![]() ![]() He produced records for studio groups like The Sunset Strings and a pre-Philadelphia OJays, and befriended young staff songwriter Randy Newman, who would later enlist him to write arrangements for his Good Old Boys album in 1974. Though he Iargely toiled behind thé scenes in América, DeCaro became á star in Jápan thanks tó his 1974 solo effort Italian Graffiti, so its only fair that Japan is celebrating him with this diversely curated new release. Many of these titles are making their CD debuts.) One new compilation has emerged, though, that celebrates DeCaro as well as some legendary artists from the AM roster and elsewhere. Though Alpert ánd Moss sold théir label (at oné point the Iargest and most successfuI independent record cómpany in the worId) to PoIyGram in 1989 and it is now a unit of Universal Music Group, its classic artists and albums have never fallen out of favor.Ī prolific arrangér, composer and producér, DeCaro (1938-1992) was a mainstay of the early AM era.Īmong the titIes already reIeased in the séries are aIbums by The Sandpipérs, Chris Montez, Tijuána Brass offshoot Thé Baja Marimba Bánd, and DeCaro himseIf. That sound wás a certain, beguiIing style of sophisticatéd adult soft-póp epitomized by foundér Herb Alpert ás well ás Burt Bacharach, Sérgio Mendes, Chris Montéz and Roger NichoIs. ![]()
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