Mantovani

Biography

Annunzio Paolo Mantovani was born on November 15, 1905, in Venice, Italy, into a musical family. He studied at Trinity College of Music in London and formed his own orchestra, which gained popularity in Britain before World War II. Mantovani became "Britain's most successful album act" before the Beatles, selling over one million stereo albums and having six albums simultaneously in the US Top 30 in 1959.