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I got an invitation to go to the Olympic trials. And in the same week, I got a telegram from a... big executive at Columbia Records.

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You know the secret to dunking a ball? Big hands. You've got to be able to palm it, and I couldn't.

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I'm still going strong. I have been very blessed and still am. I love singing. Obviously, at my age, I don't tour with as many dates throughout the year as I did in the past. But I do this to honor my father who was also a singer. I still miss him and his encouragement.

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The voice muscle doesn't last forever. I have a lot of friends who are classical and opera singers. My friend Beverly Sills stopped singing in her 50s, so I'm careful with mine. But I'll keep going as long as it lets me.

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I was very fortunate to have a wonderful woman as my voice coach when I started singing professionally. I was only 19, so now it's been 60 years!

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No, I don't regret my decision at all, especially after I started this music career. My eyes were as big as saucers.

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I was a mediocre basketball player. But I was there, and I could remember the plays. And my basketball coach, after he retired from teaching, would come to my performances all the time. And I was very happy about that, because I was not memorable as a basketball player.

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When I got a chance, I went back and shared those experiences that were important to me. George Washington High, the campus at San Francisco State, and even back to Emerson Elementary school and Roosevelt Junior High. I was happy to do it, to go back and see if all the same teachers were there.

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As long as those things are on vinyl or tape or what have you, the record companies are going to release them someday.

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Tony Bennett and me are all the same... and he's still singing. I don't know what else to do.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Musician

Born: September 30th, 1935

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