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Singer, songwriter, and entertainer Frank Lamphere is musical. Like many people, music always played a big role in Frank's life. As a kid (10 years of age) he listened to records of Elvis, Dion, Roy Orbison, Dean Martin, and Frank Sinatra. If the records were not found in his parents record case, they were ordered from mail order companies. Always having a knack for memorizing lyrics, Frank knew tons of songs, even at this early age. Although Frank, wasn't that musically extroverted nor was he ever really involved in school music programs (aside from a year of trombone) he always found time to sing along to his records. In his later teens and early twenties, there were sit-in situations. A song or two with a wedding band, a tune with a piano player and so forth. While hanging at the few places with karaoke (at the time) and occasional appearances with different bands, Frank's passion for performing really took hold. The breakthrough finally came in 1995 while on the town Frank, happened into a piano bar and was knocked out by the singing and the stage presence of the patrons. One at a time they took their turns singing their renditions of traditional American standards being accompanied by a hard working piano player. Frank became one of those singing patrons and soon after was a main attraction at piano bars all over the city. This was a formative period for Lamphere who within a couple of years was putting his own bands together and working the club scene. Recordings and more lucrative jobs followed as he honed his style and voice, all the while developing a name for himself not just as a very proficient singer but also as a capable bandleader. Today, being ever in demand across the country, Lamphere has taken his vocalizing still to another level, on par with the singers of the great pop music era of the 1930-60's. Frank s vocal prowess, combined with an uncanny knowledge of old pop & jazz music, the skill at knowing what to play and when to play it and his dedication to continue his development make Frank Lamphere a professional singer worth watching!