The seventh son of a seventh son, Como started out playing trombone in the
Canonsburg town brass band, near Pittsburgh, and was the organist in the local
church. After graduating from school, he opened a barber shop before adopting
Bing Crosby's crooning style to sing with the Freddy Carlone Band, later joining
the Ted Weems Orchestra. Signed to CBS, he became a popular night club singer
and had his first hit in 1945 with the ballad Till The End Of Time. He landed
his own TV show and was the first artist to have 10 records sell more than a
million with some of the biggest hits of...