Charles calello biography

Meet The Most Successful Arranger In The History Of Pop Music

PART I

Steve Pomeranz: It’s funny that a person whose work is so familiar to us should not have the name recognition as others who have touched our lives. This is especially true in the arts. Think of the music business with its thousands of singers, instrumentalists, recording engineers, producers, songwriters, and more. Only a very small fraction are household names. This brings me to my special guest today. The man who sits across from me in the studio has had more top ten hit records than any other arranger in the history of pop music.

He has worked with artists ranging from Frankie Valli of the Four Seasons to Bruce Springsteen, Barry Manilow, Barbara Streisand, and Sinatra, to name just a few. And if you think it’s only the music of baby boomers in our generation, he’s also mentored Ariana Grande and helped point the way to her first recording session at age 12. Let me introduce Charlie Calello. Hey, Charlie, welcome to the show.

Charlie Calello: It’s nice to be here.

Steve Pomera

Charles Calello

American songwriter (born 1938)

Charles Calello

Calello Conducting in 2018

Birth nameCharles Calello
Born (1938-08-24) August 24, 1938 (age 86)
Newark, New Jersey, US
OriginNewark, New Jersey
GenresRock, pop
Occupation(s)Record producer, arranger, conductor, composer, musician
InstrumentBass guitar
Years active1956-present

Musical artist

Charles Calello (born August 24, 1938) is an American arranger, composer, conductor, record producer, and singer born in Newark, New Jersey. Calello attended Newark Arts High School[1][2] and the Manhattan School of Music,[3] in New York City. His track record of successfully collaborating with various artists to produce or arrange Billboard hit songs led to his nickname in the industry as the "Hit Man."

In the late 1950s, Calello was a member of Frankie Valli's group The Four Lovers, but left before the group was transformed into The Four Seasons. In 1962, he became the group's musical arranger. In 1965, he briefly filled in for Nick Massi

Charles Calello

Charles Calello (Newark, 24 agosto1938) è un cantante, compositore, direttore d'orchestra e arrangiatorestatunitense.

La sua carriera inizia con l'entrata a far parte dei The Four Seasons, allora noti come The Four Lovers, ma lasciò la band quando assunse il nome attuale. Nel 1965 ritornò però a sostituire Nick Massi (che ironicamente era il suo sostituto nei The Four Lovers quattro anni prima) ma venne rimpiazzato nello stesso anno da Joe Long. Quindi divenne nel 1968 un produttore e arrangiatore indipendente.

Ha lavorato con tanti differenti artisti tra cui Roberto Carlos Braga, Frank Sinatra, Al Kooper, Bruce Springsteen, Ray Charles, Gloria Estefan e molti altri.

È stato uno dei migliori amici di Frank Grande, nonno materno di Ariana Grande.

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