Home > Mario Lanza

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.

1 Filmography

• That Midnight Kiss , 1949
• The Toast of New Orleans , 1950
• The Great Caruso, 1951Events January events January 9 United Nations headquarters officially opens ( New York City). January 15 Ilse Koch, The "Witch of Buchenwald," wife of the commandant of the Buchenwald concentration camp, is sentenced to life imprisonment in a court in We
• Because you're mine , 1952Summary of notable events in 1952 . Events January events January 8 West Germany has 8 million refugees inside its borders. January 24 Sudden heavy snowfall in Algeria. January 24 Vincent Massey sworn in as first Canada-born Governor-General of Canada.
• The Student PrinceThe Student Prince is an operetta written by Sigmund Romberg (music) and Dorothy Donnelly (books and lyrics). The Student Prince was the most successful of Romberg's works, running for 608 performances. It opened on December 2, 1924 at Jolson's 59th Stree, 1954Events January events January 14 The Hudson Motor Car Company merges with Nash-Kelvinator forming the American Motors Corporation January 14 Marilyn Monroe weds Joe DiMaggio. January 15 Mau Mau leader Waruhiu Itote is captured in Kenya January 20 The Nati - voice only
• SerenadeIn music, a Serenade (or sometimes Serenata is, in its most general sense, a musical composition, and/or performance, in someone's honor. There are three general categories of serenade in music history. 1) In the oldest usage, which survives in informal f, 19561956 is a leap year starting on Sunday. see link for calendar) Events January January 1 End of Anglo- Egyptian Condominium in Sudan. January 16 President Gamal Abdal Nasser of Egypt vows to reconquer Palestine January 26 1956 Winter Olympic Games open in
• Seven Hills of Rome , 1958Events January January 1 Treaty of Rome founding the EU is implemented January 4 Sputnik 1 falls to Earth from its orbit (launched on October 4 1957) January 8 14 year old Bobby Fischer wins the United States Chess Championship January 18 Armed Lumbee Nat
• For the First Time , 1959

2 External Link

Mario Lanza Institute