Tino Rossi

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Tino Rossi
Background information
Birth name	Constantin Rossi
Born	(1907-04-29)29 April 1907 Ajaccio, Corsica, France
Died	26 September 1983(1983-09-26) (aged 76) Neuilly-sur-Seine, Île-de-France, France
Genres	Cabaret, French pop
Occupation(s)	Singer, actor
Years active	1932–1982
Labels	Columbia

Constantin "Tino" Rossi (29 April 1907 – 26 September 1983) was a French singer and film actor of Corsican origin.

Born in Ajaccio, Corsica, Rossi was gifted with a voice well suited for opera. He became a tenor in the French cabaret style. Later, he appeared in various movies. During his career it is reported he recorded over 2000 songs [1] and he appeared in more than 25 films, the most notable of which was the 1954 production, Si Versailles m'était conté... directed by Sacha Guitry. His romantic ballads had especially women swooning and his art songs by Jules Massenet (1842–1912), Reynaldo Hahn (1875–1947), and other composers, sold out theaters wherever he performed.^[1]

Among his most famous hits, "Petit Papa Noel" sold over 30 million copies worldwide. Over the course of his 50-year singing career, Tino Rossi recorded over 2000 songs and sold over 200 million albums making him one of the best selling (and mostly forgotten) artists of all time [2]