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Al Martino (born Alfred Cini, October 7, 1927, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an Italian-American singer and actor.
Career
After service with the United States Marine Corps|U.S. Marines in World War II, including being a part of the Iwo Jima invasion where he was wounded, he commenced his singing career.
His single (music)|single "Here in My Heart" was number one in the first UK Singles Chart, published by the NME|''New Musical Express'' on November 14, 1952, putting him into the Guinness Book of Records|Guinness Book of World Records. The song stayed there for nine weeks, and accordingly he was the only act to top the charts in the UK in 1952. Al Martino has stated that Mario Lanza dropped his plans to record this song after he called Lanza in Los Angeles and explained that his own recording would be neglected if he did so.
One of the most successful Martino Chart topper|hits was "Spanish Eyes", achieving several music recording sales certification|gold and music recording sales certification|platinum discs for sales. Recorded in 1965, the song reached number 5 on the UK Singles Chart when re-issued in 1973. Even today, this classic by composer Bert Kaempfert (his original title for the song was "Moon Over Naples") is among the 50 most-played songs worldwide. Another hit was "Volare (song)|Volare", (also known as "Nel bl... read all
