Fiorito Theodore (2 results)

Condition: Good. Black & White photograph. 5 x 7 inches, including border. Very Good+. Signed and inscribed [in the plate?].Theodore Salvatore Fiorito (December 20, 1900 - July 22, 1971), known professionally as Ted Fio Rito, was an American composer, orchestra leader, and keyboardist, on both the piano and the Hammond organ, who was popular on national radio broadcasts in the 1920s and 1930s. His name is sometimes given as Ted Fiorito or Ted FioRito. From a collection of photographs and other ephemera removed from the scrapbook of a radio music enthusiast.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. 11" x 14" black and white photograph on cardstock. Inscribed to former owner in black ink: "To / Jack O' Bryan / [with bar of music written] / A real friend and a go-getter - / Sincerely / Ted Fiorito" Good with pinholes at corner, a few short closed tears, small stain, slight scuffing. Perhaps signed during Fio Rito's 1941 Willamette Park appearance, perhaps not; former owner had a different composer's photo signed at Portland-area appearance. Fio Rito (born Theodore Salvatore Fiorito) was a popular composer, bandleader, and keyboardist who popped up in many radio broadcasts during the 1920s and '30s. …