Tony Martin

Tony Martin (born December 25 1913) is an American actor and traditional pop singer.

Born Alvin Morris to a Jewish family in Oakland, California, he received a soprano saxophone as a gift from his grandmother at ten. In h

Tony Martin (born December 25 1913) is an American actor and traditional pop singer.

Born Alvin Morris to a Jewish family in Oakland, California, he received a soprano saxophone as a gift from his grandmother at ten. In his grammar school glee club, he became an instrumentalist and a boy soprano singer. He formed his first band, named "The Red Peppers," when he was only a high schooler, eventually joining the band of a local orchestra leader, Tom Gerun, as a reed instrument specialist, sitting alongside the future bandleader Woody Herman. In the mid-1930s, he left Gerun's band to go to Hollywood to try his luck in films. It was at that time that he adopted the stage name, Tony Martin.