Search - Artist/Band: Al Caiola

• Name: Al Caiola
• Birthday: 09/07/1920
• Birth Place: Jersey City, NJ
• Decades Active: 1950,1960
• Genre: Easy Listening
• Styles: Cool, Instrumental Pop, Swing, Guitar/Easy Listening

Title	Release
Lovers Guitar	05/13/2008
40 Exitos	2007
Classic Italian Love Songs	03/08/2005
Hawaiian Nights	09/07/2004
The Manhattan Guitars	08/06/2002
Bonanza! 1960-1969 WA	07/23/2002
Guitar for Latin Lovers	10/02/2001
Encore Oro Italiano	02/06/2001
Italian Gold: Treasured Collection	02/15/2000
Heritage of Broadway: George Gershwin	10/24/1997
Best of Al Caiola	12/12/1995
Mejores Exitos	12/01/1995
Amigo & Other Songs	12/07/1993
Italian Guitars	1990
Guitar Style	1962
Soft Picks	1960
Serenade in Blue	1956
Deep in a Dream WA	1955

Al Caiola is a guitarist who initially made his reputation as a session musician, playing on records made by Percy Faith and Andre Kostelanetz, among others. Caiola was the conductor and arranger for United Artists Records in the late '40s and early '50s. After leaving UA, he signed with RCA, where he released a number of singles in the '50s. In the early '60s, he went back to United Artists, which is where he scored his first hit with the theme to the film The Magnificent Seven. The single peaked at 35 in early 1961 and it was quickly followed by the theme to the television series Bonanza, which climbed to number 19. For the rest of the '60s, Caiola released a number of easy listening instrumental albums. During the decade he also hosted a television show, which was only aired for a short while. Caiola continued to record throughout the '70s and into the '80s. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide