Mario Lanza
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Mario Lanza (31 January 1921 - 7 October 1959) (born Alfredo Arnold Cocozza) was an Italian American operatic tenor and Hollywood movie star, enjoying success in the 1950s.
Lanza was educated in the Berkshire School of Music. His first performances were with Victor Recordings, and he was eventually very successful on radio and concert tours; he appeared on Winged Victory while in the Air Force. Lanza's short career covered radio, concerts, recordings, and motion pictures. He was the first artist for Victor Red Seal to receive a gold disc. He was also the first artist to sell two and half million albums. To date he has sold over 50,000,000 albums. He died at the age of thirty-eight of a heart attack.
Filmography
- That Midnight Kiss, 1949
- The Toast of New Orleans, 1950
- The Great Caruso, 1951
- Because you're mine, 1952
- The Student Prince, 1954 - voice only
- Serenade, 1956
- Seven Hills of Rome, 1958
- For the First Time, 1959
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