Morton Downey Autographs
John Morton Downey (November 14, 1901 – October 25, 1985), also known as Morton Downey, was an American singer and entertainer popular in the United States in the first half of the 20th century, enjoying his greatest success in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Downey was nicknamed "The Irish Nightingale".
John Morton Downey was born in Wallingford, Connecticut, the fourth of six children of James A. and Bessie (Cox) Downey, a well-known family in both Wallingford and Waterbury, Connecticut. The grandson of Irish immigrants, he was known by his middle name because so many of his near relatives were named John. His father was the chief of the Wallingford Fire Department until a near fatal automobile accident necessitated his retirement. Downey began his singing career as a member of the choir of Most Holy Trinity Church in Wallingford.
Downey's signature sound was a very creamy and very high-timbred Irish tenor, which an uninformed listener can easily mistake for a female voice. The popularity of such highly artificial and "heady" male pop vocals peaked in the late 1920s and early 1930s. By the mid-1930s, the style was out of fashion, and Downey reduced some of his broader mannerisms and made a transition to a somewhat more "chesty" vocal timbre.
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Traded items with a signature of Morton Downey
The most expensive item with a signature of Morton Downey ("Quiet Thoughts Make the Loudest Noise" by Sean Morton Downey Jr With Autograph) was sold in May 2026 for $245.00 while the cheapest item ("Under The Linden Tree" Morton Downey Autographed Program) found a new owner for $0.99 in January 2025. The month with the most items sold (2) was January 2025 with an average selling price of $0.99 for an autographed item of Morton Downey. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in May 2026 with $135.13 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.99 was June 2009. In average, an autographed item from Morton Downey is worth $25.13.
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