, and as a result of his popularity, decided to record some albums again for RCA. In the UK, he appeared on Tommy Cooper's Christmas Special television show in 1974.
In 1972, he was offered the role of Johnny Fontane in The Godfather. The role ultimately went to Al Martino, as Damone turned down the role for a variety of reasons, reportedly including him not thinking the role had enough screen time or paid enough, but also due to a fear of provoking the mob and Frank Sinatra, whom Damone profoundly respected.
Damone appeared in a Diet Pepsi commercial first aired during Super Bowl XXV in January 1991. Damone and other stars, including Jerry Lewis, Tiny Tim, Charo and Bo Jackson, attempt to sing Diet Pepsi's theme song, "You've Got the Right One Baby (Uh-Huh)", which was performed by Ray Charles.
His final album was issued in 2002, with other albums being repackaged and rereleased. He has recorded over 2,000 songs over his entire career. He has garnered new fans following the launch of the Vic Damone website in 2002 www.vicdamone.com, managed by his son-in-law William "Bill" Karant.
One of his final public performances was on January 19, 2002, at the Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts in Palm Beach, Florida. Damone suffered a stroke the same year and subsequently retired.[6] Damone did, however, step out of retirement on January 22, 2011, when he once again performed at the Kravis Performing Arts Center in Palm Beach, to a sold-out crowd. Damone dedicated this performance to his six grandchildren, who had never seen him perform. Damone stated that "I don't need the money ... But, you know, my six grandkids have never seen me on stage. It will be the first time. I will introduce them. It's going to be exciting for me. Before I die, I want them to have heard me perform at least once".
In Brett Ratner's movie Money Talks, Chris Tucker's character sees a commercial about Vic Damone and then pretends to be Damone's son.
On June 12, 2009, Vic Damone released his autobiography titled Singing Was the Easy Part from St. Martin's Press.
In 2010, Damone called Canadian crooner Michael Bublé talented but "cocky" and criticized him for smoking and drinking "straight alcohol" after a show, believing that it would damage his vocal cords. Bublé responded by saying that he knew what he was doing, but promising that he from now on would always mix his alcohol with soda or orange juice.
In December 2, 2011, at the age of 83, Damone launched an official Facebook profile dedicated to his fans. In addition to posting recent photos, Damone writes that besides spending time with his family, he spends his retirement enjoying golf and football.
Damone suffered a stroke in 2002 and another health scare in 2008. He recovered from both, and lived until 2018. Damone was married five times and divorced four:
Pier Angeli (1954–1958), actress, singer (one son - Perry Damone 1955–2014)
Judith Rawlins (1963–1971) (three daughters - Victoria, Andrea, and Daniella)
Becky Ann Jones (1974–1982), entertainer
Diahann Carroll (1987–1996), actress, singer
Rena Rowan-Damone (1998–2016) (her death), fashion designer, businessperson, philanthropist
Damone had six grandchildren from his daughters (Tate, Paige, Sloane, Rocco, Daniella, Grant).
Damone's first wife, Pier Angeli, was previously in a well-publicized relationship with James Dean, but left him to marry Damone, a move which garnered great media attention. Six years after divorcing Angeli, Damone was arrested on October 15, 1964 on Angeli's charge that he had kidnapped their 9‐year‐old son Perry (named for Perry Como) from New York to Los Angeles. He was released three hours later after having pled "not guilty" to being a fugitive from a kidnapping charge. At the same time, a Santa Monica, California judge awarded him custody of Perry. However, Angeli would ultimately gain custody of Perry and left Hollywood for her native Italy, taking Perry with her. Perry would however return to California after Angeli's death. Perry died of lymphoma aged 59, on December 9, 2014.
Vic Damone lived in Palm Beach County, Florida in his later years.. In January 2015, Damone and his fifth wife, Rena, parted ways with La Casita, their landmarked residence at 200 Via Bellaria. The house sold for $5.75 million. Damone and his wife downsized to a townhouse in Sloan's Curve.
