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Al Caiola

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Alexander Emil Caiola (September 7, 1920 – November 9, 2016) was a guitarist, composer and arranger who spanned a variety of music genres including jazz, country, rock, and pop. [1]

209 relations: A White Sport Coat, Abraham, Martin and John, Al Hirt, Al Martino, Allendale, New Jersey, Andre Kostelanetz, Andy Williams, Anytime (1921 song), Arrangement, Atco Records, Autumn in New York (song), Avalanche Recordings, Baby Talk (Jan and Dean song), Barbra Streisand, Battle of Iwo Jima, Ben E. King, Big guitar, Blue Tango, Blueberry Hill (song), Bob Crosby, Bobby Darin, Bobby Hackett, Body and Soul (1930 song), Boulevard of Broken Dreams (Al Dubin song), Breaking Up Is Hard to Do, Brenda Lee, Bridge over Troubled Water (song), Buddy Holly, Burt Bacharach, Button Up Your Overcoat, Bye Bye Blackbird, Caldonia, Calendar Girl (song), Canadian Sunset, Chancellor Records, Chances Are (song), Chuck Willis, Claus Ogerman, Climb Ev'ry Mountain, Come On A My House, Connie Francis, Coral Records, Count Every Star, Country music, Cry to Me, Dana Valery, DeDe Dinah, Del Shannon, Diana (Paul Anka song), Dinah Washington, ..., Dion DiMucci, Don Costa, Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes, Don't Sleep in the Subway, Dot Records, Dream Lover, Drip Drop (Leiber and Stoller song), Duane Eddy, Dungaree Doll, Durium Records, Eddie Fisher (singer), Elvis Presley, Empty Arms, Eternally (Charles Chaplin song), Exodus (soundtrack), Fabian Forte, Ferrante & Teicher, Frank Sinatra, Frankie Avalon, Frankie Laine, From Russia with Love (soundtrack), Galveston (song), Glen Campbell, Granada (song), Guy Mitchell, Half as Much, Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen, Hats Off to Larry, He's Got the Whole World in His Hands, Helen Merrill, Henri René, Herbie Hancock, Hey There, His Master's Voice, Howard McGhee, Hugo & Luigi, Hugo Winterhalter, I Got Plenty o' Nuttin', Instrumental, It Doesn't Matter Anymore, It Happened in Monterey, It's De-Lovely, It's Not for Me to Say, Ivory Joe Hunter, Jackie Gleason, Jasmine Records, Jazz, Jerry Lee Lewis, Jersey City, New Jersey, Joe Williams (jazz singer), John Serry Sr., Johnnie Ray, Johnny Mathis, Julie London, Just Walkin' in the Rain, King Curtis, Knee Deep in the Blues, Late Date with Ruth Brown, LaVern Baker, Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries (album), Little Town Flirt, Lonely Boy (Paul Anka song), Lou Monte, Louis Armstrong, Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (song), Lullaby of Birdland, Mack the Knife, Mahalia Jackson, Marty Robbins, McGuire Sisters, Mel Bay, Miss Rhythm, Misty (song), Mitch Miller, Moments to Remember, Mood Indigo, Moon Over Naples, Moonlight in Vermont (song), Mrs. Robinson, My Favorite Things (song), My Heart Cries for You, My Way, Neil Sedaka, Next Door to an Angel, No, Not Much, O mein Papa, Old Friends (song), On the Street Where You Live, On the Sunny Side of the Street, One Step at a Time (Brenda Lee song), Paul Anka, Pearl Bailey, Peggy Lee, Percy Faith, Perry Como, Petula Clark, Pop music, Puppet on a String, Puppy Love (Paul Anka song), Put Your Head on My Shoulder, Ralph Marterie, Rave On, Ray Conniff, RCA Camden, RCA Records, Riz Ortolani, Rock music, Rosemary Clooney, Roulette Records, Runaround Sue, Runaway (Del Shannon song), Ruth Brown, Santa Lucia, Sarah Vaughan, Savoy Records, Secret Love (Doris Day song), See See Rider, Sergio Franchi, Session musician, Side by Side (1927 song), Simon & Garfunkel, Smile (Charlie Chaplin song), Solomon Burke, Somethin' Smith and the Redheads, Spanish Harlem (song), Spinning Wheel (song), Splish Splash (song), Squeeze Play (album), Stand by Me (Ben E. King song), Standing on the Corner (show tune), Stranger in Paradise (song), Sugartime, Temptation (Nacio Herb Brown and Arthur Freed song), That's My Desire, The Ballad of Paladin, The Coasters, The Crickets, The Four Lads, The Hollywood Reporter, The Impossible Dream (The Quest), The Twelfth of Never, The Village Stompers, The Wanderer (Dion song), The Yellow Rose of Texas (song), This Is My Song (1967 song), This Ole House, Tiger (Fabian song), Time Records, Times of Your Life, Tony Bennett, Tony Mottola, Turn Me Loose (Fabian song), United Artists Records, Venus (Frankie Avalon song), What a Diff'rence a Day Makes!, Willis Jackson (saxophonist), Won't You Come Home Bill Bailey, Woody Herman, 5th Marine Division (United States). Expand index (159 more) »

