Alan Dale

Alan Dale (born Aldo Sigismondi) was once one of America's biggest singing stars. His baritone was heard on Pérez Prado's million-selling 1955 hit, "Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White," while his tune "Sweet and Gentle" introduced the cha-cha to North America. He placed second after Frank Sinatra in the radio poll Battle of the Baritones in 1948, and received nearly half the votes as "best male singer" in a popularity poll conducted by radio show Make Believe Ballroom. He even played a role in early rock & roll, starring in Alan Freed's film Don't Knock the Rock. The son o...