Damone was raised Roman Catholic and served as an altar boy, claiming to have never found deep meaning in his original faith.[6] In the late 1950s, he was introduced to the Bahá'í Faith by a drummer in his band. Damone said his rendition of "On the Street Where You Live" incorporates gestures meant to summon a sustaining vitality from `Abdu'l-Bahá.[13][17] He officially joined the religion in the early 1960s.
Damone met his Polish-born wife Rena Rowan (born Irena Aurelia Jung on Jan. 4, 1928 in Lida, then part of Poland) in 1996, after she asked him to perform at an event to raise money for her Rowan House charity in Philadelphia, which provides housing for homeless single women with children. Rowan, a breast-cancer survivor, was a clothing distributor who started the Jones New York chain in the mid-1970s. She suffered a stroke in 2011. In 2013, Damone was involved in a tug-of-war in a Palm Beach County court with Rowan's two daughters, Nina and Lisa Rowan, for control over the destiny of Rowan and her fortune, which was reportedly worth more than $50 million. The court ultimately sided with Damone, ruling that Rena Rowan was capable of making her own decisions. Rowan died on November 6, 2016 at home in Palm Beach, Florida, from complications of pneumonia. She was 88.
Damone was a personal friend of Donald Trump. In May 2016, Trump offered to be a character witness on Damone's behalf in the event of any legal action his step-daughters may take to prevent him from receiving any of his then ill wife's estate, with an estimated worth of $900 million.
In his 2009 autobiography, Singing Was the Easy Part, Damone claimed he had been held dangling out of a window of a New York hotel by a "thug". Damone claimed he had been engaged to the thug's daughter, but ended the relationship when she insulted Damone's mother. He wrote that his life was spared when, during a Mafia meeting to determine the singer's fate, New York mob boss Frank Costello ruled in Damone's favor.
In a 2015 interview, his daughter Victoria recalled an incident in the late 1960s or early 1970s, in which a "bookie" showed up and said Damone owed him a lot of money. Damone phoned Frank Sinatra and asked him to intervene. Sinatra ultimately showed up, but the bookie showed Sinatra a "secret sign", which Sinatra recognized and rendered him unable to intervene. Damone consequently had to relent and pay the bookie.
In 1997, Damone received his high school diploma from Lafayette High School in Brooklyn when officials with the school granted credits for life experience and asked him to give the commencement address - advising students to "Have spiritual guidance. Don't lose God. There is a God. Trust me.
In 1997, Damone received the Sammy Cahn Lifetime Achievement Award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
Frank Sinatra said that Damone had "the best set of pipes in the business".
For his contribution to the recording industry, Damone has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1731 Vine Street in Los Angeles, California.
In 2014, Damone received the Society for the Preservation of the Great American Songbook's first Legend Award in recognition of those who have made a significant contribution to the genre.
2. Vic Damone is a rap artist from South Jamaica, NY who features on the "Queens Da Movement" mixtape (aka QDM) and is signed to Def Squad/Universal Records.
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Vic Damone Lyrics
(When Your Heart's on Fire) Smoke Gets in Your Eyes They, asked me how I knew, my true love was…
A Fellow Needs a Girl A fellow needs a girl, to sit by his side At…
A Fool Such As I (Now and then there's a fool such as I) Pardon me,…
A Time For Love The shadow of your smile When you have gone Will color all…
A Toujours À Toujours, À Toujours Always say it each night when you…
Adeste Fideles [Refrain] O come, all ye faithful, Joyful and triumphant, O …
Adeste Fidèles O come, all ye faithful, Joyful and triumphant, O come ye, O…
Affair To Remember Our love affair is a wondrous thing That we'll rejoice in…
After the Lights Go Down After the lights go down low, baby, you know There'll be…
Again This couldn't happen again This is that once in a lifetime T…
Ain't Misbehavin' No one to talk with All by myself No one to walk…
