Julius La Rosa

Julius La Rosa (January 2, 1930 - May 12, 2016) was an Italian-American traditional popular music singer, who worked in both radio and television beginning in the 1950s. La Rosa was born in Brooklyn, New York. In 1947, at age 17, he joined the United States Navy after finishing high school, becoming a radioman. He sang in a Navy choir, at the officers club, and at bars to pay for his drinks. The young sailor's Navy buddies managed to promote him to Arthur Godfrey - at the time one of America's leading radio and television personalities