Frankie Carle

Frankie Carle, born as Francis Nuncius Carlone, ( born March 25, 1903 in Providence, Rhode Iceland, † March 7, 2001 in Mesa, Arizona) was an American big band leader, composer and pianist of the swing and dance music.

Carle played professionally in the 1916 first volume of his uncle. In 1921 he had his first recordings as a member of the band by Edwin J. McEnelley. 1936/37, he was in the band from time Hallett, where he among other things, played with Gene Krupa and Jack Teagarden. Then he had his own band, before he entered into in 1939 by Horace Heidt, which he ran with and over the radio where he made a name for himself before he in 1944 founded their own Big Band, supported by Heidt, who retired. Singer of the band were, inter alia, his daughter Marjorie Hughes and Paul Allen. In addition, he also appeared as a composer with songs like " Roses in the Rain" and "Sunrise Serenade" in appearance, which was a number 1 hit for the Casa Loma Orchestra 1939.

In the 1940s he had his own hits with the " Sunside Serenade " which was the song themes of his band, and with " Oh, What It Seemed to Be ", which in 1946 reached the top spot in the U.S. charts. In the autumn of the same year he succeeded with " Romours Are Flying " his second number -one hit. In 1955 he dissolved his band and founded " Frankie Carle and his Rhythm" with four female musicians ( guitar, drums, accordion, bass) and him on the piano. They performed in night clubs and in Las Vegas. In the 1960s he withdrew, but took part in the big-band revival of the 1970s, when he appeared with Freddy Martin in The Big Band Cavalcade; last he still toured in 1983.