Jerry Vale

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000Biggest hit with
You Don't Know Me
on Columbia 40710

Jerry Vale (born July 8, 1930 in Bronx , New York as Genaro Louis Vitaliano , † May 18, 2014 in Palm Desert , California ) was an American light music singer with Italian roots, who lived in the United States from the 1950s to the 1970s Was successful with his records for years.

Musical career

Vale's family had Italian ancestors; his father worked as an engineer for a mining company. At home his mother was a passionate singer who introduced her son to her wide repertoire of Italian folk songs. Vale sang these songs to the customers of the barber shop, where he cleaned their shoes when he was eleven. A little later his parents sent him to a music teacher, where he received singing lessons and learned to play the piano for four years. As a schoolboy, he began performing in New York nightclubs. When he made regular appearances at the New York Yonkers Club Del Rio at the age of 18 , he adopted the stage name Jerry Vale. In 1951 he met the singer Guy Mitchell know, who encouraged him to send his record company Columbia demo tapes. This came into the hands of then HR manager Mitch Miller , who was impressed by Vales tenor voice . He signed a recording deal with the 21-year-old, and that began Vale's impressive recording career at Columbia, which lasted an unusually long three decades.

On December 23, 1952, Vale recorded his first single . The included title You Can Never Give Me Back My Heart was his first record success; it made it into the Disk Jockeys Pic section of the music magazine Billboard in the spring of 1953 . In October 1953, he had taken with the Big Band of Harry James to Billy Strayhorn -Titel " Lush Life on". In early 1956, Vale heard Eddy Arnold 's country song You Don't Know Me in Boston . At his urging, Mitch Miller agreed to produce a cover version with Vale , which was released in May 1956 on Columbia single No. 40710. You Don't Know Me became Vale's greatest record success, reaching 14th place on the Billboard charts , and the single sold millions of times. By 1958, Vale had been able to place six titles in the charts. Then he had to go through a dry spell; only at the end of 1964 did he get back into the Billboard Hot 100 (24th place) with Have You Looked into Your Heart . He had another four successful titles by 1966, after which he, like many of his colleagues, had to pay tribute to the British Invasion and did not reach the Hot 100 until the end of his career. In the Adult Contemporary Charts , however, he still had one after 1996 Regular place, until 1971 he was listed there another 18 times, with the best listing fifth in 1967 for the title In the Back of My Heart . His last single with Columbia was released in 1974 after over 50 singles had appeared there. There are also more than 20 long-playing records, almost all of which were listed on the Billboard LP charts. The most successful LP was Christmas Greetings from Jerry Vale , which reached number 14 in the LP charts in 1964.

Vales record successes also earned him numerous television appearances, so he was a regular guest on the Ed Sullivan Show , as well as in the television shows of Johnny Carson and Mike Douglas . From 1978 onwards he appeared as a singer in several films, for example in the films Finger - Zärtlich und brutal (1978), Good Fellas - Three decades in the Mafia (1990) and Casino (1995), which were also widespread in Germany .

Vale's love of baseball was a particular highlight of his career . As a child he had played this sport on the streets of New York. He later bought the Florida minor league baseball club Daytona Beach Admirals. At the opening of the game, Vale sang the national anthem The Star-Spangled Banner , which was also pressed on record in 1963. This was awarded the gold record , which was issued in the Baseball Hall of Fame in New York.

In 2000, Vale published his autobiography entitled A Singer's Life . He died on May 18, 2014 at the age of 83 at his home in Palm Desert, California .

Discography

Albums

title Columbia No. publication
I have but one heart 8597 1963
Arrivederci, Roma 8755 1963
The Language of Love 8843 1963
Till the end of time 8916 1964
Be my love 8981 1964
Christmas Greetings from Jerry Vale 9025 1964
Standing ovation 9073 1965
Have You Looked into Your Heart 9113 1965
There goes my heart 9187 1965
It's magic 9244 1966
Great Moments on Broadway 9289 1966
The Impossible Dream 9383 1967
Time Alone Will Tell 9484 1967
You Don't Have to Say You Love Me 9574 1968
This Guy's in Love with You 9694 1968
Till 9757 1969
Where's the Playground Susie? 9838 1969
With Love, Jerry Vale ? 1969
16 Greatest Hits of the 60's 9982 1970
let it be 1021 1970
The Great Hits of Nat King Cole 31147 1972

