Frankie Carle
Frankie Carle , born Francis Nuncius Carlone , (born March 25, 1903 in Providence , Rhode Island , † March 7, 2001 in Mesa , Arizona ) was an American big band leader , composer and pianist of swing and dance music.
Life
Carle first played professionally in his uncle's band in 1916. In 1921 he made his first recordings as a member of Edwin J. McEnelley's band. 1936/37 he was in the band of Mal Hallett , where he a. a. played with Gene Krupa and Jack Teagarden . After that he had his own band before joining Horace Heidt's in 1939 , which he co-led and where he made a name for himself on the radio, before founding his own big band in 1944, supported by Heidt, who retired. The band's singers were u. a. his daughter Marjorie Hughes and Paul Allen. He also appeared as a composer with pieces such as "Roses in the Rain" and "Sunrise Serenade", which in 1939 was a number 1 hit for the Casa Loma Orchestra .
In the 1940s he had his own hits with the "Sunside Serenade", which became the theme song of his band, and with " Oh, What It Seemed to Be ", which reached the top spot in the US charts in 1946. In the autumn of the same year he had his second number one hit with “Romours Are Flying”. In 1955 he broke up his band and founded "Frankie Carle and his Rhythm" with four female musicians (guitar, drums, accordion, bass) and himself at the piano. They performed in night clubs and in Las Vegas . He retired in the 1960s, but took part in the big band revival of the 1970s when he appeared with Freddy Martin in The Big Band Cavalcade ; he last toured in 1983.
literature
- Leo Walker: The Big Band Almanac . Ward Ritchie Press, Pasadena. 1978
- Simon, George T .: The Big Bands . With a foreword by Frank Sinatra. 3rd revised edition. New York City, New York: Macmillan Publishing Co and London: Collier Macmillan Publishers, 1974, pp. 113f
Web links
- Works by and about Frankie Carle and his Orchestra in the catalog of the German National Library
- Bio at Solid
- Biography at Space Age Musicmaker
- Obituary in The New York Times
Individual evidence
- ^ Whitburn, Joel: Top Pop Records 1940-1955 . Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research, 1973, p. 12
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Carle, Frankie |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Carlone, Francis Nuncius (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American big band leader and trombonist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 25, 1903 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Providence , Rhode Island |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 7, 2001 |
| Place of death | Mesa , Arizona |