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Tony Martin (American singer)
American actor and singer (1913–2012)
Musical artist
Alvin Morris (December 25, 1913 – July 27, 2012), known professionally as Tony Martin, was an American actor and popular singer.
His career spanned over seven decades, and he scored dozens of hits between the late-1930s and mid-1950s with songs such as "Walk Hand in Hand", "I Love Paris", "Stranger in Paradise" and "I Get Ideas". He was married to actress and dancer Cyd Charisse for 60 years, from 1948 until her death in 2008.
Life and career
[edit]Alvin Morris was born on December 25, 1913, in San Francisco,[1][2] the son of Hattie (née Smith) and Edward Clarence Morris.[3][4] His family was Jewish, and all of his grandparents had emigrated from Eastern Europe.[3] He was raised in Oakland, California.[5] At the age of ten, he received a saxophone as a gift from his grandmother.[6] He went to Oakland High School
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English, Scottish, Irish, French, Walloon, Breton, Dutch, Flemish, German, Czech, Slovak, Croatian, Italian (Veneto); Spanish (Martín): from a personal name derived from Latin Martinus, itself a derivative of Mars, genitive Martis, the Roman god of fertility and war, whose name may derive ultimately from a root mar ‘gleam’. This was borne by a famous 4th-century Christian saint, Martin of Tours, and consequently became extremely popular throughout Europe in the Middle Ages. In North America, the surname Martin has absorbed cognates and derivatives from other languages, e.g. Slovak and Rusyn (from Slovakia) Marcin , Albanian Martini , Polish surnames beginning with Marcin-, and Slovenian patronymics like Martinčič (see Martincic ). Martin is the most frequent surname in France and one of the most frequent surnames in Wallonia.
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Tony Martin
Tony Martin | |
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Martin in 1953 | |
| Birth name | Alvin Morris |
| Born | (1913-12-25)December 25, 1913 San Francisco, California |
| Died | July 27, 2012(2012-07-27) (aged 98) Los Angeles, California |
| Genres | Big grupp music Traditional pop music |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, actor |
| Years active | 1933–2009 |
| Labels | Decca Records, Mercury Records, RCA Victor, Motown Records |
Tony Martin (born Alvin Morris, December 25, 1913 – July 27, 2012) was an American actor and singer who was married to performer Cyd Charisse for 60 years.
Biography
[change | change source]Early life
[change | change source]Martin was born as Alvin Morris in San Francisco, California,[1] the son of Hattie (née Smith) and Edward Clarence Morris.[2][3]
Career
[change | change source]In movies, he was first cast in a number of bit parts, including a role as a sailor in the movie Follow the Fleet (1936), starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Ro