You'll Never Walk Alone - Mario Lanza

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...Al Martino's biggest claim to fame is that he was the first artist to have a UK No 1 single. When the very first Top 40 was published in November 1952, his "Here In My Heart" sat proudly on top of the pile. It's nice to think that whatever else can happen in your career, they can't take that away from you. What fun it is to look at that first chart. All those great singers like Mario Lanza (a close friend of Al's), Vera Lynn, Guy Mitchell and…..er, Max Bygraves with the immortal "Cowpuncher's Cantata". But we're getting off track somewhat so back to Mr Martino. He was born Alfred Cini in Philadelphia on 7/10/27 and began his singing career with help from Mario Lanza, the Italian-American opera singer. Indeed it was Lanza who passed over the opportunity to record "Here In My Heart" that allowed Al Martino his big break... Read review

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Advantages: Relaxing beautiful harmonies and vocals
Disadvantages: None that I found

...( Toni Braxton) in Italian/ Spanish and also of Frank Sinatras "My Way" . I was completely captivated by the whole ambience of the cd - It is clearly the best Cd I possess. It is romantic, moving, exhilarating, powerful, words cannot describe the mix of emotions it produced. It completely blows G4 out of the water, these four men are in a class of their own - they are all from musical theatrical backgrounds from Madrid, Paris, USA and Geneva, they are all very attractive to look at but most of all they have voices to woo even the hardest of women (or men actually) !!! Carlos from Madrid has the aire of Mario Lanza ( I'm not old enough to remember him but my parents have his LP's !!! ) Sebastian's vocals in Passara are sharp crisp and pitch perfect. They all could be singing about boiled onions and rotten eggs in Spanish or Italian the pure... Read review

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Advantages: You should be able to get through every track
Disadvantages: Not an instant classic

...second studio album, 'Turning Point', titled for having a more mature direction. 'Turning Point' would peak at #13 in the US, and #7 in the UK, whilst the album was best known for featuring Mario's biggest hit to date, 'Let Me Love You', spending nine weeks at the top of the US Billboard. 'Let Me Love You' garnered ringtone download totals still to be beaten. We would then have to wait for Mario's third studio album, 'Go!', as he divided his time up between his music career and an acting career - making appearances in 'Step Up' and 'Freedom Writers'. The album was originally set for release in 2006 under the title 'Effortless' and was for the first time going to be promoted using his full-name of Mario Barrett, however over a year after the projects originally intended release there had been an entire overhaul. 'Go!' would become Mario... Read review

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