Tony bellus biography

American singer

Tony Bellus (born Anthony J. Bellusci; April 17, 1936)^[1] is an American Chicago-born vocalist and musician, whose first recording was with Shi-Fi Records in 1958.

His best known recorded song is "Robbin' The Cradle",^[2] a self-composed ballad he recorded in his native Chicago in 1959.

The recording of "Robbin' The Cradle" contained a number of styles and musical combinations.^{[citation needed]} It combined an Italianpopsinger playing an accordion^[3] à la Dick Contino, being backed with a basically country/rockabillyband, augmented with a background Latino vocal group.^{[citation needed]}

Upon hearing Bellus perform the song in Chicago, NRC leased the master for the NRC label, and the song peaked at No.

25 on August 17, 1959, and stayed on the Billboard Hot 100 for 26 weeks, the most weeks for any Hot 100 entry all within the calendar year 1959.^[4] On April 20, 1959, Bellus performed