caption death_date death_place years_active birth_place label name background birth_date genre image article_title birth_name occupation
martino in 2005 13 october 2009 springfield , pennsylvania , u.s. 1948 -- 2009 philadelphia , pennsylvania , u.s. capitol al martino solo_singer 7 october 1927 jazz , swing , traditional pop , easy listening al martino.jpg al martino
 jasper cini singer , actor
al martino

al martino -lrb- born jasper cini ; october 7 , 1927 -- october 13 , 2009 -rrb- was an american singer and actor .
he had his greatest success as a singer between the early 1950s and mid-1970s , being described as `` one of the great italian american pop crooners '' , and also became well known as an actor , particularly for his role as singer johnny fontane in `` the godfather '' .
