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Mario Lanza
Mario Lanza was an American tenor and actor. He was a Hollywood film star popular in the late 1940s and the 1950s. Lanza began studying to be a professional singer at the age of 16. After appearing at the Hollywood Bowl in 1947, Lanza signed a seven-year film contract with Louis B. Mayer, the head of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, who saw his performance and was impressed by his singing. Prior to that, the…
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entertainment · American tenor and actor (1921–1959) · opera singer · film actor · recording artist · singer · actor · also Mario Lanza, Alfredo Arnold Cocozza, Alfred Arnold Cocozza, Lanza
Born 31 January 1921 · Died 7 October 1959 · Q299331
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2026· 2 entries
Public attention spiked: 7,381 Wikipedia readers in one day, 19.7× the usual 375, with 0 article edits.
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2019· 1 entry
Released album “Absolutely Christmas”.
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2011· 2 entries
Released album “Famous Opera Arias”.
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Released album “Mario Lanza Sings Caruso”.
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2010· 1 entry
Released album “100 Hits Legends: Mario Lanza”.
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2008· 2 entries
Released album “The Song Is You”.
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González recalled that Lanza was "very correct, likeable, with a powerful and beautiful voice"
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2007· 1 entry
Released album “The Essential Mario Lanza”.
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2006· 2 entries
Released album “The Essential Collection”.
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Released album “The Best of Mario Lanza”.
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2004· 2 entries
Released album “Mario Lanza - Serenade (Soundtrack) & A Cavalcade of Show Tunes”.
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Released album “The Definitive Collection”.
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2003· 2 entries
Released album “His Most Beautiful Songs”.
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Released album “The Christmas Album”.
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2001· 2 entries
Released album “42 Great Performances”.
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Released album “Song of Songs”.
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1999· 1 entry
Released album “The Platinum Collection”.
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1998· 4 entries
Released album “BBC Music, Volume 6, Number 8: The Grand Tradition”.
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A Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs, California, Walk of Stars was dedicated to him
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Released album “The Greatest Hits of Mario Lanza – Volume II”.
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Released album “The Four Great Tenors”.
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1996· 2 entries
Released album “With a Song in My Heart: The Love Collection”.
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Released album “O Sole Mio”.
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1995· 6 entries
Released album “Lanza: Greatest Hits”.
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Released album “You'll Never Walk Alone”.
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Released album “MARIO! Lanza at His Best”.
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Released album “Virtuoso Collection”.
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Released album “Audio News Collection Volume 9 - Ópera Gala”.
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Released album “Discovery Sampler: Classical, Volume 1”.
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1994· 4 entries
Released album “Live from London”.
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Released album “The Very Best of Mario Lanza”.
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Released album “The Ultimate Collection”.
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José Carreras paid tribute to Lanza during a worldwide concert tour, saying, "If I'm an opera singer, it's thanks to Mario Lanza
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1992· 2 entries
Released album “Ave Maria”.
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Released album “The Collection”.
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1991· 5 entries
Released album “Be My Love”.
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Released album “The Mario Lanza Collection”.
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Released album “Magnificent Mario”.
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Released album “Double Feature, Vol. 1: For the First Time - That Midnight Kiss”.
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Released album “Welterfolge”.
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1989· 2 entries
Released album “Mario Lanza Sings Songs from The Student Prince & The Desert Song”.
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Released album “The Student Prince and The Desert Song”.
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1988· 2 entries
Released album “The Magic of Mario Lanza”.
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Released album “CD Diamond Series: 16 Top Tracks”.
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1987· 1 entry
Released album “The Legendary Tenor”.
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1983· 1 entry
And nominated for a Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Informational Series or Special that same year
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1969· 1 entry
Released album “Christmas Hymns and Carols”.
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1968· 1 entry
Released album “Be My Love: The Golden Voice of Mario Lanza”.
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1964· 1 entry
Released album “I'll See You in My Dreams”.
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1959· 3 entries
Died 1959-10-07.
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Entered Rome's Valle Giulia clinic for the purpose of losing weight for an upcoming film
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Was still "the most famous tenor in the world"
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1957· 1 entry
Released album “You Do Something to Me”.
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1956· 1 entry
Released album “Lanza Sings Christmas Carols”.
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1954· 2 entries
Released album “A Kiss and Other Love Songs”.
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Released album “Mario Lanza sings the Hit Songs From the Student Prince and Other Great Musical Comedies”.
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1952· 3 entries
Released album “Sings From M-G-M’s Because You’re Mine”.
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Lanza was suspended and ultimately fired by MGM after he had recorded the songs for his next film, The Student Prince (1954)
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Released ep “Sings Selections From Because You’re Mine”.
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1951· 2 entries
Released album “Mario Lanza Sings Christmas Songs”.
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Starred as tenor Enrico Caruso, his idol, in the biopic The Great Caruso, which produced another million-seller with "The Loveliest Night of the Year" (a song which used the melody of Sobre las Olas)
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1950· 2 entries
Released album “The Great Caruso”.
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His recording of "Be My Love" from the latter became the first of three million-selling singles for the young tenor, earning him enormous fame in the process
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1947· 1 entry
Lanza signed a seven-year film contract with Louis B
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1942· 2 entries
After a period of study with conductors Boris Goldovsky and Leonard Bernstein
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Koussevitzky provided young Cocozza with a full student scholarship to the Berkshire Music Center at Tanglewood, Massachusetts
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1921· 1 entry
Born 1921-01-31.
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