Johnny Desmond

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It's A Lonesome Old Town 02:20 Tools
The Last Time I Saw Paris 02:13 Tools
Sleigh Ride 02:53 Tools
All Of You 02:19 Tools
This Can't Be Love 02:07 Tools
My Own True Love 03:00 Tools
There's A Small Hotel 02:17 Tools
Tenderly 02:42 Tools
A Marshmallow World 02:43 Tools
It's The Talk Of The Town 02:41 Tools
That Old Devil Moon 02:01 Tools
Old Devil Moon 02:00 Tools
The Yellow Rose of Texas 02:32 Tools
You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To 02:49 Tools
I'll Be Yours (J'Attendrai) 02:32 Tools
It Ain't Necessarily So 02:27 Tools
Sixteen Tons 02:55 Tools
Play Me Hearts and Flowers 02:46 Tools
The High and the Mighty 02:47 Tools
My Happy Time 02:23 Tools
I Got Plenty O' Nuttin' 00:00 Tools
Daddy's Little Girl 02:58 Tools
Beyond the Sea (La Mer) 02:53 Tools
An Old Fashioned Christmas 02:17 Tools
Play Me Hearts and Flowers (I Wanna Cry) 03:06 Tools
I Love You 02:40 Tools
An Old-Fashioned Christmas 02:17 Tools
Trying 03:09 Tools
Woman 02:26 Tools
Yellow Rose Of Texas 02:27 Tools
You'd Be So Nice to Come To 02:19 Tools
Ballo Italiano 02:48 Tools
It's Doom 02:50 Tools
I Want To Be Near You 02:41 Tools
Beyond the Sea (from Goodfellas) 02:54 Tools
Now Is The Time - Remastered 1955 Recording 03:15 Tools
Just Say I Love Her 02:50 Tools
I'm Thru With Love 02:47 Tools
Comme-ci, comme ça 02:27 Tools
It's the Second Time You Meet That Matters 03:50 Tools
Blue Smoke 02:50 Tools
Hello Honey 02:36 Tools
No One Ever Tells You 02:50 Tools
All The Things You Are 03:10 Tools
You Go To My Head 03:18 Tools
Twistin' Rose Of Texas 03:16 Tools
Nina Never Knew 03:15 Tools
A White Sports Coat (And a Pink Carnation) 03:20 Tools
(You Can Just Feel) Christmas In The Air 03:06 Tools
A White Sport Coat (And A Pink Carnation) 02:19 Tools
The Husking Bee 02:19 Tools
I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues 02:19 Tools
The Party's Over 02:05 Tools
Guilty 03:12 Tools
I'll Walk Alone 03:20 Tools
Keep 'Em Flying 00:00 Tools
Imagination 02:43 Tools
I'm Glad There Is You 03:04 Tools
That Old Feeling 04:19 Tools
It's A Lonesome Old Town (When You're Not Around) 02:24 Tools
Santo Natale 02:44 Tools
Why Shouldn't I 02:22 Tools
C'est Si Bon 02:20 Tools
An Old Fashioned Christmas (From 'The Stingiest Man in Town') 02:19 Tools
C'est Si Bon (It's So Good) 00:00 Tools
Last Night When We Were Young 02:20 Tools
Bella Bella Marie 03:30 Tools
An Affair To Remember 02:48 Tools
Symphony 03:14 Tools
Playe Me Hearts and Flowers 02:46 Tools
I'll Be Seeing You 03:30 Tools
Christmas Is a Time (That Will Never Change) 03:16 Tools
Happy Holidays to You 02:36 Tools
Gentlemen Marry Brunettes 02:49 Tools
Nine Never Knew 03:16 Tools
Say, Darling 03:42 Tools
The Birthday Party of the King 03:04 Tools
What A Friend We Have In Jesus 03:30 Tools
The Song from Desiree 02:28 Tools
The Aniversary Waltz 02:04 Tools
Stay Where You Are 02:36 Tools
Play Me Hearts And Flowers (I Want to Cry) 02:47 Tools
Try To Love Me 02:22 Tools
The Japanese Sandman 02:49 Tools
Now Is The Time (From “The Amazing Adele”) 02:59 Tools
You're In Love With Someone Else 02:49 Tools
My Ideal 02:49 Tools
I'll Be Yours 02:49 Tools
Pigalle 03:06 Tools
A Girl Named Mary 02:35 Tools
Where Or When 02:32 Tools
My Heart Stood Still 02:04 Tools
Now Is the Time 02:36 Tools
Rio Conchos 02:04 Tools
Amor 03:06 Tools
I'll Remember April 03:59 Tools
Sweet Bye And Bye 02:36 Tools
I Asked The Lord 02:36 Tools
The Picnic Song 03:06 Tools
Beyond The Sea 03:06 Tools
Never Again (From “The Amazing Adele”) 03:06 Tools
Now Is The Time (Remastered 1955 Recording) 03:06 Tools
Play Me Hearts And Flowers I Wanna Cry 02:35 Tools
I'm So Ashamed 02:27 Tools
Somebody Bigger Than You And I 02:04 Tools
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer 01:24 Tools
A Gay Caballero 03:14 Tools
Small Hotel 02:59 Tools
Because of You 02:59 Tools
True Love 02:59 Tools
An Old Fashioned Christmas - From 'The Stingiest Man in Town' 02:27 Tools
I Can't Get Started With You 02:49 Tools
Hawk (31) 02:27 Tools
Danger 02:27 Tools
Oh, My Darling 02:27 Tools
I Only Know I Love You 02:27 Tools
I Fall In Love With You Ev'ry Day 02:27 Tools
It's So Nice To Be Nice To Your Neighbor 02:27 Tools
Wild Guitars 02:27 Tools
I Think of You 02:27 Tools
In My Diary 02:27 Tools
Time On My Hands 02:27 Tools
There's No Happines For Me 02:27 Tools
Now Is The Time (“The Amazing Adele”) 02:27 Tools
Night And Day 02:27 Tools
