Vic Damone

Vic Damone is the kind of singer I keep returning to when I want pure, unforced tone. Sinatra famously praised his pipes, and you hear why on "You're Breaking My Heart" and "On the Street Where You Live"—there's no showing off, just a warm, effortless line that lets the melody breathe. A Brooklyn kid who turned a gorgeous voice into a chart-topping career, he often gets overshadowed in the crooner conversation, which feels unfair. To me he's a craftsman of restraint, and the fact that he kept performing for decades only deepens my respect. The Walk of Fame star was well earned.

Name (English)

Vic Damone

Name (Japanese)

ヴィック・ダモーン

Reading

ゔぃっく・だもーん

Born

June 12, 1928 – February 11, 2018

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Dragon

Origin

Brooklyn, New York, United States

Occupation

singer / author / jazz musician / actor / musician

High school

Lafayette High School

Awards & achievements

• star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

• Official sitehttp://www.vicdamone.com/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vic%20Damone
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%80%E3%83%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q652295

Tags

• New York
• singer
• author
• jazz musician

Last updated

2026-06-17

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.