He came to Ellis Island in 1948, a French Armenian singer who once sold fake silk stockings to Nazi soldiers, a struggling artist with no visa but big dreams of performing in America.
Some six decades, 60 movies and 740 recorded songs later, Charles Aznavour returns to the United States this month for a series of concerts -- including a Sept. 13 performance in San Francisco and a later date at the Mountain Winery -- billed as his farewell tour of North America.
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