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Timi Yuro & Sonny King - all over the world - just the two of us - my valentine - Philippines movie track.
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American lounge singer Sonny King was born Luigi Antonio Schiavone on April 1, 1922 in Brooklyn, New York. Sonny had no formal voice training. He learned from his lyric tenor father, Georgie King, who performed at the Paramount Club in New York City. Among his mentors were vaudeville greats Al Jolson and Sophie Tucker. King started out as a bouncer and bar manager and once served as a sparring partner for boxer Rocky Marciano. When a Sahara executive saw King's act at the Copacabana, he asked him to come west. King moved to Las Vegas in the early50's and was a fixture on the strip and local clubs until his death. Blessed with a powerful voice and a quick wit, Sonny King could charm and entertain young and old. He was the sidekick of Jimmy Durante for 28 years, and they appeared together on the Ed Sullivan Show five times in the 1960s. King shared a New York apartment with Dean Martin when the two were struggling entertainers, and is credited with introducing Martin to a young comedian Jerry Lewis. Though not an official member, he was close friends with many Rat Pack entertainers and Sinatra asked King to appear appeared in the Rat Pack movies "Sergeants 3", 1962 and "Robin and the Seven Hoods", 1964. He died on February 3, 2006, in Las Vegas, Nevada of cancer, aged 83. In former days everyone talked about the Rat Pack and Sonny. Yes, it's true that King was the unofficial fifth man of the Rat Pack. He would sometimes substitute for any of the original who may be ill,working somewhere else or just not able to perform. When the Pack was appearing in the Sands Hotel Copa Room Las Vegas, Sonny would always be booked into the lounge. Rat Pack leader Frank Sinatra gave King the nickname "Lounge Giant". Dean Martin, roomed with Sonny in New York in the formative days of their careers, was as close to him as anyone could be. Notable record by Sonny King "I cried for you". Scopitone made a video with this track, the film was made to be played on the Scopitone audio/visual jukebox that was popular in the mid-1960s.
Video with Sonny King clck here: http://youtu.be/NUjN-VNODfQ
Born in Chigaco,august 4th 1940,a girl with a passion for singing,was to achieve world-wide acclaim under her childhood nickname 'Timi'. Yuro's top ten recording of Hurt remains as one of the best vocal performances of 60's pop music, and she was nominated for the Grammy Award Best New Artist in 1962. Timi Yuro is considered to be one of the first "blue-eyed" soul stylist of the rock-era, and the first white female artist to sing at New York's legendary's Apollo Theater in Harlem. Frank Sinatra was going to tour to Australia in 1961, Frank asked Timi Yuro. For Timi to be on this tour as an opening act for Frank Sinatra was regarded as a huge accolade for Timi, and was a prestigious close to her first year as a professional. Timi Yuro returned to her Italian origins with the 1965 release "E poi verra 'l' autunno" - "Ti Credo", recorded for entry in Italy's San Remo festival. Timi reached the half final and won an award for her performance. Timi Yuro appeared a second time at the festival in 1968 and sang "Le solite cose". Timi appeared in a black and white Philippines film "Buhay Marino" in 1967, as a guest star with Philippine comedians Dolphy and Panchito.Yuro appeared in the Philippine movie 'Incognito' 1967 with Bernard Bonnin, Perla Bautista, Ronald Remy. At that time, the singer was very popular in the Philippines. She also sang the title tracks on the 1962 film "Satan Never Sleeps" and the 1968 film "Interlude". After her marriage with William Robert Selnick in 1969, Yuro's career took second place to the raising of her daughter, Milan. She performed only sporadically in the decade to follow, 1979 she was diagnosed with throat cancer, but recovered to cut several LP's for the Dutch market. The LP "All alone am I" (triple platinum) brought her from nearly forgotten obscurity to mayor stardom in The Netherlands, and was the #1 album of the year 1981. Willie Nelson repaid old favours, financing and appearing on her final album, "Timi Yuro Today". This vinyl album "Today" was reissued as a cd in 1991 on her own TRMI label, remastered and remixed by Yuro herself and titled "Timi Yuro Sings Willie Nelson". She was forced to undergo a tracheotomy operation in 1985, effectly ending her singing career.She lost a part of a lung in 1997,valiantly she fought cancer, but in 2004, she succumbed to braincancer.
Timi Yuro's work is admired in the United States as well as in Europe, Philippines and Asia.
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