Eventually, he dedicated himself completely to music and adopted the stage name Jimmy Fontana in homage to one of his heroes, American musician Jimmy Giuffre (the surname "Fontana" was arbitrarily chosen out of the phone book).
He chose to pursue a career in music and adopted the stage name Jimmy Fontana as a tribute to his musical inspiration, Jimmy Giuffre. The surname "Fontana" was chosen randomly from a phone directory.