June 10, 2002

Sinatra-style singer Bob Dalpe, who keeps the flame lit at the Compass Rose in the St. Francis, was flabbergasted to spy Sinatra-style Broadway singer Tom Postilio in the audience one night not long ago. New Yorker Postilio was in town to perform at the "Preview the Pink" event the next night at the Getty home. Friends from the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation were showing him around. At the table were Diane Shields, Marsha Monro, Marsha's husband Jon Wright, Vicki and Scott Kahn, and Nancy Mickelson and Dominick Alfano. Gushing Dalpe introduced himself and offered a copy of his CD, then invited Tom onstage. Tom sang his favorite standard, "All the Way," backed by Bob's trio. The audience swooned. ... At the Getty home the next night, 175 people -- some in pink Chanel, some in pink boas and everyone sipping pink cosmopolitans -- gathered to see Tom again -- and to peek at the house. Says one spy, "A lot of people were sneaking in to see the swimming pool. It's down half a flight of stairs and through a closed door. But everybody figures it out." All this was preview for November's Pink Tie Cosmopolitan Ball, when Tom will perform once more, that time with the Peter Duchin Orchestra.

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"Get ready to swoon... He's a sensation who's packing them in... this could be the next Sinatra!"
"Today in New York" WNBC-TV

"...he looks and sounds like a young Sinatra."
Regis Philbin, WABC-TV

"Swinging jazz, chiseled features and a rapt audience, crooner Tom Postilio has a lot in common with a young Frank Sinatra. His combination of smooth ballads and uptempo swing is a hot one... he's carrying on the Sinatra legacy."
Emily Wilson, BBC News

"His carefully syncopated phrasing and exuberance suggest a softened echo of the late-50's Sinatra in his swinging mode."
Stephen Holden, The New York Times

"Tom Postilio is doing it his way... in front of the 20 piece orchestra, young Tom Postilio sounds incredibly like Frank Sinatra. In a music world of mega-amps and long hair, clean-cut Tom is a crooner making his move."
Diane Ketcham, The New York Times

"DREAM finds the young vocalist affirming his position of prominence as an interpreter of the classic American songbook and swing music from the big-band era."
Michael Paoletta, Billboard

"His silvery, long phrases stretched out like moonbeams... a luscious vibrato, great breath control, perfect diction and seductive phrasing... He can also swing."
Steven Winn, San Francisco Chronicle

"Romantic crooner"
Army Archerd, Daily Variety

"Mr. Postilio belies his youth by phrasing like Dick Haymes. And I thought kids his age were brain-dead from imitating Van Halen. Here is a refreshing exception who is definitely going places."
Rex Reed, The New York Observer

"He's been compared to Sinatra and Dick Haymes... his following is rabid and growing... he broke records at his debut last year... check out his sounds!"
Liz Smith, New York Post

"Postilio sings big-band standards with swinging syncopations in a dreamy baritone."
Marisa Cohen, Time Out New York

"This baby-faced baritone is going places. He has developed a smooth, jazzy style clearly inspired by the young Sinatra... He's developed a big following among both the public and the press... Catch him now."
Eric Myers, Time Out New York

"Catch his act."
Pat O'Haire, New York Daily News

"A wonderful show... grace, charm and an attractive voice reminiscent of the young Sinatra - a true interpreter of songs, capable of conveying a wide range of attitudes and emotions with intelligence and depth of understanding."
Roy Sander, Back Stage

"Wrapped the room in pure vocal magic... class, elegance charm and finesse. He makes us dream and feel... superb sound, pure diction. A rich, rewarding performance."
Martin Schaeffer, Back Stage