Frankie Vaughan

Frankie Vaughan, CBE, DL was an English singer of Easy Listening and traditional pop music, who recorded more than 80 singles in his lifetime. He was known as Mr. Moonlight after one of his early hits.

He was born Frank Ableson to a Jewish family in Devon Street, Liverpool. The name Vaughan came from a grandmother whose first grandson he was, who used to call Frank my number one grandson, in whose Russian accent one sounded like Vaughan. In his early life, he was a member of the Lancaster Lads Club, a member group of the National Association of Boys Clubs in the UK, and in his career he was a major contributor to the clubs, dedicating his monetary compensation from one song each year to them. He was an evacuee during World War II. He started out at the club intending to be a boxer. He attended the Lancaster College of Art on a scholarship and was a vocalist in their dance band. After a stint in the Royal Army Medical Corps in World War II he returned to art school, this time at the Leeds College of Art. When he won a prize in a design contest, he left for London, where he won second prize on a radio talent show.

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