Tony Fontane

Tony Fontane – Sings of Decision, Comfort, Assurance (1967/2017) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

Studio Masters By admin · October 12, 2023 · Comments off

Tony Fontane was a popular American recording artist in the 1940s and 1950s who gave up his career in popular music to become a gospel singer following a near-fatal car accident in 1957. Due to his high, clear tenor voice and unrelenting sense of purpose, he became one of the world’s most famous gospel singers, performing in concert halls and churches around the globe and recording many albums for RCA. “Tony Fontane Sings of Decision-Comfort-Assurance” has been originally released as RCA Victor LPM/LSP-3800, in 1967.

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Tony Fontane – Farther Than My Eyes Can See (1966/2016) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

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Tony Fontane (1925–1974) was a popular American recording artist in the 1940s and 1950s who, following a near-fatal car accident in 1957, gave up his popular career to pursue one as a gospel singer. Thanks to his high, clear tenor voice and unrelenting sense of purpose, he became one of the world’s most famous gospel singers, performing in concert halls and churches around the globe and recording many quality albums for RCA. –wikipedia

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Tony Fontane – An Evening Concert by Tony Fontane (1965/2015) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

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Tony Fontane was born Anthony Trankina on Sept. 18, 1925, in Ann Arbor, Michigan. After a stint in the Coast Guard during World War II, he hit the nightclub circuits in New York and Chicago hoping for a break as a singer. Using the stage name Tony Fontane, he won the Major Bowes Amateur Hour, which started him on a career as a popular singer. He recorded for Mercury Records, with his biggest hits being “The Syncopated Clock” and “Cold, Cold Heart,” which sold 1.4 million records in 1950. He toured Australia in two shows, and made several hit records in that country. In 1957, back in the United States, Fontane was involved in a car crash that put him in a coma for more than a month and severely threatened his life. After recovering, he devoted his life solely to Christian music and, by the 1960s, was one of the most famous gospel singers in the world. A recording contract with RCA produced 20 or more very successful gospel albums. On June 30, 1974, Fontane died at the age of 48. His funeral at Forest Lawn Memorial Park was attended by an estimated 10,000 people. (more…)