You are bidding on this one of a kind 45 ABC PARAMOUNT Record "I'M COUNTING ON YOU" signed and inscribed by 1950s and 60s Television Celebrity Personality FRANK FONTAINE. The Record is in very good condition and has its original record sleeve. Comes with Tamper proof serial numbered #200302 Hologram and Certificate of Authenticity from AuthenticationPros.com An American comedian and singer born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, he is best known for his appearances on television shows of the 1950s and 1960s, including The Jackie Gleason Show, The Jack Benny Show, and The Tonight Show. One of his earliest appearances was on the radio show, The Jack Benny Program. During an episode which aired on April 9, 1950, Fontaine played a bum (named "John L. C. Silvoney") who asked Benny for a dime for a cup of coffee. The smallest coin Benny had to offer was a fifty-cent piece, so he gave it to him. The story Benny told about this event became a running gag during later shows. Fontaine's goofy laugh and other voice mannerisms made a hit with the audience, and Benny brought him back for several more radio shows between 1950 and 1952. He also later appeared in several of Benny's television shows. On The Jackie Gleason Show, he played the character Crazy Guggenheim during Gleason's "Joe The Bartender" skits. His trademark was a bug-eyed grin and the same silly laugh he had done on Jack Benny's radio show. At the end of his Guggenheim sketch, he would usually sing a song, demonstrating a surprisingly good singing voice. In 1963, he released the album Songs I Sing on the Jackie Gleason Show, which collected some of these songs and reached number one on Billboard magazine's Top LP's chart in 1963. Stan Freberg's voice characterization for Pete Puma in a 1952 cartoon was based on Fontaine's character voice. Fontaine received mention in satirist Tom Lehrer's 1965 song "National Brotherhood Week", from the album That Was the Year That Was. In the live show, Lehrer mentioned National Make-Fun-of-the-Handicapped Week, "Which Frank Fontaine and Jerry Lewis are in charge of, as you know." He also was the voice of Rocky the Rhino in Walt Disney's The Jungle Book until Disney cut the creature from the picture. He was also credited in Bobby Rydell and Chubby Checker's song "Jingle Bells Imitations", which was the flipside of their Jingle Bell Rock record. Death Fontaine died of a heart attack on August 4, 1978 in Spokane, Washington. He had just completed a benefit show and accepted a check for $25,000, which he planned to donate for heart research, when he collapsed. He was interred at Oak Grove Cemetery in Medford, Massachusetts, near to his last residence in Winchester, Massachusetts, a substantial house on Highland Avenue that is now the home of Winchester Community Music School. Thank you for visiting my store, I am a long time respected seller since 1999 with flawless feedback. I welcome comments and suggestions to better serve my buyers. As a collector of all things memorabilia I have and still offer items that have been personally acquired over the years. Most autographed items will be accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from my ID gameday2 or from the signing events, respected memorabilia dealers and or other sellers. I use the services of JSA James Spence, PSA/DNA, Beckett, AuthenticationPros, Authentication Direct and InPersonAuthenics for many of my high end items and will be added in the item description. All items have a no questions asked 30 day return policy. Please message me with any questions or concerns before leaving feedback. I always have and will treat my future buyers fairly and with respect, so please allow me to remedy any issues that may arise. 99% of the time things will go as we both hope. Thank you for choosing to buy from our store. Please visit the store for top celebrity for MLB, NFL, NBA sports teams and athletes like NY Yankees, Tampa Bay Rays, Houston Astros, Dallas Cowboys, Seattle Seahawks, Green Bay Packers, Chicago Bears, New England Patriots, 49ERS, Washington Commanders, Baltimore Ravens, Pittsburgh Steelers, Carolina Panthers, Miami Dolphins, Washington Nationals, St Louis Cardinals, Boston Redsox, SF Giants, LA Dodgers, Miami Florida Marlins, NY Giants, NY Jets, Derek Jeter, Mickey Mantle, Joe DiMaggio, Cal Ripken, Cam Newton, Russell Wilson, Kirk Cousins, Aaron Rodgers, Brett Favre, Tom Brady, Joe Namath, Joe Montana, Jerry Rice, Dan Marino, Ray Lewis, Peyton Manning, Eli Manning, Dak Prescott, Emmitt Smith, Troy Aikman, Joe Namath, Mohamed Ali, Mike Tyson and so much more Autographed Sports Memorabilia and collectables.