All the Things You Are Time and again I've longed for adventure, Something to make …
Almost Like Being in Love What a day this has been! What a rare mood I'm…
Am I Blue I'm just a woman, a lonely woman Waiting on the weary…
Among My Soldiers There's nothing left for me of days that used to…
Amor Amor, amor, amor This word so sweet, that I repeat, means…
An Affair to Remember Ohh Our love affair is a wondrous thing That we'll rejoice …
An Affair to Remember (Our Love Affair) Our love affair is a wondrous thing That we'll rejoice in…
An Affair To Remember Ohh Our love affair is a wondrous thing That we'll rejoice …
And Roses and Roses I'm sending you a big bouquet of roses, One for every…
Anema E Core My life I'd give for you, anema e core I only…
Angela mia Angela mia, you are my angel, dear, The heavens sent you…
Anima e core My life I'd give for you, anema e core I only…
April In Portugal I found my April dream in Portugal with you When we…
Arrivederci My Love Everybody loves my baby, But my baby don't love nobody but…
Arrivederci Roma Arrivederci Roma Goodbye, goodbye to Rome City of a million…
Arrivederci, Roma Arrivederci Roma, Goodbye, goodbye to Rome City of a millio…
Arriverderci My Love Everybody loves my baby, But my baby don't love nobody but…
As Time Goes By By the time I get to Phoenix she'll be rising She'll…
At Long Last Love Is it an earthquake or simply a shock? Is it the…
Baby Won't You Please Come Home Baby, won't you please come home 'Cause you've left your da…
Bali Ha'i Most people live on a lonely island Lost in the middle…
Begin the Beguine When they begin the beguine It brings back the sound of…
Beyond the Reef Vic Damone Beyond the reef where the sea is dark and…
Blue Moon Blue moon you saw me standing alone Without a dream in…
Blue Skies Blue skies smilin' at me Nothin' but blue skies do I…
Bouquet Of Roses I'm sending you a big bouquet of roses, One for every…
But Beautiful Love is funny, or it's sad, Or it's quiet, or it's…
But Not for Me Old man sunshine listen you Never tell me dreams come true J…
By The Time I Get To Phoenix By the time I get to Phoenix she'll be rising She'll…
Call Me Irresponsible Call me irresponsible, Yes I'm unreliable, Throw in undepend…
Can You're just too good to be true Can't take my eyes…
Can Anyone Explain Can anyone explain the thrill of a kiss No! No! No! But…
Can Anyone Explain? No! No! No! Can anyone explain the thrill of a kiss No! No! No! But…
Can Anyone Explain Can anyone explain the thrill of a kiss No! No! No! But…
Can't Take My Eyes Off of You You're just too good to be true Can't take my eyes…
Careless Hands When the day fades away into twilight The moon is my…
Cathy If you never met an angel then you must meet…
Change Partners Must you dance every dance With the same fortunate man?…
Charmaine I can't forget the night we met How bright were stars…
Cheek to Cheek Heaven, I'm in heaven And my heart beats so that I…
Cherokee Brave Indian warrior, Since first I met you I can't forget y…
Christmas Song Chestnuts roasting on an open fire Jack Frost nipping at you…
Cincinatti Dancing Pig Cincinnati dancing pig He's the barnyard mister big Cincinna…
Close As Pages in a Book We'll be close as pages in a book My love and…
Close Your Eyes Music play Something dreamy for dancing While we're here r…
Come All Ye Faithful [Refrain] O come, all ye faithful, Joyful and triumphant, O …
Come Back To Me My heart yearns for all Sorrento There awaits a true love's…
Crazy Crazy, I'm crazy for feeling so lonely I'm crazy, crazy for…
Cry Me a River Now you say you love me But you cry the whole…
Cuddle Up a Little Closer On the summer shore, where the breakers roar Lovers sat on…
Day By Day Day by day I'm falling more in love with you And…
Dearly Beloved Tell me that it's true, tell me you agree, I was…
Deck the Halls Deck the halls with boughs of holly Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-l…
Deep Night Deep night, stars in the sky above Moonlight, lighting our p…
Deep Purple Woo, Wo-o-oo-wo-wo, Wo-o-oo-wo-wo, Wo-o-oo-wo-wo When the…
Diane I'm in heaven when I see you smile Smile for me,…
Didn This time we almost made the pieces fit Didn't we? This ti…
Do I Love You Do I love you because you're beautiful Or are you beautiful…
