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Al Viola
Al Viola is credited on 508 releases across 112 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1951–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
508
Pressings credited
112
Albums
8
Decades active
257
In collections
Biography
Alfred Viola (June 16, 1919 – February 21, 2007) was an American jazz guitarist who worked with Frank Sinatra for 25 years. He played the mandolin on the soundtrack of the film The Godfather.
Bio from Wikipedia
Credited work
508 releases · 112 albums · active 1951–2026
- Performance · 528
- Other credits · 20
Studios: Santa Monica Sound Recorders · Capitol Studios · The Sound Factory · Sunset Sound
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
In The Wee Small Hours
1955
Greatest Hits
1976
Dare To Be Stupid
1985
Frank Sinatra Sings For Only The Lonely
1958
Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim
1967
Lumpy Gravy
1968
Trilogy: Past, Present & Future
1980
A Retrospective
1977
Squeeze Box: The Complete Works Of "Weird Al" Yankovic
2017
Unforgettable With Love
1991
Mecca For Moderns
1981
Back Where I Belong
1983
The Christmas Collection
2004
Greatest Hits Volume II
1994
We're Only In It For The Money / Lumpy Gravy
1985
Seed Of Memory
1976
Lumpy Gravy
1967
All Through The Night
1966
Hey, Mrs. Jones
1962
Blazing Saddles (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2008
Vegas
2006
Polynesia
1962
Trav'lin' Light
1961
The Music From Richard Diamond
1959
Frequent collaborators
- Julie London
- Frank Sinatra
- """Weird Al"" Yankovic"
- Linda Ronstadt
- Andre Previn
- June Christy
- Helen Humes
- Earl Grant
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