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Al Caiola

real name Alexander Emil Caiola

Jersey City, United States · 1920-09-07 – 2016-11-09

Al Caiola is credited on 971 releases across 299 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1951–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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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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