Through the influence of his grandfather, Exton teen Vincent Romano became enamored with iconic signers of the 20th century as he was growing up, but he never imagined the legendary genre would impact him years later, writes Courtney Diener-Stokes for the Times Herald.

Romano, 19, sang in choir and performed in musical theater. During his formative years of high school, he started a volunteer project that led him to sing the classics at retirement homes to an audience “that appreciates it.”

“I get to sing my type of music, like Sinatra, Dean Martin and Michael Bublé, and I like performing in front of people a lot,” said Romano. “At first they see a kid, and by the end they are clapping and on their feet.”

Now a sophomore at East Stroudsburg University, Romano has put on performances for 40 retirement homes in Chester and surrounding counties. He enjoys talking to senior residents and seeing the impact that singing these songs has on them, including helping a resident recall special time in her life.

“The last time I went to Tel Hai, ‘My Way’ was a song her and her husband danced to at her wedding,” he said about singing at a retirement community in Honey Brook.

Read more about Vincent Romano and his hypnotic crooning in the Times Herald.