A White Sport Coat

"A White Sport Coat (and a Pink Carnation)" is a 1957 country and western song with words and music both written by Marty Robbins.

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Abraham, Martin and John

"Abraham, Martin and John" is a 1968 song written by Dick Holler and first recorded by Dion.

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Al Hirt

Alois Maxwell "Al" Hirt (November 7, 1922 – April 27, 1999) was an American trumpeter and bandleader.

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Al Martino

Al Martino (born Jasper Cini; October 7, 1927 – October 13, 2009) was an American singer and actor.

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Allendale, New Jersey

Allendale is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States.

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Andre Kostelanetz

Andre Kostelanetz (Абрам Наумович Костелянец, December 22, 1901 – January 13, 1980) was a Russian-born American popular orchestral music conductor and arranger who was one of the major exponents of popular orchestra music.

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Andy Williams

Howard Andrew Williams (December 3, 1927 – September 25, 2012) was an American singer.

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Anytime (1921 song)

"Any Time" is a country song written by Herbert "Happy" Lawson.

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Arrangement

In music, an arrangement is a musical reconceptualization of a previously composed work.

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Atco Records

ATCO Records is an American record company and label founded in 1955 as a division of Atlantic Records.

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Autumn in New York (song)

"Autumn in New York" is a jazz standard composed by Vernon Duke in Westport, Connecticut in the summer of 1934.

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Avalanche Recordings

Avalanche Recordings is an independent record label, founded by English musician Justin Broadrick in 1999.

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Baby Talk (Jan and Dean song)

"Baby Talk" is a 1959 song by Jan and Dean which was a Top 10 hit for them on Dore Records.

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Barbra Streisand

Barbara Joan "Barbra" Streisand (born April 24, 1942) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and filmmaker.

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Battle of Iwo Jima

The Battle of Iwo Jima (19 February – 26 March 1945) was a major battle in which the United States Marine Corps landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) during World War II.

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Ben E. King

Benjamin Earl King (born Benjamin Earl Nelson, September 28, 1938 – April 30, 2015), known as Ben E. King, was an American soul and R&B singer and record producer.

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Big guitar

"Big guitar" is a term referring to a style of guitar playing popular in rock and roll instrumentals in the early 1960s.

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Blue Tango

"Blue Tango" is an instrumental composition by Leroy Anderson, written for orchestra in 1951 and published in 1952.

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Blueberry Hill (song)

"Blueberry Hill" is a popular song published in 1940 best remembered for its 1950s rock n' roll version by Fats Domino.

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Bob Crosby

George Robert Crosby (August 23, 1913 – March 9, 1993) was an American jazz singer and bandleader, known for his group the Bob-Cats.

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Bobby Darin

Bobby Darin (born Walden Robert Cassotto; May 14, 1936 – December 20, 1973) was an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and actor in film and television.

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Bobby Hackett

Robert Leo Hackett (January 31, 1915 – June 7, 1976) was an American jazz musician who played trumpet, cornet, and guitar with the bands of Glenn Miller and Benny Goodman in the late 1930s and early 1940s.

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Body and Soul (1930 song)

"Body and Soul" is a popular song and jazz standard written in 1930 with lyrics by Edward Heyman, Robert Sour and Frank Eyton; and music by Johnny Green.

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Boulevard of Broken Dreams (Al Dubin song)

"Boulevard of Broken Dreams" is a 1933 hit song by Al Dubin (lyrics) and Harry Warren (music), set in Paris.

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Breaking Up Is Hard to Do

"Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" is a song recorded by Neil Sedaka, and co-written by Sedaka and Howard Greenfield.

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Brenda Lee

Brenda Lee (born Brenda Mae Tarpley; December 11, 1944) is an American performer and the top-charting solo female vocalist of the 1960s.

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Bridge over Troubled Water (song)

"Bridge over Troubled Water" is a song by American music duo Simon & Garfunkel.

