Biography

Michael Bublé

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Is of Italian descent. He has dual Italian-Canadian citizenship. He has stated that his last name is actually from his Italian ancestry. Part of his family is from Treviso (in northern Italy), and the other part of his family is from Villa Santa Lucia degli Abruzzi, Italy. His grandfather Demetrio "Mitch" Santagà comes from the village of Preganziol, Italy.
His grandfather was a plumber who, whenever he fixed something at a nightclub or something like that, did it for free if the owners allowed Bublé to sing there.
His self-penned single, "Home" has the distinction of being the most-heard song on Canadian radio in 2005, reaching an audience estimated to exceed 382 million people.
Frequently closes his concerts by singing without a microphone. This all began when his microphone went out during one of his L.A. concerts when he was in the middle of singing "My Funny Valentine", the show's big finishing number. Without missing a beat, Alan Chang, Bublé's pianist, kept playing his piano, and Bublé did an acoustic version of "My Funny Valentine" that brought down the house.
Worked with his salmon fisherman father for six years. On fishing days, which normally began from 4:30am to 11pm with physically demanding work, he would listen on the boat to music tapes of classic standards made for him not by his father, an ardent Bruce Springsteen fan, but by his Italian-born grandfather.

You can try to trick the people and come out wearing a fedora and a tuxedo but that's not me. I was born in the late '70s, I wear jeans. I don't hang out in casinos. The lifestyle isn't my thing. I don't drink martinis and I don't smoke cigars.
[His words to Michael McSweeney when he gave him his independent CD in his pre-stardom days]: "If you and your wife like it, great. If you don't, it'll make a great coaster".
[About his last name Bublé]: Sounds French, but I'm a very proud Canadian of Italian extraction.
I've said it a million times: I would love very much to be known as one of the great entertainers. If that's me having a big ego, then sorry. I'm shooting for the stars, and if I miss I'll hit the moon and that's pretty high.
[About covering songs]: "It's far more difficult for me to cover a song because you can compare that song with another 400 iconic artists who have recorded it. So it's my job to take it to a different place. And as an interpreter, I take it really seriously. When I'm remaking a song, I'm aware that I'm not here to sing the song better than Frank Sinatra or if I cover Van Morrison or I cover Eagles, my job isn't to sing it better, my job is to make it my own".

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