Artist

Al Caiola

Jersey City, United States · 1920 – 2016

Al Caiola is a musician from Jersey City, United States, active 1920–2016. Their discography on Gatefold includes 5 records. They also recorded with Henri René & His Orchestra and Al Caiola & His Orchestra.

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1920

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3 projects · 11 records in Gatefold collections

Biography

American guitarist, Composer, arranger, producer and publisher.
Born September 7, 1920, Jersey City, New Jersey, USA.
Died November 9, 2016, Allendale, New Jersey, USA.
His output spanned a variety of music genres including jazz, country, rock, western, and pop. He was both a studio musician and stage performer. He also had his own record label and publishing company,.
He recorded over fifty albums and worked with some of the biggest stars of the 20th century. He toured on a regular basis with singer Steve Lawrence.
Caiola played on such hits as Paul Anka's "Put Your Head on My Shoulder," Neil Sedaka's "Calendar Girl," Bobby Darin's "Mack the Knife" and "Splish-Splash," Simon & Garfunkel's "Mrs. Robinson," Johnny Mathis' "Chances Are," Del Shannon's "Runaway" and Ben E. King's "Stand by Me."

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