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Buddy Holly

Charles Hardin Holley (September 7, 1936 – February 3, 1959), known as Buddy Holly, was an American musician, singer-songwriter and record producer who was a central and pioneering figure of mid-1950s rock and roll.

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Burt Bacharach

Burt Freeman Bacharach (born May 12, 1928) is an American composer, songwriter, record producer, pianist, and singer who has composed hundreds of popular hit songs from the late 1950s through the 1980s, many in collaboration with popular lyricist Hal David.

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Button Up Your Overcoat

"Button Up Your Overcoat" is a popular song.

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Bye Bye Blackbird

"Bye Bye Blackbird" is a song published in 1926 by the American composer Ray Henderson and lyricist Mort Dixon.

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Caldonia

"Caldonia" is a jump blues song, first recorded in 1945 by Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five.

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Calendar Girl (song)

"Calendar Girl" is a song by Neil Sedaka.

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Canadian Sunset

"Canadian Sunset" is a popular song with music by jazz pianist Eddie Heywood and lyrics by Norman Gimbel.

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Chancellor Records

Chancellor Records was a record label associated with ABC-Paramount Records, which initially distributed the smaller label.

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Chances Are (song)

"Chances Are" is a popular song with music by Robert Allen and lyrics by Al Stillman.

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Chuck Willis

Harold "Chuck" Willis (January 31, 1926 – April 10, 1958) was an American blues, rhythm and blues, and rock and roll singer and songwriter.

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Claus Ogerman

Claus Ogerman (born Klaus Ogermann; 29 April 1930 – 8 March 2016) was a German arranger, conductor, and composer best known for his work with Billie Holiday, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Frank Sinatra, and Diana Krall.

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Climb Ev'ry Mountain

"Climb Ev'ry Mountain" is a show tune from the 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The Sound of Music. It is sung at the close of the first act by the Mother Abbess.

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Come On A My House

"Come On A My House" is a single by Hey! Say! JUMP.

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Connie Francis

Connie Francis (born Concetta Rosa Maria Franconero, December 12, 1937) is an American pop singer and top-charting female vocalist of the late 1950s and early 1960s.

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Coral Records

Coral Records was a subsidiary of Decca Records formed in 1949.

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Count Every Star

"Count Every Star" is a song written by Bruno Coquatrix and Sammy Gallop and first released by Ray Anthony and His Orchestra.

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Country music

Country music, also known as country and western or simply country, is a genre of popular music that originated in the southern United States in the early 1920s.

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Cry to Me

"Cry to Me" is a song written by Bert Berns (listed as "Bert Russell") and first recorded by American soul singer Solomon Burke in 1961.

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Dana Valery

Dana Valery Catalano (born Fausta Dana Galli; 1944, Codogno) is an Italian-born South African-reared singer, actress, and television performer who started her career in the entertainment industry at the age of 16 in Johannesburg, South Africa where her family emigrated from Italy in 1947.

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DeDe Dinah

"DeDe Dinah" is a song written by Peter De Angelis and Bob Marcucci and performed by Frankie Avalon.

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Del Shannon

Del Shannon (born Charles Weedon Westover; December 30, 1934 – February 8, 1990) was an American rock and roll and country musician and singer-songwriter, best known for his 1961 number 1 Billboard hit "Runaway".

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Diana (Paul Anka song)

"Diana" is a song written and made famous by Paul Anka in 1957, recorded in May 1957 at Don Costa studio in New York City.

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Dinah Washington

Dinah Washington (born Ruth Lee Jones; August 29, 1924 – December 14, 1963) was an American singer and pianist, who has been cited as "the most popular black female recording artist of the '50s".

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Dion DiMucci

Dion Francis DiMucci (born July 18, 1939), better known mononymously as Dion, is an American singer, songwriter whose work has incorporated elements of doo-wop, rock and R&B styles—and, most recently, straight blues.

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Don Costa

Dominick P. "Don" Costa (June 10, 1925 – January 19, 1983) was an American conductor and record producer.

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Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes

"Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes" is an off meter ballad concerning a man away from home worried that his paramour may unwittingly stray from their relationship.

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Don't Sleep in the Subway

"Don't Sleep in the Subway" is a song written by Tony Hatch and Jackie Trent and recorded by Petula Clark, for whom it was an April 1967 single release.

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Dot Records

Dot Records is an American record label founded by Randy Wood that was active between 1950 and 1979.

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Dream Lover

"Dream Lover" is a song written by Bobby Darin and recorded by him on April 6, 1959.

