The Game Of Love - Vic Damone

It's A Lonseom Old Town

This Game Of Love

Vic Damone

Orchestra under the direction of Robert Smale

Columbia Special Products - Special Re-issue CSRP 8169

From the back cover: At Lafayette High School in Brooklyn, Vic managed to sandwich in amateur dramatic work and glee club singing with his regular curriculum and at the age of fifteen made his first radio appearance on the Rainbow House Show over New York's WOR. About a year after this, Vic got a part-time job as usher at the Paramount Theater in New York with ample opportunites to observe the best singers of the day performing on stage. During one tour as an elevator operator, the young singer got a chance to give an impromptu audition for a passenger named Perry Como, who advised Vic to turn in his uniform and get out and sing.

In 1945, after performing in various servicemen's canteens, local church socials and semi-professional engagements, Damone auditioned for the Arthur Godfrey Talent Scout Show. There he met Milton Berle, who assured him that if he won the contest Berle would assist him in in getting started. After the show, winner Damone was set for an audition at La Martinique, a now-departed New York night club where many vocalists received their first big break. His engagement there lasted eleven weeks and other offers began to arrive. He was soon given his own radio show and a chance to return to the Paramount Theater as a vocalist – the same theater in which he had been an usher less than a year before.

Vic was singed for his first commercial show in 1947, the Pet Milk Program, on which he remained for two years. During that period he also appeared at the Copacabana, the Riviera, the Roxy Theater, and made two more appearances at the Paramount. In 1950, after singing at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York and the Mocambo in Hollywood, Vic signed a move contract, making his film debut with Jane Powell, Wendell Corey and Fernado Lamas in Rich, Young And Pretty.

After two years in the Army, serving both in the U.S. and Europe, Vic returned to the movies with Athena, Hit The Deck and Kismet. A recording artist of the first prominence, he has many best sellers to his credit, including On The Street Where You Live.

Alone Together

My Romance

Ain't Misbehavin'

But Beautiful

The End Of A Love Affair 

The Things We Did Last Summer

Am I Blue

I'll Be Around

It's A Lonesome Old Town

Me And My Shadow

I Like The Likes Of You

A Fellow Needs A Girl