Al Martino
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Oct 13, 2026
James GoldenHOST
went to number one back in 1979, all that today.
James GoldenHOST
And I tell you what, there's a guy that many of you don't know, we gotta go to break, but his name is Al Martino.
James GoldenHOST
If you watch The Godfather, he was Johnny Fontaine, but he had hits before then.
James GoldenHOST
I love you because Spanish eyes, I love you more and more every day, Al Martino.
James GoldenHOST
passed away on this day at age 82 back in 2009.
James GoldenHOST
We got a clip of the day coming up.
Luca ScottHOST
Just the first one.
Luca ScottHOST
Al Martino.
Luca ScottHOST
What was...
Mitch MelnickHOST
Yes, Al Martino.
Mitch MelnickHOST
Terrific singer.
Mitch MelnickHOST
Here's a trivia question.
speaker_0HOST
That, of course, is Alka-Seltzer for some of you who don't remember.
speaker_0HOST
Al Martino passed away in 2009 at the age of 82 from a heart attack.
speaker_0HOST
Legendary Italian-American pop crooner who had the first UK number one single with Here in My Heart, as well as portraying Johnny Fontaine in The Godfather.
speaker_0HOST
Yes, he's the one that Marlon Brando jacked up in the beginning of the movie and said, You can act like a man! Great movie, by the way.
John WingHOST
This one was written by Johnny Ferro and Marty Symes, S-Y-M-E-S. Johnny adapted the melody from the Italian tune O Marin- O Marinariello, O Marinariello.
John WingHOST
Frank Sinatra recorded it with the Alex Stordhall Orchestra in November of 1945, and then in 1972, Francis Coppola decided it would be a great song for Al Martino, who was essentially playing Sinatra, to sing at the wedding of Connie Corleone and Carlo Rizzi at the opening-- in the opening sequence of The Godfather.
John WingHOST
So this is the bad piano player and the bad wedding singer with I Have But One Heart.
John WingHOST
[piano music]
John WingHOST
You are my one love, my life I live for you.
John WingHOST
I have but one heart to give to you.
John WingHOST
And that was me channeling Al Martino.
John WingHOST
And I hope it was all right.
Frankie AvalonGUEST
One, two, three, four.
Frankie AvalonGUEST
[drum music] When there was a singer by the name of Al Martino, who was number one in the world with a song called Here in My Heart, uh, I heard in the neighborhood that one of the neighbors, Silvio, was giving him a party, and our neighborhood just loved and admired the fact that he was such a big star.
Frankie AvalonGUEST
So they threw this party, and there was a big crowd outside of this, this little row house.
Frankie AvalonGUEST
And I took my horn, and I kinda wiggled my way through everybody and knocked on the door.
Frankie AvalonGUEST
I knew he was in the neighborhood.
Frankie AvalonGUEST
But he said, "Yeah, what do you want?" I said, "Well, I'm a trumpet player.
Frankie AvalonGUEST
I'd like to play my trumpet for Al Martino." He said, "Come on in, kid." So I went in.
Frankie AvalonGUEST
They were having a party.
Bob CordaroHOST
After military service, Charlie worked for 15 years at Capitol Records in Scranton as a quality control manager.
Bob CordaroHOST
He had the opportunity in this position to meet and work with musical performers such as the Beach Boys, Al Martino, Nat King Cole.
Bob CordaroHOST
He worked at Capitol during the busy years of the production of records for the Beatles.
Bob CordaroHOST
When they closed in Scranton, he embarked on a new career.
Bob CordaroHOST
After military service, Charlie worked for 15 years at Capitol Records in Scranton as a quality control manager.
Bob CordaroHOST
He had the opportunity in this position to meet and work with musical performers such as the Beach Boys, Al Martino, Nat King Cole.
Bob CordaroHOST
He worked at Capitol during the busy years of the production of records for the Beatles.
Bob CordaroHOST
When they closed in Scranton, he embarked on a new career.
Jackie BrowneGUEST
... for the first few months, but I hung in there enough that I kept it for a year, then I kept it for three years.
Jackie BrowneGUEST
Al Martino, Four Aces, Four Lads, uh, uh, uh, uh, some lady named Alicia Keys.
Dan KaneHOST
So-
Jackie BrowneGUEST
So a lot of people were coming through, a lot of the Philly acts.
Tony KornheiserHOST
[laughs] And may their first child- [laughs] ... be a masculine child.
Tony KornheiserHOST
Anyway, uh, Al Martino, who played Fontaine, would've been 99 years old today.
Tony KornheiserHOST
Al Martino- Wow ... was a, a singer.
Tony KornheiserHOST
Yes.
Tony KornheiserHOST
You know, a crooner.
speaker_0HOST
Very well written.
speaker_0HOST
Al Martino, real name Jasper Sinney, was born in 1927.
speaker_0HOST
Traditional pop singer and actor who had his very first number one single in the UK with the song Here in My Heart.
speaker_0HOST
That was back in 1952.
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