This 14-time Grammy winner is one of the greatest balladeers of all time and is still going strong with his romantic jazz standards, including “I Left My Heart in San Francisco.”

• This music legend began his career as a singing waiter before he was drafted into the army at 18 years old during World War II, where he performed with the entertainment corps.
• His big break came in 1949 when Bob Hope discovered him performing in Greenwich Village and put him in a stage show.