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June 17, 2009

Sonny King: I Cried For You [SCOPE LOUNGE] via: Lethal Dose

Best Scopitone EVER, from the King of Scopitones, Sonny King.

American lounge singer Sonny King (April 1, 1922 February 3, 2006) was born Luigi Antonio Schiavone on April 1, 1922 in Brooklyn, New York. He was the sidekick of Jimmy Durante for 28 years, and they appeared together on the Ed Sullivan Show five times in the 1960s. King shared a New York apartment with Dean Martin when the two were struggling entertainers, and is credited with introducing Martin to a young comedian Jerry Lewis. Though not an official member, he was close friends with many Rat Pack entertainers and appeared in the Rat Pack movies Robin and the Seven Hoods and Sergeants 3. He died on February 3, 2006, in Las Vegas, Nevada of cancer, aged 83.


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