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Jasper Cini (October 7, 1927 – October 13, 2009), known professionally as Al Martino, was an American traditional pop and standards singer. 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 became known as an actor, particularly for his role as singer Johnny Fontane in The Godfather.
Jasper Cini was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Gasparino (also anglicised as "Jasper"; 1905–1958) and Carmela M. Cini (née Grilli; 1905–1998), one of five siblings. His father and maternal grandfather were immigrants from Nereto in the Italian region of Abruzzo. He aspired to become a singer, emulating artists such as Al Jolson and Perry Como, and seeing the success of a family friend, Alfredo Cocozza, who had changed his name to Mario Lanza.
After serving with the U.S. Navy in World War II, during which he took part in the Iwo Jima invasion, in which he was wounded, Cini began his singing career. Encouraged by Lanza, he adopted the stage name Al Martino, based on the name of his good friend Lorraine Losavio's husband Alfred Martin Cianfrani, and began singing in local nightclubs; coincidentally Martin of Tours is also the patron saint of Martino's ancestral hometown of Nereto in Italy. In 1948, he moved to New York City, and in 1951 his first release was issued by the Jubilee label, "Heaven Help Me (I'm in Love)", coupled with "Hurry Home to Me". The following year, he won first place on Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts television program with a performance of Como's hit "If".
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The most expensive item with a signature of Al Martino (GROUP OF AUTOGRAPHED IMAGES INC FRANK SINATRA / AL MARTINO SENT TO RUBY MURRAY) was sold in November 2018 for £170.00 while the cheapest item (AL MARTINO, (SPANISH EYES) UNSIGNED B/WGLOSSY PHOTO.) found a new owner for £0.70 in March 2018. The month with the most items sold (8) was September 2025 with an average selling price of £22.47 for an autographed item of Al Martino. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in November 2018 with £170.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.99 was November 2012. In average, an autographed item from Al Martino is worth £12.09.
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