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Sergio Franchi
Sergio Franchi (April 6, 1926 – May 1, 1990), born Sergio Franci Galli, was an Italian-American tenor and actor who enjoyed a meteoric rise to fame in the USA as a multimedia star and recording artist after being discovered on British television in 1962. Subsequent to a trans-Atlantic taped audition, RCA Victor signed him to an exclusive seven-year contract. Sol Hurok managed Franchi's initial American concert tour with a debut performance at Carnegie Hall in New York City. One of the most popular acts in show business, Sergio Franchi was a favorite headliner in Las Vegas, and his cabaret and concert appearances filled the largest venues on four continents. His earliest ambitions and studies were directed toward an operatic career, but fate intervened as opportunities opened instead in popular and romantic music. Franchi performed musical comedies on stage, appeared on numerous television variety shows, and starred in a major motion picture. He became an American citizen in 1972. Throughout his career, Sergio Franchi was a generous benefactor and philanthropist, donating his time and talent to many causes. For his longtime support of Boys' and Girls' Towns of Italy, he was posthumously awarded the title of ''Cavaliere'' in the "Order of Merit" (Stella al merito del lavoro) by the Italian Government. His performing career spanned thirty-six years before his death at age 64 due to cancer. After his death, a foundation was formed in his name to award scholarships to talented young singers.
==Early life in Italy==
Sergio was one of three children born to a Neapolitan father and Ligurian (Genoa) mother,〔Solt, Andrew (Producer). Sergio Franchi. ''Sergio Franchi on The Ed Sullivan Show.'' Sofa Entertainment, n.d., DVD.〕 Sergio, Mirella, and Fausta (born 17 years after the older two) were all born in the Lombardy District. This includes Milan, Cremona, and the smaller village of Codogno - where he was born. Some geographical over-simplifications resulted in listing Sergio's birthplace as Cremona, and Fausta's (Dana Valery) birthplace as "near Milan."〔Russell, Gloria (June 30, 2007). "A new look for an old inn." ''The Westerly Sun.'' Westerly, RI.〕 Because the family also lived in Cremona, Franchi called both Codogno and Cremona his "hometown" at different periods in his life.〔 Sergio Franchi stated for the record several times in later life that his birthplace was Codogno, in the province of Lodi,〔Moorehouse, Rebecca (August, 1983). "A theatregoer's notebook: Latins are tender lovers." ''"Nine," Playbill, 46th St. Theater, I(11). New York City. ISSN 0745-9076. (p.12, Codogno is Sergio's hometown)〕〔"Ask the Globe." (May 1, 1999). ''The Boston Globe.'' Boston, MA. (Sergio Franchi born in Codogno, Italy)〕〔Christy, Marian (September 30, 1983). "Sergio Franchi: From Italy to Las Vegas." ''The Boston Globe.'' Boston, MA.〕 An uncle who owned a vineyard in Alassio (near Sanremo on the Italian Riviera) was instrumental in family life on various occasions.〔〔
As a child, Sergio would sing for the family with his father, who played the piano and guitar.〔 At age ten, he sang a comic role as a hunchback in a school play.〔 Young Franchi formed a three-piece band at age sixteen to earn pocket money, and then later sang with a male vocal group in local jazz clubs. But, in spite of his musical talents, he soon followed his father's wishes that he pursue a career in engineering. Franchi pursued, but did not finish this training.〔Brown, Carol (September 11, 1983). "Sergio Franchi takes over in Nine." ''The Day (New London).'' New London, CT.〕 The senior Galli had been a successful businessman who owned several shops, but lost all of his assets during World War II and the German occupation.〔 After the war, he became friendly with a Captain in the South African medical corps who was stationed nearby. He soon followed the officer's suggestion that South Africa would be a land of more opportunity, and he immigrated to Johannesburg.〔''Sergio Franchi Souvenir Program,''(Raydell, New York,1974)〕 The family followed in 1947 (Fausta was four years old)〔Chilvers, Garth & Tom Jasiukowicz (1994). ''History of Contemporary Music of South Africa, Part 1'' (Toga Pub., Braamfontein, South Africa) ISBN 0-620-18121-4〕 when Sergio completed his compulsory military service at age twenty-one.〔
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