1. From Watertown, New York, Gary started singing at the age of 5.
14 Facts About John Gary
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At the age of 10, John Gary had won two pins of distinction from the American Theatre Wing Merchant Seaman's Club for the Stage Door Canteen.
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John Gary sang in movies, on Broadway, had his own prime time network television variety series and appeared at Carnegie Hall, with numerous orchestras.
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John Gary appeared thirty times as a guest on The Tonight Show with Jack Paar, Steve Allen and Johnny Carson.
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John Gary traveled across the US and Canada with approximately 40 concerts per year.
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John Gary appeared at the Blue Room of the Roosevelt Hotel.
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John Gary performed The John Gary Show, three fifteen-minute shows a week, presaging his national show a decade later, a summer replacement for the Danny Kaye Show.
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John Gary was considered by many to be one of the most talented of popular singers due to his extraordinary breath control and tonal quality of his voice.
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John Gary's singing ranged from robust baritone to a high sweet tenor often in the same song.
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John Gary first recorded on Fraternity Records between 1958 and 1960.
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John Gary was a favorite singer of fellow RCA Victor artist Elvis Presley.
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John Gary had five songs that made the adult contemporary chart in Billboard magazine.
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John Gary served honorably in the United States Marine Corps.
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John Gary died in 1998 at age 65 of cancer in Dallas, Texas.