Do I Love You (Because You're Beautiful) Do I love you Because you're beautiful Or are you beautiful …
Do I Love You Because You Do I love you because you're beautiful Or are you beautiful…
Do I Love You Because You're Beautiful? Do I love you because you're beautiful Or are you beautiful…
Do I Love You Do I love you because you're beautiful Or are you beautiful…
Do You Love Me When I said I needed you You said you would always…
Don't Blame Me Ever since the lucky night I found you I've hung around…
Don't Say Goodbye When I said I needed you You said you would always…
Dreamer's Holiday Climb aboard a butterfly and take off in the breeze Let…
Easy to Love I know too well that I'm just wasting precious time In…
Ebb Tide First the tide rushes in, plants a kiss on the…
Embraceable Embrace me, my sweet embraceable you! Embrace me, you irrepl…
Embraceable You - Rerecorded Embrace me My sweet embraceable, you Embrace me You irreplac…
Eternally I'll be loving you eternally With a love that's true,…
Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye Every time we say goodbye, I die a little Every time…
Everybody Loves My Baby Everybody loves my baby, But my baby don't love nobody but…
Exactly Like You I used to have a perfect sweetheart Not a real one,…
Faded Love As I look at the letters That you wrote to me, It's…
Falling in Love With Love Falling in love with love is falling for make-believe Fallin…
Fascinatin' Rhythm Got a little rhythm, a rhythm, a rhythm That pit-a-pats thro…
Fascinating Rhythm Got a little rhythm, a rhythm, a rhythm That pit-a-pats…
Fascinating Rhythm {From Lady Be Good} Got a little rhythm, a rhythm, a rhythm That pit-a-pats…
Fools Rush In "Romance is a game for fools" I used to say A game…
Fools Rush In - Rerecorded "Romance is a game for fools", I used to say A…
For Mama She said, "My son I beg of you I have a…
For Once in My Life For once in my life I have someone who needs…
Forbidden Love Forbidden love, this love of ours is wrong A hidden love…
Four Winds and Seven Seas You ask where I live Here's the address I give The four…
Gigi Gigi, am I a fool without a mind Or have I…
Girl From Ipanema Din din din Din din din Tall and tan and young and…
Girl of My Dreams Dear, it seems years since we parted, Years full of tears…
Goin' Out Of My Head Well, I think I'm goin' out of my head Yes, I…
Guess I When I want rain, I get sunny weather, I'm just as…
Have I Told You Lately That I Love You Yesterday you came my way, And when you smiled at me, In…
Here Maybe I should have saved those left over dreams Funny, but…
Here In My Heart Here in my heart I'm alone, I'm so lonely Here in…
Here's That Rainy Day Maybe I should have saved those left over dreams Funny, but…
Home Baby, won't you please come home 'Cause you've left your dad…
How Deep Is the Ocean How much do I love you? I'll tell you no lie How…
How Do You Like Your Eggs in the Morning How d'ya like your eggs in the morning I like mine…
How insensitive How insensitive I must have seemed When she told me…
I Am in Love I am dejected, I am depressed Yet resurrected and sailing th…
I Can I try to forget you and yet you are everywhere…
I Can't Believe That You're in Love with Me Yesterday you came my way, And when you smiled at me, In…
I Can't Close The Book I try to forget you and yet you are everywhere…
I Could Write A Book A-B-C-D-E-G I never learned to spell At least not well. 1-2…
I CREID FOR YOU I remember other days how I used to weep Over…
I Creied for You I remember other days how I used to weep Over…
I Cried for You I remember other days how I used to weep Over…
I Don't Care How many arms have held you And hated to let…
I got it bad Though folks with good intentions Tell me to save my tears W…
I Got It Bad And That Ain Though folks with good intentions Tell me to save my tears …
I Got It Bad And That Aint Good Though folks with good intentions Tell me to save my tears W…
I Hadn't Anyone Till You I hadn't anyone till you, I was a lonely one 'til…
I Have But One Heart I have but one heart, this heart I bring you I…
I Kiss Your Hand In dreams I kiss your hand, madame Your dainty fingertips An…
I Know That You Know Life's a game, but who can play it all alone Ev'ry…