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Drip Drop (Leiber and Stoller song)

"Drip Drop" is a song written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller.

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Duane Eddy

Duane Eddy (born April 26, 1938) is an American guitarist.

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Dungaree Doll

"Dungaree Doll" is a song written by Sherman Edwards and Ben Raleigh and performed by Eddie Fisher featuring Hugo Winterhalter and His Orchestra and Chorus.

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Durium Records

Durium was an Italian record label, active from 1935 to 1989.

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Eddie Fisher (singer)

Edwin John "Eddie" Fisher (August 10, 1928 – September 22, 2010) was an American singer and actor.

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Elvis Presley

Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977) was an American singer and actor.

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Empty Arms

"Empty Arms" is a song composed and first recorded by Ivory Joe Hunter which became an R&B hit in 1957.

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Eternally (Charles Chaplin song)

"Eternally" is a song with music by Charles Chaplin, and words by the English lyricists Geoff Parsons and John Turner.

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Exodus (soundtrack)

Exodus is a soundtrack album by Ernest Gold with the Sinfonia of London from the 1960 film Exodus directed by Otto Preminger.

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Fabian Forte

Fabiano Anthony Forte (born February 6, 1943), professionally known as Fabian, is an American singer and actor.

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Ferrante & Teicher

Ferrante & Teicher were a duo of American piano players, known for their light arrangements of familiar classical pieces, movie soundtracks, and show tunes, as well as their signature style of florid, intricate and fast paced piano playing performances.

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Frank Sinatra

Francis Albert Sinatra (December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer, actor, and producer who was one of the most popular and influential musical artists of the 20th century.

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Frankie Avalon

Frankie Avalon (born Francis Thomas Avallone; September 18, 1940) is an Italian-American actor, singer, and former teen idol.

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Frankie Laine

Frankie Laine (born Francesco Paolo LoVecchio; March 30, 1913 – February 6, 2007) was an Italian American singer, songwriter, and actor whose career spanned 75 years, from his first concerts in 1930 with a marathon dance company to his final performance of "That's My Desire" in 2005.

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From Russia with Love (soundtrack)

From Russia with Love is the soundtrack for the second James Bond film of the same name.

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Galveston (song)

"Galveston" is a song written by Jimmy Webb and popularized by American country music singer Glen Campbell who recorded it with the instrumental backing of members of The Wrecking Crew.

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Glen Campbell

Glen Travis Campbell (April 22, 1936 – August 8, 2017) was an American singer, guitarist, songwriter, television host, and actor.

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Granada (song)

"Granada" is a song written in 1932 by Mexican composer Agustín Lara.

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Guy Mitchell

Guy Mitchell (born Albert George Cernik; February 22, 1927 – July 1, 1999) was an American pop singer and actor, successful in his homeland, the UK, and Australia.

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Half as Much

"Half as Much" is an American pop standard written by Curley Williams in 1951.

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Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen

"Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen" is a pop song released in 1961 by Neil Sedaka.

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Hats Off to Larry

"Hats Off to Larry" is a song written and sung by Del Shannon, which he released as a single in 1961.

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He's Got the Whole World in His Hands

"He's Got the Whole World in His Hands" is a traditional American spiritual, first published in 1927.

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Helen Merrill

Helen Merrill (born Jelena Ana Milcetic July 21, 1930) is an American jazz vocalist.

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Henri René

Henri René (born Harold M. Kirchstein; December 29, 1906 – April 25, 1993), was an American musician who had an international career in the recording industry as a producer, composer, conductor and arranger.

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Herbie Hancock

Herbert Jeffrey "Herbie" Hancock (born April 12, 1940) is an American pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, composer and actor.

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Hey There

"Hey There" is a show tune from the musical play The Pajama Game, written by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross.

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His Master's Voice

His Master's Voice (HMV) is a famous trademark in the recording industry and was the unofficial name of a major British record label.

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Howard McGhee

Howard McGhee (March 6, 1918 – July 17, 1987) was one of the first bebop jazz trumpeters, with Dizzy Gillespie, Fats Navarro and Idrees Sulieman.

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Hugo & Luigi

Hugo & Luigi were an American record producing team, made up of songwriters and producers Luigi Creatore and Hugo Peretti, who shared an office in New York's Brill Building.

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Hugo Winterhalter

Hugo Winterhalter (August 15, 1909 – September 17, 1973) was an American easy listening arranger and composer.

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I Got Plenty o' Nuttin'

"I Got Plenty o' Nuttin'" is a song composed in 1934 by George Gershwin for the 1935 "folk-opera" Porgy and Bess (1934).

