Dennis Day (born Owen Patrick Eugene McNulty; May , â€" June , ) was
an American singer, radio, television and film personality and
comedian of Irish descent.Day was born and raised in the Throggs Neck
section of The Bronx, New York City, the second of five children born
to Irish immigrants Patrick McNulty and Mary (née Grady) McNulty. His
father was a factory electric power engineer. Day graduated from
Cathedral Preparatory Seminary in New York City, and attended
Manhattan College in the Bronx, where he sang in the glee club.In
Gene McNulty, as Day was then known, sang on network radio with
bandleader Larry Clinton. The Clinton broadcasts were aimed at the
collegiate audience, and were often broadcast from a college campus.
The -year-old McNulty won an audience poll as a favorite vocalist.
an American singer, radio, television and film personality and
comedian of Irish descent.Day was born and raised in the Throggs Neck
section of The Bronx, New York City, the second of five children born
to Irish immigrants Patrick McNulty and Mary (née Grady) McNulty. His
father was a factory electric power engineer. Day graduated from
Cathedral Preparatory Seminary in New York City, and attended
Manhattan College in the Bronx, where he sang in the glee club.In
Gene McNulty, as Day was then known, sang on network radio with
bandleader Larry Clinton. The Clinton broadcasts were aimed at the
collegiate audience, and were often broadcast from a college campus.
The -year-old McNulty won an audience poll as a favorite vocalist.
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