Jerry Vale (b. July 8, 1932) is an American singer. July 8 is the 189th day of the year (190th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 176 days remaining. ... 1932 is a leap year starting on a Friday. ... LeAnn Rimes singing in concert For other senses of this word, see singer (disambiguation). ...

He was born Genaro Louis Vitaliano in the borough of The Bronx in New York City. In high school, in order to make some money, he took a job shining shoes in a barbershop in New York City. He sang while he shined shoes, and his boss liked the sound so well that he paid for music lessons for the boy. Enjoying the lessons, Jerry started singing in high school musicals and at a local club. This led to additional club dates, including one that lasted for three years at a club in the suburb of Yonkers, just north of the city. Guy Mitchell heard him there and arranged for him to record some demonstration records of songs written by an acquaintance. When some of these demos got to Columbia Records, the Artists & Repertory manager there, Mitch Miller, liked the singer better than the songs. Jerry Vale was soon signed to a Columbia contract. The Bronx is one of the five boroughs of New York City in the United States. ... Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the United States, the most densely populated major city in North America, and is at the center of international finance, politics, entertainment, and culture. ... Yonkers, bordering the New York City borough of the Bronx and just 2 miles north of Manhattan at the closest point of each, is the fourth largest city in the U.S. state of New York, with a population of 196,086 (according to the 2000 census). ... Guy Mitchell (February 22, 1927-July 1, 1999) was an American pop singer, who was even more successfull in the United Kingdom than his homeland, despite being a international recording star of the 1950s with five #1 singles. ... Columbia Records is the oldest continually used brand name in recorded sound, dating back to 1888. ... Mitch Miller (born July 4, 1911) is remembered as one of the best-selling recording artists of the 1950s and early 60s. ...

Jerry and Rita, his wife of 41 years, reside in Los Angeles.

Hit records

• You Can Never Give Me Back My Heart
• Innamorata
• You Don't Know Me
• Two Purple Shadows
• Have You Looked Into Your Heart?

Innamorata is a song written in 1955. ... Words and music for You Dont know Me were written by Cindy Walker and Eddy Arnold in 1955. ...

External references

• Bio on NNDB site
• Bio on VH1 site
• Another bio
• Another bio
• Remembering Jerry Vale