Fun-loving jazz singer who performed with Keely Smith.
Before Fame
He had a racially tolerant childhood growing up with the black community in New Orleans.
Trivia Fact
He was expelled from his high school for misbehavior.
Family Life:
He got married 5 times: first to Louise Polizzi on June 25, 1929, then to Alma Ross in 1935, then to Tracelene Barrett on June 17, 1948, then to Keely Smith on July 13, 1953, and finally to Gia Maione in 1962.
Associated With
Listening to Louis Armstrong encouraged him to explore the jazz field.
