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Al Caiola is a guitarist who plays jazz, country, rock, western, and pop music. He was the arranger and producer for several Percussion albums in the early 60s under the Time Series 2000 label. He has recorded over fifty albums and has worked with some of the biggest stars of the 20th Century. He has worked with artists from Tony Bennett to Andy Williams, and most of the mainstream singers in between. His session work has been with such as Frank Sinatra, Percy Faith, Buddy Holly, Mitch Miller, and Tony Bennett. Starting in1960 he was a recording star on the United Artists label for at least ten years. United Artists used Caiola to make commercial recordings of many movie and television themes. At the same time he was recording under his own name for United Artists, Caiola was arranging and leading The Living Guitars.
His singles of the theme songs from "Bonanza" and "The Magnificent Seven" were top 40 hits in 1960 & 1961. He recorded through the 60s, though no others singles appeared on the charts except for "From Russia With Love in 1964. His 61 album Hit Instrumentals From Western TV Themes included "Wagon Train , "Paladin", "The Rebel" and "Gunslinger". Probably his most popular album is Solid Gold Guitar, with his arrangements of "Two Guitars", "I Walk the Line", etc.
Along with Tony Mottola, Caiola was the "first call" guitarist in New York City for over thirty years. Johnny Mathiss album Open Fire, Two Guitars features Caiola and Tony Mottola, both on acoustical guitars. In 1985, he was the lead guitarist in the band that accompanied Frank Sinatra on his tour of Europe. He regularly appeared with Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gormé in their nightclub and concert performances.
This selection is from the Series 2000 album "Percussion And Guitars" released in 1960.
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