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Instrumental

An instrumental is a musical composition or recording without lyrics, or singing, although it might include some inarticulate vocals, such as shouted backup vocals in a Big Band setting.

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It Doesn't Matter Anymore

"It Doesn't Matter Anymore" is a pop ballad written by Paul Anka and recorded by Buddy Holly in 1958.

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It Happened in Monterey

"It Happened in Monterey" or "It Happened in Monterrey" is a 1930 song composed by Mabel Wayne, with lyrics by Billy Rose and performed by Paul Whiteman and his orchestra.

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It's De-Lovely

"It's De-Lovely" is one of Cole Porter's hit songs, originally appearing in his 1936 musical, Red Hot and Blue.

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It's Not for Me to Say

"It's Not for Me to Say" is a 1957 popular song with music by Robert Allen and lyrics by Al Stillman.

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Ivory Joe Hunter

Ivory Joe Hunter (October 10, 1914 – November 8, 1974) was an American rhythm-and-blues singer, songwriter, and pianist.

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Jackie Gleason

John Herbert Gleason (February 26, 1916June 24, 1987) was an American comedian, actor, writer, composer and conductor.

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Jasmine Records

Jasmine Records is a London-based record label that specialises in jazz reissues.

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Jazz

Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, United States, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and developed from roots in blues and ragtime.

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Jerry Lee Lewis

Jerry Lee Lewis (born September 29, 1935) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and pianist, often known by his nickname, The Killer.

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Jersey City, New Jersey

Jersey City is the second-most-populous city in the U.S. state of New Jersey, after Newark.

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Joe Williams (jazz singer)

Joe Williams (born Joseph Goreed; December 12, 1918 – March 29, 1999) was an American jazz singer.

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John Serry Sr.

John Serry Sr. (born Giovanni Serrapica; January 29, 1915 – September 14, 2003) was a concert accordionist, arranger, composer, organist and educator who performed in live concerts on the CBS Radio and CBS Television networks which were broadcast throughout the United States during the Golden Age of Radio.

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Johnnie Ray

John Alvin Ray (January 10, 1927 – February 24, 1990) was an American singer, songwriter, and pianist.

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Johnny Mathis

John Royce Mathis (born September 30, 1935) is an American singer of popular music.

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Julie London

Julie London (née Peck; September 26, 1926 – October 18, 2000) was an American singer and actress, whose career spanned more than 40 years.

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Just Walkin' in the Rain

"Just Walkin' in the Rain" is a popular song.

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King Curtis

Curtis Ousley (February 7, 1934 – August 13, 1971), who performed under the stage name King Curtis, was an American saxophonist known for rhythm and blues, rock and roll, soul, blues, funk and soul jazz.

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Knee Deep in the Blues

"Knee Deep in the Blues" is a song written by Melvin Endsley and was recorded by Marty Robbins in 1957.

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Late Date with Ruth Brown

Late Date with Ruth Brown is an album by vocalist Ruth Brown featuring tracks recorded in 1959 and released on the Atlantic label.

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LaVern Baker

Delores LaVern Baker (November 11, 1929 – March 10, 1997) was an American rhythm-and-blues singer who had several hit records on the pop chart in the 1950s and early 1960s.

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Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries (album)

Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries is an album by trumpeter Howard McGhee featuring songs from the musical film The Best Things in Life Are Free which were recorded in 1956 and released on the Bethlehem label.

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Little Town Flirt

"Little Town Flirt" is a song by Del Shannon, which he released as a single in 1962 and on the album Little Town Flirt in 1963.

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Lonely Boy (Paul Anka song)

"Lonely Boy" is a song written and recorded by Paul Anka.

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Lou Monte

Lou Monte (April 2, 1917 – June 12, 1989) was an Italian American singer best known for a number of best-selling, Italian-themed novelty records which he recorded for both RCA Records and Reprise Records in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

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Louis Armstrong

Louis Daniel Armstrong (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971), nicknamed Satchmo, Satch, and Pops, was an American trumpeter, composer, singer and occasional actor who was one of the most influential figures in jazz.

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Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (song)

"Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing" is a popular song with music by Sammy Fain and lyrics by Paul Francis Webster.

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Lullaby of Birdland

"Lullaby of Birdland" is a 1952 popular song with music by George Shearing and lyrics by George David Weiss under the pseudonym "B.

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Mack the Knife

"Die Moritat von Mackie Messer" (later known as "Mack the Knife" or "The Ballad of Mack the Knife") is a song composed by Kurt Weill with lyrics by Bertolt Brecht for their music drama Die Dreigroschenoper, or, as it is known in English, The Threepenny Opera.

