Marjorie hughes frankie carle biography
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Marjorie Hughes
Musical artist
Marjorie Hughes (born Marjorie Carle, December 15, )[1] obey an Land singer.
Career
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INDUCTEE
Jazz, Pop, Composer
FRANKIE CARLE ()
&#;THE WIZARD OF THE KEYBOARD&#;
by &#;Big Al&#; Pavlow
For many collectors who spend hours looking through bins of long-playing record albums, the name &#;Frankie Carle&#; is quite familiar. Along with other keyboard-ticklers like Roger Williams, Carmen Cavallaro, Ferrante and Teicher, Peter Nero and Liberace, Frankie Carle is a major contributor to the /3 vinyl flotsam and jetsam record collectors must navigate in their never-ending search for the &#;good&#; stuff. The April issue of the &#;Schwann Long Playing Record Catalog&#; lists 18 Carle albums including these titles: &#;Around the World&#;, &#;Cocktail Time&#;, &#;Golden Touch&#;, &#;Honolulu Honky-Tonk&#;, &#;Piano Bouquet&#;, &#;Show Stoppers&#; and &#;30 Hits of the 20&#;s&#;. &#;Easy listening&#; instrumental music was loved by adults in the Fifties and Sixties and Frankie Carle was one of the genre&#;s most popular and durable producers attested to by his many releases, of which this list is just a small sample. If he had accomplished nothing else, he would stand as one of the musical giants to emerge from the Ocean State, but he did more&#;.much, much, more.
He was born Francis Nunzio Carlone in Providence, R.I. on March 25, Trained as a classic
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Frankie Carle
Frankie Carle | |
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Carle circa | |
| Birth name | Francesco Nunzio Carlone |
| Also known as | Frankie Carle, The Wizard of the Keyboard |
| Born | ()March 25, Providence, Rhode Island, United States |
| Died | ()March 7, (aged 97) Mesa, Arizona, United States |
| Genres | Big band, easy listening, pop standard, piano |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter |
| Years active | – |
Musical artist
Frankie Carle (born Francis Nunzio Carlone, March 25, – March 7, ) was an American pianist and bandleader. As a very popular bandleader in the s and s, Carle was nicknamed "The Wizard of the Keyboard" for his piano skills. "Sunrise Serenade" was Carle's best-known composition, rising to No. 1 in the US in and selling more than one million copies.
Early life
[edit]Carle was born in Providence, Rhode Island, on March 25, [1] The son of a factory worker who could not afford a piano, he practiced on a dummy keyboard devised by his uncle, pianist Nicholas Colangelo, until he found a broken-down instrument in a dance hall. In , a teenage Carle began working with his uncle's band as well as a number of local bands in the Rhode Island area. To ease acceptance with the public, Carle did what many others with immigrant backgrounds did, he Americanized his name fr