Carmen Cavallaro

Carmen Cavallaro
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Carmen Cavallaro
Music: North side of the 6300 block of Hollywood Boulevard
Composer | Conductor | Musician
Born May 6, 1913 in New York, NY
Died Oct. 12, 1989 of cancer in Columbus, Ohio

Born in New York City, Carmen Cavallaro may best be remembered for his soundtrack recordings on "The Eddy Duchin Story," a 1956 film about the life of another highly successful society pianist.

In the film, Cavallaro was heard playing as Tyrone Power in the title role ran synchronized fingers over the keys.

Ironically, points out George Simon in his book "The Big Bands," Duchin had been twitted years earlier by members of his own orchestra for not being Cavallaro's equal on the piano. "Carmen," as he was known in the early 1930s, was at the time playing in the relief band at New York's Central Park Casino, where the Duchin band was featured.

Known as the Poet of the Piano, Cavallaro started with the Abe Lyman, Rudy Vallee and Al Kavelin bands in the 1930s and formed his own orchestra in 1939.

He made several recordings over the years, among them "Warsaw Concerto," "The More I See You," "Full Moon and Empty Arms" and, with Bing Crosby, "I Can't Believe That You're in Love With Me."

His other films included "Hollywood Canteen," "Diamond Horseshoe" and "The Time, the Place and the Girl."

— Los Angeles Times October 14, 1989

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