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Mahalia Jackson

Mahalia Jackson (October 26, 1911 – January 27, 1972) was an American gospel singer.

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Marty Robbins

Martin David Robinson (September 26, 1925 – December 8, 1982), known professionally as Marty Robbins, was an American singer, songwriter, actor, multi-instrumentalist, and racing driver.

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McGuire Sisters

The McGuire Sisters were a singing trio in American popular music.

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Mel Bay

Mel Bay (February 25, 1913 – May 14, 1997) was a musician and publisher best known for his series of music education books.

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Miss Rhythm

Miss Rhythm is an album by vocalist Ruth Brown featuring tracks recorded between 1954 and 1959 and released on the Atlantic label.

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Misty (song)

"Misty" is a jazz standard written in 1954 by pianist Erroll Garner.

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Mitch Miller

Mitchell William "Mitch" Miller (July 4, 1911 – July 31, 2010) was an American oboist, conductor, recording producer and recording industry executive.

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Moments to Remember

"Moments to Remember" is a 1955 popular song recorded by Canadian quartet The Four Lads.

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Mood Indigo

"Mood Indigo" (1930) is a jazz composition and song, with music by Duke Ellington and Barney Bigard with lyrics by Irving Mills.

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Moon Over Naples

"Moon Over Naples" is a 1965 instrumental composed and originally performed by German bandleader Bert Kaempfert and was the first track on his album, The Magic Music of Far Away Places for Decca Records.

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Moonlight in Vermont (song)

"Moonlight in Vermont" is a popular song about the U.S. state of Vermont, written by John Blackburn (lyrics) and Karl Suessdorf (music) and published in 1944.

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Mrs. Robinson

"Mrs.

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My Favorite Things (song)

"My Favorite Things" is a show tune from the 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The Sound of Music. In the original Broadway production, this song was introduced by Mary Martin playing Maria and Patricia Neway playing Mother Abbess.

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My Heart Cries for You

"My Heart Cries for You" is a popular song, adapted by Carl Sigman and Percy Faith from an 18th-century French melody.

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My Way

"My Way" is a song popularized in 1969 by Frank Sinatra.

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Neil Sedaka

Neil Sedaka (born March 13, 1939) is an American pop singer, pianist, composer and record producer.

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Next Door to an Angel

"Next Door to an Angel" is a rock and pop song written by Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield and recorded by Neil Sedaka in 1962.

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No, Not Much

"No, Not Much" is a popular song published in 1955.

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O mein Papa

"O mein Papa" is a German song, as related by a young woman remembering her beloved, once-famous clown father.

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Old Friends (song)

"Old Friends" is a song by American music duo Simon & Garfunkel from their fourth studio album, Bookends (1968).

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On the Street Where You Live

"On the Street Where You Live" is a song with music by Frederick Loewe and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, from the 1956 Broadway musical, My Fair Lady.

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On the Sunny Side of the Street

"On the Sunny Side of the Street" is a 1930 song, with credited music composed by Jimmy McHugh and lyrics by Dorothy Fields.

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One Step at a Time (Brenda Lee song)

"One Step at a Time" is a song written by Hugh Ashley and performed by Brenda Lee.

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Paul Anka

Paul Albert Anka, (born July 30, 1941) is a Canadian singer, songwriter and actor.

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Pearl Bailey

Pearl Mae Bailey (March 29, 1918 – August 17, 1990) was an American actress and singer.

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Peggy Lee

Norma Deloris Egstrom (May 26, 1920 – January 21, 2002) known professionally as Peggy Lee, was an American jazz and popular music singer, songwriter, composer, and actress, in a career spanning six decades.

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Percy Faith

Percy Faith (April 7, 1908 – February 9, 1976) was a Canadian bandleader, orchestrator, composer and conductor, known for his lush arrangements of pop and Christmas standards.

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Perry Como

Pierino Ronald "Perry" Como (May 18, 1913 – May 12, 2001) was an American singer and television personality.

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Petula Clark

Petula Clark, CBE (born Sally Olwen Clark, 15 November 1932) is a British singer, actress and composer whose career spans seven decades.

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Pop music

Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form in the United States and United Kingdom during the mid-1950s.

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Puppet on a String

"Puppet on a String" is the name of the Eurovision Song Contest-winning song in 1967 by British singer Sandie Shaw.

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Puppy Love (Paul Anka song)

"Puppy Love" is a popular song written by Paul Anka in 1960 for Annette Funicello, whom he was dating at the time.

