Tony Martin (born April 19, 1957) was the seventh and final vocalist for the legendary rock band Black Sabbath before the eventual reunion of their original lineup. He was in the band on and off for a ten-year span between 1987 and 1997, recording five albums: The Eternal Idol (1987), Headless Cross (1989), Tyr (1990), Cross Purposes (1994), Cross Purposes Live and Forbidden (1995). He was dismissed from the band in 1991, to accommodate the reunion of the Mob Rules lineup: Tony Iommi, Vinny Appice, Geezer Butler and Ronnie James Dio. He returned to the band in 1993, and left once again sometime in 1996 or 1997, while the band was on hiatus.
Martin has since been involved in many solo projects, yet his most memorable gig remains his time as front man of Black Sabbath.
He will release his latest solo album , 'Thorns' in Jan 2022.
2. Tony Martin was a co-host of the Australian Triple M radio show 'Get This' with Ed Kavalee and Richard Marsland. The show was axed in late 2007, despite high ratings.
3. Tony Martin (born December 25, 1912) is an American actor and traditional pop singer.
Martin was born Alvin Morris in Oakland, California to Jewish immigrants from Poland. He received a soprano saxophone as a gift from his grandmother at ten. In his grammar school glee club, he became an instrumentalist and a boy soprano singer. He formed his first band, named "The Red Peppers," when he was at Oakland Technical High School, eventually joining the band of a local orchestra leader, Tom Gerun, as a reed instrument specialist, sitting alongside the future bandleader Woody Herman. He attended Saint Mary's College of California in Moraga during the mid-1930s. After college, he left Gerun's band to go to Hollywood to try his luck in films. It was at that time that he adopted the stage name, Tony Martin.
He was a featured vocalist on the George Burns and Gracie Allen radio program. On the show Gracie Allen playfully flirted with Tony, often threatening to fire him. She'd say things like "Oh Tony you look so tired, why don't you rest your lips on mine." In the movies, he was first cast in a number of bit parts, including a role as a sailor in the movie Follow the Fleet (1936), starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. He eventually signed with 20th Century-Fox and then Metro Goldwyn Mayer in which he starred in a number of musicals. At the same time, between 1938 and 1942, he made a number of hit records for Decca.
In World War II, he first joined the United States Navy, but as a result of rumors (without any factual basis) that he had gotten an officer's commission through bribery he left the navy and joined the United States Army Air Forces. Though he had an outstanding record in the military, the rumors hurt his professional reputation and the major record labels refused to sign him. He eventually signed with Mercury Records, then a small independent run out of Chicago, Illinois. He cut 25 records in 1946 and 1947 for Mercury, including a 1946 recording of "To Each His Own" which became a million-seller. This prompted RCA Victor records to offer him a contract, which he signed in 1947 after satisfying his contract obligations to Mercury.
In 1937 he married Alice Faye, and in 1941 they were divorced. Martin has been married since 1948 to Cyd Charisse, almost a Hollywood record for marital success. They have one son together - Tony Martin Jr., born in 1950.
He appeared in many film musicals in the 1940s and 1950s. His rendition of "Lover Come Back To Me" with Joan Weldon in Deep in My Heart - based on the music of Sigmund Romberg and starring José Ferrer - was one of the highlights of Hollywood musicals. As of 2008, he is still doing live performances in New York City.
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I Hadn't Anyone Till You
Tony Martin Lyrics
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I was a lonely one till you
I used to lie awake and wonder
If there could be
A someone in the wide world
Just made for me
Now I see I had to save my love for you
I never gave my love till you
Cupid took a hand in it
I hadn't anyone till you
The lyrics to Tony Martin's "I Hadn't Anyone Till You" are about the loneliness and longing for love, and how it all changed when the singer finally met the person they were meant to be with. The song describes how the singer used to lie awake wondering if there was someone out there for them, just made for them. The lyrics convey a sense of yearning and a desire for companionship, which the singer had never experienced before meeting the person addressed in the song.
The song also touches on the theme of saving one's love for the right person. The singer had never given their love to anyone else before meeting the person addressed in the song. The lyrics imply that the singer knew in their heart that they were saving their love for someone special, and that someone turned out to be the person addressed in the song.
The last line of the song, "I hadn't anyone till you," sums up the entire message of the lyrics. The singer had been alone and lonely, but meeting the person addressed in the song changed everything. The lyrics suggest that the singer's life was incomplete before meeting their partner, and now they can't imagine life without them.
Line by Line Meaning
I hadn't anyone till you
My life was empty until I met you
I was a lonely one till you
I spent my days feeling all alone before you came into my life
I used to lie awake and wonder
I would stay up all night wondering if I would ever find someone like you
If there could be a someone in the wide world
I dreamed of the possibility that someone out there could complete me
Just made for me
Someone who was meant to be mine, and no one else's
Now I see I had to save my love for you
Now that I've found you, I realize that all my love was meant for you and you alone
I never gave my love till you
I never truly gave my heart to anyone until I met you
And through my lonely heart demanding it
My lonely heart was yearning for love, and it found you
Cupid took a hand in it
Love brought us together, and it was so strong that we fell for each other
I hadn't anyone till you
I finally have someone to fill my heart with love, and it's all thanks to you
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roybo1930
So smooth and sweet & indeed!
Alexis Pasquier
Isn't this with the Ray Noble Orchestra/
luminarification
and how!