I Left My Heart in San Francisco I left my heart in San Francisco. High on a hill…
I Like the Likes of You Only last Saturday, Or was it yesterday? I was rehearsing a …
I Love That Girl Yesterday you came my way, And when you smiled at me, In…
I Love the Girl I want a little girl, call my own She must be…
I Love You So Much It Hurts I love you so much, it hurts me Darling, that's why…
I Really Don How many arms have held you And hated to let…
I Remember You Love Do I love you because you're beautiful Or are you beautiful…
I Should Care I guess I should pity me But I don't because you…
I Want A Little Girl I want a little girl, call my own She must be…
I'm Glad There Is You In this world, of ordinary people Extraordinary people I′m g…
I'm Nobody's Baby I'm nobody's baby I wonder why Each night and day I pray…
If I could show the world how to smile I could be…
In My Own Quiet Way I'm not the kind who'll sigh Every time you wander…
In the Blue of Evening In the blue of evening When you appear close to me,…
In the Eyes of the World They asked me how I knew my true love was…
In the Still of the Night In the still of the night As I gaze out of…
Is You Is I hear music when I look at you, A beautiful theme…
Is You Is or Is You Ain Is you is or is you ain't Is you is…
Isn't It Romantic Isn't it romantic? Music in the night, a dream that can…
Isn't It Romantic? Isn't it romantic? Music in the night, a dream that can…
It You sigh, the song begins, you speak and I hear…
It Had To Be You It had to be you, it had to be you. I…
It Never Entered My Mind Once I laughed when I heard you saying That I'd be…
IT'S A GOOD DAY Yes, it's a good day for singin' a song, And it's…
It's a Lonesome Old Town It's a lonesome old town, when you're not around, I'm…
It's Impossible It's impossible to tell the sun to leave the sky, It's…
It's Magic You sigh, the song begins, you speak and I hear…
Its A Lonesome Old Town It's a lonesome old town, when you're not around, I'm…
Just Say I Love Her Just say, I love her I've loved her from the start And…
Last night when we were young Last night when we were young Love was a star, a…
Laura You know the feeling of something half remembered Of somethi…
Laura - 1991 - Remaster Laura is the face in the misty light Foot steps that…
LET Let's fall in love Why shouldn't we fall in love? Our hearts…
Let's Face The Music And Dance There may be trouble ahead, But while there's music and moo…
Let's Fall in Love Let's fall in love Why shouldn't we fall in love? Our hearts…
Let;s fall in love Let's fall in love Why shouldn't we fall in love? Our hear…
Lets Face the Music And Dance There may be trouble ahead, But while there's music and moon…
Let’s Face the Music and Dance There may be trouble ahead, But while there's music and moo…
Let’s Fall In Love Let's fall in love Why shouldn't we fall in love? Our hearts…
Like Someone in Love Lately, I find myself out gazing at stars, Hearing guitars…
Linger Awhile The time is coming soon to say goodbye A time of…
Little Girl I'm lost little girl I'm lost, little girl I'm lost I'm los…
Little Green Apples And I wake up in the mornin' With my hair…
Longing For You [Chorus] Longing, longing, longing for you Longing, longing,…
Look of Love The look of love Is in your eyes A look your smile…
Love is Here to Stay It's very clear, our love is here to stay Not for…
Love Me Longer When I said I needed you You said you would always…
Mama She said, "My son I beg of you I have a…
Maria The most beautiful sound I ever heard, Maria Maria, Maria, M…
Me & My Shadow Shades of night are falling and I'm lonely Standing on the…
Medley: The Glory of Love and Theme from "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" Tonight it's very clear, as we're both standing here, there'…
Moon River Moon River, wider than a mile I'm crossing you in style…
Moon River - Rerecorded Moon River, wider than a mile I'm crossing you in style…
More Each time I look at you is like the first…
Mr Heart Cries For You (My heart cries for you) (Sighs for you, dies for you) (And…
My Baby Loves To Swing Everybody loves my baby, But my baby don't love nobody but…
My Fair Lady (Oh, hooo) (Truly, truly fair) (Truly, truly fair) (Truly, t…
My Foolish Heart The night is like a lovely tune Beware my foolish heart How…