Singles

From page Catalog no. publication
Columbia
You Can Never Give Me Back My Heart / And No One Knows 39929 January 1953
For Me / Tired of Dreaming 39990 April 1953
A Tear, a Kiss, a Smile / Ask Me 40058 August 1953
And This Is My Beloved / Two Purple Shadows 40131 November 1953
I Live Each Day / The Ghost in the Wine 40201 February 1954
Go / I'll Follow You 40260 May 1954
Innamorata (Sweetheart) / Second Ending 40634 January 1956
You Don't Know Me / Enchanted 40710 May 1956
For You, My Love / Don't You Know Me Anymore 40880 March 1957
Love in the Afternoon / I'm Not Ashamed 40941 May 1957
Pretend You Don't See Her / The Spreading Chestnut 41010 September 1957
Goodbye Now / This Is the Place (& Mary Mayo) 41141 March 1958
With You / Blue Tears (On a White Wedding Gown) 41182 May 1958
Go Chase a Moonbeam / Around the Clock 41238 August 1958
Me and My Shadow / A Warm Spot 41314 January 1959
What Do I Care / Prima Donna 41503 October 1959
The Dawn of Love (L'Edera) / If 41681 May 1960
Al Di La / Thinking of Your Happiness 42027 1961
Another Time, Another Place / If He Leaves You 42201 1961
If Ever I Should Leave You / Who Knows 42304 1961
Ah, Camminare / One Paradise for Sale 42439 1962
That's the Way It Is / I'll Never Be Lonely Again 42508 1962
My Geisha / I Can't Get You Out of My Heart 42513 July 1962
From the Bottom Of My Heart / Here's to Us 42637 November 1962
One More Blessing / Doin 'What I Said I'd Never Do 42783 February 1963
Theme for Young Lovers / Old Cape Cod 42826 July 1963
Mala Femmina / Maria Elena 42872 September 1963
On and On / The Peking Theme 42951 November 1963
The Lights of Roma / As Sure as Night Must Fall 42994 February 1964
The Love Goddess / Where Love Has Gone 43105 July 1964
Have You Looked into Your Heart / Andiamo 43181 November 1964
Tears Keep on Falling / Now 43252 March 1965
Where Were You When I Needed You / I Don't Wanna Go Home 43733 June 1965
Deep in Your Heart / If It Isn't in Your Heart 43413 September 1965
Big Wide World / Ashamed 43473 December 1965
Dommage, Dommage / Promises 43774 August 1966
Somewhere / I've Lost My Heart Again 43895 October 1966
In Time / Blame It on Me 44274 August 1967
Love Me, The Way I Love You / What a Wonderful World 44347 October 1967
Santa Mouse / Silent Night, Holy Night 44280 November 1967
My Love, Forgive Me (Amore, Scusami) / I Never Let a Day Go By 44512 1968
The Look of Love / With Penin Hand 44572 June 1968
That Girl Would Be So Pretty / Till Now 44615 August 1968
There's a Baby / Where Are They Now 44687 October 1968
Life / Congratulations, I Guess 44753 January 1969
Fa, Fa, Fa (Live For Today) / Close to Cathy 44823 April 1969
He Who Loves / Close to You 44914 June 1969
It's All in the Game / Stay Awhile 45043 November 1969
Lovin 'Time / I'll Never Fall in Love Again 45188 June 1970
Which Way You Goin 'Girl / Moonlight 45407 June 1971
I Found You (Just In Time) / Two Purple Shadows 45463 September 1971
Smile / All I Ever Wanted 45579 April 1972
He / If I Give My Heart to You 45797 February 1973
Free as The Wind / Reason to Believe 45992 December 1973
If I Could Write a Song / Woman of the World 10042 1974
Now Is Forever / Toot Toot Tootsie (Goodbye) Buddah 591 1975

Chart placements

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
US US
1963 I have but one heart US60 (48 weeks)
US
Arrivederci, Roma US34 (25 weeks)
US
The Language of Love US22 (35 weeks)
US
1964 Till the end of time US28 (18 weeks)
US
Be my love US26 (22 weeks)
US
1965 Standing ovation US55 (18 weeks)
US
Recorded live on May 30, 1964 at Carnegie Hall
Have You Looked into Your Heart US30 (23 weeks)
US
There goes my heart US42 (17 weeks)
US
1966 It's magic US38 (17 weeks)
US
Great Moments on Broadway US111 (4 weeks)
US
1967 The Impossible Dream US117 (23 weeks)
US
Time Alone Will Tell US128 (6 weeks)
US
1968 You Don't Have to Say You Love Me US163 (7 weeks)
US
This Guy's in Love with You US135 (20 weeks)
US
1969 Till US90 (12 weeks)
US
Where's the Playground Susie? US180 (4 weeks)
US
With Love, Jerry Vale US193 (2 weeks)
US
1970 Jerry Vale Sings 16 Greatest Hits of the 60's US196 (2 weeks)
US
let it be US189 (4 weeks)
US
1971 Jerry Vale Sings the Great Hits of Nat King Cole US200 (2 weeks)
US

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
US US
1954 Two purple shadows US20 (2 weeks)
US
1956 Innamorata (Sweetheart) US30 (12 weeks)
US
with Percy Faith & His Orchestra
You don't know me US14 (24 weeks)
US
with Percy Faith & His Orchestra
from the film Painter and Girls
1957 Pretend You Don't See Her US45 (13 weeks)
US
with Percy Faith & His Orchestra
Author: Steve Allen
1958 Go Chase a Moonbeam US60 (7 weeks)
US
1964 Have You Looked into Your Heart US24 (10 weeks)
US
1965 For mom US54 (6 weeks)
US
Tears Keep On Falling US96 (3 weeks)
US
Where Were You When I Needed You US99 (1 week)
US
1966 Dommage, dommage (Too Bad, Too Bad) US93 (2 weeks)
US

bibliography

  • Jerry Vale: A Singer's Life . Celebrity Profiles Publishing Co. 2000, ISBN 978-1-57579-176-0 .
  • The Jazz Discography, West Vancouver, Lord Music Reference, distributed by Cadence Jazz Books, Redwood New York.

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  1. ↑ a b Jery ​​Vale in the US charts (Billboard, data from 1958)

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personal data
SURNAME Vale, Jerry
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Vitaliano, Genaro Louis (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American singer
DATE OF BIRTH July 8, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Bronx , New York , USA
DATE OF DEATH May 18, 2014
Place of death Palm Desert , California , USA