You're In Love With Someone 02:27 Tools
Together 02:27 Tools
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Johnny Desmond (November 14, 1919–September 6, 1985), born Giovanni Alfredo De Simone, was a popular American singer. Contents [hide] 1 Biography 1.1 Early years 1.2 War years 1.3 Postwar era 1.4 Later years 2 External references 3 References [edit] Biography [edit] Early years He was born in Detroit, Michigan; and as a boy, sang on a local radio station, but at age 15 he quit to work at his father's grocery. He still retained a love of music, however, and briefly attended the Detroit Conservatory of Music before heading to the nightclub circuit, playing piano and singing. In 1939 he formed his own singing group. The group was first called the Downbeats, but after being hired to work with Bob Crosby's big band in 1940, it was renamed the Bob-O-Links. The group appeared on 15 commercial recordings by the Crosby orchestra, including two charted hits, "You Forgot About Me" (which reached No. 15), and "Do You Care?" (No. 18). [edit] War years In the middle of 1941 Desmond decided to leave the Bob-O-Links to go solo. He became the featured vocalist for Gene Krupa's band, replacing Howard Dulaney, in September, recording over a dozen songs, the last of which was "All Those Wonderful Years", a song from the movie Keep 'em Flying, which reached No. 21 on the US charts. In 1942 he enlisted in the United States Army, but his military service was in fact a continuation of his singing career. He was a member of Glenn Miller's Army Air Forces Orchestra and from November 1943 until some time in 1944 he toured Europe, mainly serving as a replacement for Tony Martin. He made a number of radio broadcasts with the Miller band and was even given his own show by the British Broadcasting Corporation, "A Soldier and a Song." [edit] Postwar era When the war ended, he took a job on The Breakfast Club, a radio variety program out of Chicago. He made a number of charted hit recordings: "Don't You Remember Me?" (recorded 1946, reaching No. 21 on the charts), "Guilty" (recorded December 6, 1946, reaching No. 12), "C'est si bon" (recorded May 11, 1949, reaching No. 25), "Don't Cry, Joe" (recorded May 21, 1949, reaching No. 22), "Just Say I Love Her" (recorded January 20, 1950, reaching No. 24), "The Picnic Song" (recorded April 1, 1950, reaching No. 20), "Because of You" (recorded February 10, 1951, reaching No. 17), and "Woman" (recorded September 15, 1953, reaching No. 9). On September 24, 1953 he joined with Don Cornell and Alan Dale to record "The Gang that Sang 'Heart of My Heart'," a No. 10 hit on the chart. During this time he was switching recording companies frequently. The 1946 recordings were made for RCA Victor, the 1949-51 recordings for MGM, and the 1953 recordings for Coral Records. In the 1940s and 1950s, many artists would record the same song at about the same time, and some chart hits for Desmond were also major hits for other singers. Thus "Guilty" (No. 12 for Desmond) was an even bigger hit for Margaret Whiting, with a No. 4 position. "Because of You" (No. 17 for Desmond) was a No. 1 hit for Tony Bennett. "The High and the Mighty" (No. 17 for Desmond) was No. 4 for Les Baxter and his Orchestra. And the Desmond/Dale/Cornell version of "Heart of My Heart" reached No. 10, but the Four Aces' version peaked at No. 7 on the charts. In some cases, Desmond's version was the biggest hit. Teresa Brewer also recorded "The Picnic Song" but her version did not chart. "Woman" was recorded by José Ferrer (back to back with a recording of "Man" by his wife, Rosemary Clooney), but Desmond's was the bigger version in the U.S. (though the UK Singles Chart favored the Ferrer recording). In addition, Desmond also recorded a number of versions of songs that did not chart but became hits for other singers: for example, "Mister and Mississippi" (a hit for Patti Page) and "Too Young" (a hit for Nat King Cole). In 1957, Desmond joined Boris Karloff in a guest appearance on NBC's The Gisele MacKenzie Show. In 1958, he was cast as a regular, Jim Kendall, in Joan Caulfield's short-lived NBC sitcom, Sally.[1] [edit] Later years On Broadway, Desmond appeared in Say, Darling (1958) and as Nicky Arnstein in Funny Girl, after Sydney Chaplin left the cast.[2] Desmond died of cancer in Los Angeles, California at the age of 65. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.