American Singer and TV Announcer. He was born in Akron, Ohio, and grew up in Cleveland. He performed with bands in the Chicago area during his college years, and after graduation he sang with Doris Day and the Les Brown Orchestra. He also performed in summer stock, singing in musicals like ''The Pajama Game,'' ''Brigadoon'' and ''Say, Darling,'' and in supper clubs like the Cotillion Room of the Pierre Hotel in New York. He appeared on Broadway in 1962 in ''Mr.