we have to do a presentation for class about historical figures, and we have to do it in the voice of the person were presenting about. and im doing it about AL Capone. so i was wondering if there are any voice recordings of him, and if not, is there a description of his voice? Thanks in advance! :D
In answer to your question, no, as far as we know there are no actual recordings of Al Capon’s voice – at least, there are none in the public domain.
In fact, there is very little written about how he sounded from primary sources. That being said – we can make some educated guesses. He was born at the beginning of 1899 in Brooklyn, NY to immigrant parents of Italian decent. The fact his parents were immigrants and he spoke to them in Italian is important to note – many children of immigrants, even if their first language is English – will have an inflection on certain words because of their parents.
http://www.dialectsarchive.com/new-york-7
http://www.dialectsarchive.com/new-york-11
Above are links to a possible starting block as to how he may have sounded – although in both cases the accents are rather weak.