Frankie Carle
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Biography
Francis Nunzio Carlone, known professionally as Frankie Carle, was born on March 25, 1903, in Providence, Rhode Island. He began his musical journey as a pianist, practicing on a dummy keyboard devised by his uncle before finding an old piano in a dance hall. Carle started his career working with various mainstream dance bands, including the Edwin J. McEnelly Orchestra from 1924 to 1929, where he wrote arrangements and played piano. In 1935, he formed his own orchestra and gained significant attention when he joined Horace Heidt and His Musical Knights in 1939, becoming a co-leader of the band. Carle's breakthrough came with "Sunrise Serenade", which reached Number 1 in the US in 1938 and sold over one million copies. He left Heidt's band in 1944 to form The Frankie Carle Orchestra, which featured his daughter Marjorie Hughes as a vocalist. During World War II, he participated in the V-Disc program, releasing recordings for the U.S. War Department. His band disbanded after 1955, and he performed mainly as a soloist until the 1980s. Carle's notable compositions include "Falling Leaves", "Oh! What It Seemed to Be", and "A Lover's Lullaby". He was inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame in 1989, the Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame in 1968, and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960. Carle died of natural causes on March 7, 2001, in Mesa, Arizona.
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- Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral (That's an Irish Lullaby)
- American Rock'n' Roll
- The One I Love Belongs To Somebody Else
- All Aboard Medley: On The Atchison, Topeka And The Santa Fe; Chattanooga Choo Choo; Wabash Cannon Ball
- Honeymoon Express Medley: Hands Across The Table; I Married An Angel; It Must Be True; I'm In The Mood For Love
- Heartbreak Limited Medley: In Spite Of The Way Things Are; Blue (And Broken Hearted); Solitude
- Star Dust
- Sugar Train Special Medley: You're A Sweetheart; When My Sugar Walks Down The Street; Candy
- Blue Hawaii
- I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me
- Arabian Nights
- Lonesome Local Medley: I'm Thru With Love; Don't Get Around Much Anymore; I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)
- Dream Special Medley: Dream House; Cabin In The Sky; Street Of Dreams
- Twelfth Street Rag
- Loch Lomond
- American Patrol
- A Lover's Lullaby
- Moonlight Cocktail
- Dardanella
- Wish You Were Here
- Sunrise Serenade featuring Frankie Carle
- Young at Heart
- Secret Love
- Blue Tango
