I finally got my Tony Orlando photo
It took a few days but I finally got a digital copy of the famous Tony Orlando signing a copy of his autobiography for me. Tony was really nice about signing two copies - one to my mother (where he wrote that I'm a credit to her, although how he knows that is beyond me) and one to Kim. When I told him that Kim and I are getting married soon, he wrote a wise crack in there about how we should "enjoy ourselves
tonight!" Sitting there listening to him reminisce about signing talents like Barry Manilow and James Taylor, working with the Beatles and Jackie Gleason, etc was really fascinating. I'd be willing to bet he could sell tickets to a one man show where he just tells random stories from his past. I am too young to have ever seen his TV show or to really appreciate any of his dozen or more number one billboard hits, but he really was an interesting guy and was a lot of fun to meet.