Fred Travalena - The Manhattan Christmas Suite
Earlier this year, I was browsing over at Amazon.com and had some time to kill. So I decided to check my personalized recommendations - an operation that could last up to three days thanks to the varied selection of Christmas albums I've purchased there over the years. After flipping through several dozen Christmas CDs I already owned, this CD came into view and I was stunned. For those of you not familiar with the artist, you're probably thinking "just another Christmas CD". However, I sat up in my chair and queried "Mr. Everybody can SING???" Fred Travalena was born in The Bronx on October 6, 1942 and raised on Long Island. He signed on as a teen with the U.S. Army and served in Special Services where his singing garnered him an "All-Army Entertainment" award for best singer! However, Fred's mimicry of celebrities caught the attention of audiences. This led to his big break in 1972 when ABC picked him as one of several imperson...