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Put Your Head on My Shoulder

"Put Your Head on My Shoulder" is a song written by Canadian singer-songwriter Paul Anka.

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Ralph Marterie

Ralph Marterie (24 December 1914 – 10 October 1978) was a big-band leader born in Acerra (near Naples), Italy.

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Rave On

"Rave On", also written "Rave On!", is a song written by Sonny West, Bill Tilghman and Norman Petty in 1958.

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Ray Conniff

Joseph Raymond Conniff (November 6, 1916 – October 12, 2002) was an American bandleader and arranger best known for his Ray Conniff Singers during the 1960s.

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RCA Camden

RCA Camden was a budget record label of RCA Victor, created by 1953 to reissue recordings from earlier 78-RPM releases.

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RCA Records

RCA Records (formerly legally traded as the RCA Records Label) is an American record label owned by Sony Music, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America.

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Riz Ortolani

Riziero "Riz" Ortolani (25 March 192623 January 2014) was an Italian film composer.

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Rock music

Rock music is a broad genre of popular music that originated as "rock and roll" in the United States in the early 1950s, and developed into a range of different styles in the 1960s and later, particularly in the United Kingdom and in the United States.

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Rosemary Clooney

Rosemary Clooney (May 23, 1928 – June 29, 2002) was an American singer and actress.

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Roulette Records

Roulette Records was an American record company and label founded in 1957 by George Goldner, Joe Kolsky, Morris Levy and Phil Kahl, with creative control given to producers and songwriters Hugo Peretti and Luigi Creatore.

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Runaround Sue

"Runaround Sue" is a pop song, in a modified doo-wop style, originally a US No.

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Runaway (Del Shannon song)

"Runaway" is a number-one ''Billboard'' Hot 100 song made famous by Del Shannon in 1961.

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Ruth Brown

Ruth Alston Brown (née Weston, January 12, 1928 – November 17, 2006) was an American singer-songwriter and actress, sometimes known as the "Queen of R&B".

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Santa Lucia

"Santa Lucia" is a traditional Neapolitan song.

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Sarah Vaughan

Sarah Lois Vaughan (March 27, 1924 – April 3, 1990) was an American jazz singer.

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Savoy Records

Savoy Records is an American record company and label established by Herman Lubinsky in 1942 in Newark, New Jersey.

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Secret Love (Doris Day song)

"Secret Love" is a song composed by Sammy Fain (music) and Paul Francis Webster (lyrics) for Calamity Jane, a 1953 musical film in which it was introduced by Doris Day in the title role.

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See See Rider

"See See Rider", also known as "C.C. Rider", "See See Rider Blues" or "Easy Rider", is a popular American 12-bar blues song, originally recorded by Gertrude "Ma" Rainey in 1924.

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Sergio Franchi

Sergio Franchi (April 6, 1926 – May 1, 1990), born Sergio Franci Galli, was an Italian-American tenor and actor who enjoyed success in the United States and internationally after gaining notice in Britain in the early 1960s.

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Session musician

Session musicians, studio musicians, or backing musicians are musicians hired to perform in recording sessions or live performances.

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Side by Side (1927 song)

"Side by Side" is a popular song by Harry M. Woods written in 1927, now considered a standard.

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Simon & Garfunkel

Simon & Garfunkel were an American folk rock duo consisting of singer-songwriter Paul Simon and singer Art Garfunkel.

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Smile (Charlie Chaplin song)

"Smile" is a song based on an instrumental theme used in the soundtrack for Charlie Chaplin's 1936 movie ''Modern Times''.

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Solomon Burke

Solomon Burke (born James Solomon McDonald, March 21, 1940 – October 10, 2010) was an American preacher and singer who shaped the sound of rhythm and blues as one of the founding fathers of soul music in the 1960s.

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Somethin' Smith and the Redheads

Somethin' Smith and the Redheads were an American vocal group, doing mostly pop standards in the 1950s.

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Spanish Harlem (song)

"Spanish Harlem" is a song released by Ben E. King in 1960 on Atco Records, written by Jerry Leiber and Phil Spector, and produced by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller.

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Spinning Wheel (song)

"Spinning Wheel" is the title of a song from 1968 by the band Blood, Sweat & Tears.

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Splish Splash (song)

"Splish Splash" is a 1958 song performed and co-written by Bobby Darin.

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Squeeze Play (album)

Squeeze Play is an Ultra High Fidelity monaural phonographic album (33 RPM) which was released on the Dot Records label in 1956 (DLP-3024) featuring the artistry of John Serry Sr. It includes an original composition by Mr.