My Heart Cries for You (My heart cries for you) (Sighs for you, dies for you) (And…
My Heart Is Breaking You're breaking my heart 'cause you're leaving You've fallen…
My Life's Desire For once in my life I have someone who needs…
My Melancholy Baby Come to me my melancholy baby. Cuddle up and don't be…
My Romance My romance, doesn't need to have a moon in the…
My Truly Fair (Oh, hooo) (Truly, truly fair) (Truly, truly fair) (Truly, t…
My Truly, Truly Fair Some men plow the open plains, some men sail the…
Nearness of You It's not the pale moon that excites me That thrills and…
Night And Day Night and day, you are the one Only you beneath the…
Night and Day - Rerecorded Night and day, you are the one Only you beneath the…
Night of my nights Deep night, stars in the sky above Moonlight, lighting our p…
Nina Never Knew Girls were made to kiss, but Nina never knew Girls are…
O Come All Ye Faithful [Refrain] O come, all ye faithful, Joyful and triumphant, O …
O Little Town of Bethlehem Oh little town of Bethlehem, how still we see thee…
On the Street Where You Live Oh, the towering feeling just to know somehow you are…
Once and Only Once Once upon a time, a girl with moonlight in her…
One Little Boy I want a little girl, call my own She must be…
One Love I am dejected, I am depressed Yet resurrected and sailing th…
Oooh My Love Everybody loves my baby, But my baby don't love nobody but…
Our Love Is Here to Stay It's very clear, our love is here to stay Not for…
Over The Rainbow Somewhere over the rainbow, way up high There's a land that…
Por Favor Por favor (cha cha cha) I need the magic touch Of your…
Prelude to a Kiss If you hear A song in blue Like a flower crying For the…
Remember Ohh Our love affair is a wondrous thing That we'll rejoice …
Roma Arrivederci Roma Goodbye, goodbye to Rome City of a million…
Room Full Of Roses If I sent a rose to you For every time you…
Ruby They say, Ruby you're like a dream Not always what…
Serenade in Blue When I hear that Serenade in blue I'm somewhere in another…
Serenade In the Night When I hear that Serenade in blue I'm somewhere in another…
Shadow of Your Smile The shadow of your smile When you have gone Will color all…
Shangri-La Your kisses take me to Shangri-La Each kiss is magic that…
She Loves Me When I said I needed you You said you would always…
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes They asked me how I knew my true love was…
Softly Softly I will leave you softly For my heart would…
Solitude In my solitude You haunt me With dreadful ease Of days gone …
Somebody Loves Me When I said I needed you You said you would always…
Something [TONY] Could be! Who knows? There's something due any day;…
Something's Coming {From West Side Story} [TONY] Could be! Who knows? There's something due any d…
Song Is You I hear music when I look at you, A beautiful theme…
Sound of Music My day in the hills have come to an end…
Speak Low Speak low when you speak, love, Our summer day withers away …
Speak My Love Everybody loves my baby, But my baby don't love nobody but…
Spring Is Here Spring is here! Why doesn't my heart go dancing? Spring is…
Star Dust And now the purple dusk of twilight time Steals across the…
Stardust And now the purple dusk of twilight time Steals across the…
Stay It's very clear, our love is here to stay Not for…
Stella By Starlight The song a robin sings Through years of endless springs The …
Stranger in Paradise Take my hand I'm a stranger in paradise All lost in a…
Sugar When my sugar walks down the street All the little birdies…
Take My Heart The night is like a lovely tune Beware my foolish heart How…
Tell Me That You Love Me When I said I needed you You said you would always…
Temptation You came, I was alone I should have known you were…
Tender Is The Night The night is young and you're so beautiful, Here among the…
The Bells of St. Mary's The bells of St. Mary's Ah! hear they are calling The young…
The Breeze And I The breeze and I are saying with a sigh That you…
The Christmas Song Chestnuts roasting on an open fire Jack Frost nipping at you…
The End of a Love Affair So I walk a little too fast, and I drive…
The Four Winds and Seven Seas You ask where I live Here's the address I give The four…
The Gift Of Love This is a song I've been singing for a long…
