Frankie Laine

American singer, composer and author often billed as America's Number One Song Stylist, Mr. Rhythm, Old Leather Lungs, and Old Man Jazz. Married to the singer Nan Grey (1950-1993, divorce). Laine lived in Chicago's Little Italy and was the oldest of eight children born to Sicilian immigrants John and Anna Lo Vecchio, who had come from Monreale, Sicily near Palermo.