Born in Steubenville, Ohio, Luigi is the eighth of eleven children of immigrant Italian parents, Nicola and Antoinette (Savoia) Facciuto.
Aged 13, he replaced the lead singer in the Bernie Davis Orchestra, a local twelve-man band that performed at weddings, school dances, and special events throughout the tri-state area of Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia; the previous singer was Luigi's neighbor, Dean Martin [REF].