The Girl From Ipanema Din din din Din din din Tall and tan and young and…
The Look Of Love The look of love Is in your eyes A look your smile…
the more i see you Each time I look at you is like the first…
The Nearness of You It's not the pale moon that excites me That thrills and…
The Night Is Young And You The night is young and you're so beautiful, Here among the…
The Pleasure of Her Company (La-da-da-da) The Golden Gate, from the top of the mark The …
The Shadow of Your Smile The shadow of your smile When you have gone Will color all…
The Song Is Ended I hear music when I look at you, A beautiful theme…
The Sound of Music My day in the hills have come to an end…
The Very Thought Of You The very thought of you and I forget to do The…
The Way You Look Tonight One day, when I'm awf'ly old And the world is cold I…
The Windmills of your Mind Round like a circle in a spiral, like a wheel…
These Foolish Things Oh! Will you never let me be? Oh! Will you never…
This Is The Night The night is young and you're so beautiful, Here among the…
Time After Time Once upon a time, a girl with moonlight in her…
Time On My Hands When the day fades away into twilight The moon is my…
Together Again Together again My tears have stopped falling The long lonely…
Tonight I got my radio on behind the box of my…
Toot Toot, toot, Tootsie, good-bye! Toot, toot, Tootsie, don't cr…
Tzena Tzena, Tzena, Tzena, Tzena Can't you hear the music playing …
Tzena Tzena Tzena Tzena, Tzena, Tzena, Tzena Can't you hear the music playing…
Tzena, Tzena, Tzena Tzena, Tzena, Tzena, Tzena, can't you hear the music playing…
Vagabond Shoes Vagabond shoes, why do you roam Taking me, oh, so far…
Wait Till You See Her I mean, ya know I betta just show you But, I mean,…
War and Peace All the world was right When we met last night I had…
We Have All the Time in the World We have all, the time in the world Time enough for…
We Kiss in a Shadow We kiss in a shadow, We hide from the moon, Our meetings…
What Are You Doing New Years Eve What are you doing the rest of your life? North and…
What Now My Love - Rerecorded What now my love? Now that you've left me How can I…
What'll I Do Do I love you because you're beautiful Or are you beautiful…
When Lights Are Low Listen to the melody entrancing Blending in a soft and sweet…
When My Sugar Walks Down the Street When my sugar walks down the street All the little birdies…
When the Lights Are Low Listen to the melody entrancing Blending in a soft and sweet…
Where Oh, the towering feeling just to know somehow you are…
Why as I Born Spending these lonesome evenings With nothing to do But to l…
Why as I Born? Spending these lonesome evenings With nothing to do But to…
Why Oh Why Spending these lonesome evenings With nothing to do But to l…
Why Was I Born Spending these lonesome evenings With nothing to do But to…
Why Was I Born? Spending these lonesome evenings With nothing to do But to l…
Windmills Of Your Mind Round like a circle in a spiral, like a wheel…
Wives And Lovers Hey! Little Girl Comb your hair, fix your makeup Soon he wil…
Yesterday Yesterday All my troubles seemed so far away Now it seems …
You When I said I needed you You said you would always…
You & the Night & the Music You and the night and the music Fill me with flaming…
You And The Night And The Music You and the night and the music Fill me with flaming…
You Do Who knows how much I love you? You do. …
You Don't Have To Say You Love Me When I said I needed you You said you would always…
You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby You must have been a beautiful baby You must have been…
You Stepped Out of a Dream You stepped out of a dream You are too wonderful to…
You Was You were only fooling, While I was falling in love, It's a…
You're Breaking My Heart You're breaking my heart 'cause you're leaving You've fallen…
You're Just In Love Yesterday you came my way, And when you smiled at me, In…
You/re Breaking My Heart You're breaking my heart 'cause you're leaving You've fallen…
Younger Than Springtime Younger than springtime are you Softer than starlight are y…
Your Smile The shadow of your smile When you have gone Will color all…
Youre Breaking My Heart You're breaking my heart 'cause you're leaving You've fallen…