Gerard Butler plants a kiss on girlfriend Morgan Brown before she cheekily grabs his bottom during a romantic getaway in Florence Martino's publicist Sandy Friednam confirmed the 82-year-old singer's death at his home in the Philadelphia suburb of Springfield. Marines during World War II, and was wounded during the invasion of Iwo Jima. Sales figures were taken from just a handful of shops, mainly in London, compared with the nationwide network of stores used to compile more recent charts. ![]() He also scored hits with Spanish Eyes and The Man From Laramie during a 50-year career.įormer bricklayer Martino, an Italian-American born Alfred Cini, also had an acting career and played crooner Johnny Fontane in The Godfather and The Godfather: Part III, a role said to have been based on Frank Sinatra.Īt the time Martino topped the first UK 'hit parade', the chart was compiled in a very different way. ![]() His song Here In My Heart claimed the number one position when the New Musical Express introduced its chart in November 1952, and it remained there for nine weeks, a record which has been beaten by only six records since. ![]() star, who also had a film role in The Godfather, died at his childhood home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday. Martino in 1952, when his number one hit single Here In My Heart topped the UK chartsĪl Martino, the first singer to top the UK charts, has died at the age of 82.
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