Why is it that I, being of true Italian –American stock, do not have one iota of musical talent while so many Italian-Americans of my generation, (my goombahs, so to speak) have dominated the Top Music Charts over the years? I mean like not only the biggies like Frank (Born Francis Albert Sinatra) and Dean (Born Dino Paul Crocetti) and Tony (Born Anthony Dominick Benedetto), but take a gander at some of these other musical giants.
Al Martino (Born Jasper
Cini )
Lady GaGa (Born Stefani
Joanne Angelina Germanotta)
Madonna (Born: Madonna
Louise Ciccone)
Julius La Rosa (Born:
Why change a great name?)
Frankie Vali (Born Francesco
Stephen Castelluccio)
Perry Como (Born Pierino
Ronald Como)
Frankie Laine (Born
Francesco Paolo LoVecchio)
Bobby Darin (Born Walden
Robert Cassotto)
Connie Francis (Born Concetta Rosa Maria Franconero)
Annette Joanne Funicello
(Go with it)
Bon Jovi (Born John Francis Bongiovi Jr.)
Lou Christie (Born Luigi
Alfredo Giovanni Sacco)
Frankie Avalon (Born
Francis Thomas Avallone)
Vic Damon (Born Vito
Rocco Farinol)
Jerry Vale (Born Genaro
Louis Vitaliano)
Dion (Born Dion Francis
DiMucci)
Oh, well, someone once told me I can carry a tune . . . then they added: "Carry it out of town, and bury it!" But I did have a guitar once, couldn't play, but it was a great prop for my Elvis impersonations. Thank goodness for lip-syncin
