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Overview. Born. May 18, 1912 · Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, USA. Died. May 12, 2001 · Jupiter Inlet Colony, Florida, USA (Alzheimer's disease) Birth name. Pierino Ronald Como. Nicknames. Mr. C. The Latin Lover. Height. 5′ 6″ (1.68 m) Mini Bio.
Perry Como: Local Barber to Legendary Crooner. Perry Como was born in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, on May 18, 1912. He was the seventh of 13 children born to his Italian immigrant parents, Pietro and Lucia Como, and the first to be a citizen of the U.S. by birth.
Pierino Ronald " Perry " Como ( / ˈkoʊmoʊ /; May 18, 1912 – May 12, 2001) was an American singer, actor, and television personality. During a career spanning more than half a century, he recorded exclusively for RCA Victor for 44 years, from 1943 until 1987.
Mar 22, 2024 · Biography. 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 parents, Pietro Como and Lucia Travaglini Como.
May 13, 2001 · Perry Como, a small-town barber from Pennsylvania whose rich voice and easy manner made him one of the nation's most popular singers and entertainers in the decades after World War II,...
Born Pierino Ronald Como, Perry was the seventh son of a seventh son in a family of 13 children, and he started helping out in the local barber shop to earn extra money for the family at the age of 10. At 14, with no professional barber school training, he had his own shop with two barbers working for him.
English. ix, 300 p. : 26 cm. "Perry Como became one of the top American crooners of the 20th century and one of the first multimedia stars. His record sales exceeded 100 million. In 1948, Como crossed over to television and The Perry Como Show became the benchmark for a broadcast music and variety show.
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