Bob Vincent: Difference between revisions

Born Vincent John Cernuto, he started singing in bands in the 1940s. He was the featured vocalist on the song "[[You Call Everybody DarlingDarlin']]", as recorded by [[Al Trace]] in 1948. This recording peaked at #No. 131.<ref>{{cite book| last = Whitburn | first = Joel | authorlink = Joel Whitburn | title = Top Pop Records 1940–1955 | publisher = Record Research | year = 1973 }}</ref>

Vincent started his theatrical agent career by taking over Julius J. "Bookie" Levin's Mutual Entertainment agency. In 1962, Vincent relocated to [[Lake Tahoe]], [[Nevada]], where he became Entertainment Director of [[Harrah's]] [[Lake Tahoe]] and [[Reno, Nevada|Reno]] showrooms. In 1965, having met up-and-coming singer [[Wayne Newton]] at [[Harrah's]], Mr. Vincent moved to [[Los Angeles]], [[California]] where he co-managed Newton's career.

Vincent started his own theatrical agency, Mus-Art Corporation Of America in 1967,<ref>{{cite journal |title=They Are in Nevada! |journal=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=September 9, 1967 |page=30 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fSgEAAAAMBAJ&q=Mus-Art+Corporation+Of+America&pg=PA30 |accessdate=February 4, 2018 }}</ref> and managed a wide range of musicians/artists for the next 35 years, eventually changing the company name to Main Track Productions. He also wrote and published a book, ''Show Business Is Two Words'', in 19811979.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Vincent |first1=Bob |title='Show Business' Is Two Words |publisher=Main Track Publications |year=1979 |isbn=978-0933866003 }}</ref> One of his children is [[drummer]]/[[Record producer|producer]] [[Nick Vincent (musician)|Nick Vincent]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://drummerszone.com/artists/profile/3505/nick-vincent#biography-tab |title=Nick Vincent biography |publisher=Drummerszone.com |accessdate=January 30, 2018 }}</ref>

Bob Vincent died from [[congestive heart failure]] on June 25, 2005, in [[Fullerton, California|Fullerton]],.<ref>{{cite [[California]]web |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/latimes/obituary.aspx?n=bob-vincent&pid=14397026&fhid=10622 |title=Bob Vincent Obituary |work=Legacy.com |accessdate=February 4, 2018 }}</ref>

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