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    • Vic Damone - PHILADELPHIA, PA - MAY 09:  USC Shoah Foundation Institute Founder Steven Spielberg (center) poses with Rena Rowan and Vic Damone at the Ambassadors for Humanity gala honoring Brian L. Roberts to benefit the USC Shoah Foundation Institute on May 9, 2011 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
    • Vic Damone - PHILADELPHIA, PA - MAY 09: (L-R) David Rowan, Vic Damone, Rena Rowan and Daisy Miller attends the Ambassadors for Humanity gala honoring Brian L. Roberts to benefit the USC Shoah Foundation Institute on May 9, 2011 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
    One of the prototypical Italian-American crooners, Vic Damone parlayed a smooth, mellow baritone into big-time pop stardom during the '40s and '50s. Early in his career, his inflection and phrasing were clearly indebted to Frank Sinatra, who once famously called him "the best set of pipes in the business." Overall, though, Damone's style was softer than Sinatra's and owed less to the elasticity of ...more


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