How does a restaurant become much beloved? It helps to name it after a famous song. In fact, "Al di la" the love song wasn't the genesis of Al di la the trattoria, according to the restaurant's owner ...

Jerry Vale — the Bronx-born crooner who shot to the top of the music charts with the 1950s hit song “Al-Di-La” — died Sunday. He was 83. Vale died at his home in Palm Desert, Calif. His lawyer, Harold ...