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Stand by Me (Ben E. King song)

"Stand by Me" is a song, originally performed by American singer-songwriter Ben E. King, and written by King, Jerry Leiber, and Mike Stoller.

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Standing on the Corner (show tune)

"Standing on the Corner" is a popular song written by Frank Loesser and published in 1956.

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Stranger in Paradise (song)

"Stranger in Paradise" is a popular song from the musical Kismet (1953), and is credited to Robert Wright and George Forrest.

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Sugartime

"Sugartime" is a popular song written by Charlie Phillips and Odis Echols and published in 1957.

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Temptation (Nacio Herb Brown and Arthur Freed song)

"Temptation" is a popular song published in 1933, with music written by Nacio Herb Brown and lyrics by Arthur Freed.

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That's My Desire

"That's My Desire" is a 1931 popular song with music by Helmy Kresa and lyrics by Carroll Loveday.

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The Ballad of Paladin

"The Ballad of Paladin" is a song written by Johnny Western, Richard Boone, and Sam Rolfe and performed by Duane Eddy.

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The Coasters

The Coasters are an American rhythm and blues/rock and roll vocal group who had a string of hits in the late 1950s.

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The Crickets

The Crickets were an American rock and roll band from Lubbock, Texas, formed by singer-songwriter Buddy Holly in the 1950s.

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The Four Lads

The Four Lads is a Canadian male singing quartet.

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The Hollywood Reporter

The Hollywood Reporter (THR) is a multi-platform American digital and print magazine founded in 1930 and focusing on the Hollywood film industry, television, and entertainment industries, as well as Hollywood's intersection with fashion, finance, law, technology, lifestyle, and politics.

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The Impossible Dream (The Quest)

"The Impossible Dream (The Quest)" is a popular song composed by Mitch Leigh, with lyrics written by Joe Darion.

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The Twelfth of Never

"The Twelfth of Never" is a popular song written in 1956 and first recorded by Johnny Mathis the following year.

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The Village Stompers

The Village Stompers was an American dixieland jazz group during the 1950s and '60s.

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The Wanderer (Dion song)

"The Wanderer" is a song written by Ernie Maresca and originally recorded by Dion.

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The Yellow Rose of Texas (song)

"The Yellow Rose of Texas" is a traditional American folk song dating back to at least the 1850s.

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This Is My Song (1967 song)

"This Is My Song" is a song written by Charlie Chaplin in 1966, and performed by Petula Clark.

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This Ole House

"This Ole House" (sometimes written "This Old House") is a popular song written by Stuart Hamblen, and published in 1954.

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Tiger (Fabian song)

"Tiger" is a 1959 song by Fabian Forte.

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Time Records

Time Records is an Italian record company and label.

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Times of Your Life

"Times of Your Life" is a popular song and advertising jingle made famous in the 1970s by Canadian singer Paul Anka, who recorded it in 1975 for an album of the same title.

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Tony Bennett

Anthony Dominick Benedetto (born August 3, 1926), known professionally as Tony Bennett, is an American singer of traditional pop standards, big band, show tunes, and jazz.

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Tony Mottola

Anthony C. Mottola (April 18, 1918 – August 9, 2004) was an American jazz guitarist who released dozens of solo albums.

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Turn Me Loose (Fabian song)

"Turn Me Loose" is a song written by Doc Pomus and partner, Mort Shuman, upon the request of the managers of teen idol, Fabian Forte.

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United Artists Records

United Artists Records was a record label founded by Max E. Youngstein of United Artists in 1957 to issue movie soundtracks.

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Venus (Frankie Avalon song)

"Venus" is a song written by Ed Marshall and Peter DeAngelis.

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What a Diff'rence a Day Makes!

What a Diff'rence a Day Makes! is a 1959 album by Dinah Washington, arranged by Belford Hendricks, featuring her hit single of the same name.

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Willis Jackson (saxophonist)

Willis "Gator" Jackson (April 25, 1932 – October 25, 1987) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist.

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Won't You Come Home Bill Bailey

"(Won't You Come Home) Bill Bailey", originally titled "Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home?" is a popular song published in 1902.

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Woody Herman

Woodrow Charles Herman (May 16, 1913 – October 29, 1987) was an American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, singer, and big band leader.

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5th Marine Division (United States)

The 5th Marine Division was a United States Marine Corps ground combat division which was activated on 11 November 1943 (officially activated on 21 January 1944) at Camp Pendleton, California during World War II.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Caiola

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