Charlie Calello is an American

United States

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, singer, composer

Composer

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, conductor

Conducting

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, arranger

Arranger

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, accordionist and record producer

Record producer

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 born in Newark, New Jersey

Newark, New Jersey

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.

Calello attended Newark Arts High School

Newark Arts High School

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. and Manhattan School of Music, in New York City.

In the late 1950s, Calello was a member of Frankie Valli

Frankie Valli

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's group The Four Lovers, but left before the group was transformed into The Four Seasons

The Four Seasons (group)

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. In 1962, he became the newly-rechristened group's arranger. In 1965, he joined the Four Seasons' lineup as bassist, temporarily replacing Nick Massi

Nick Massi

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 (who was Calello's replacement in The Four Lovers five years earlier) until a permanent replacement could be found. After recruiting Joe Long

Joe Long

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 to succeed him as the bassist, Calello departed completely from the group, becoming a staff arranger/producer at Columbia Records

Columbia Records

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. In 1968, he became an independent producer and arranger.

He has worked with such diverse artists as Roberto Carlos

Roberto Carlos (singer)

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, Frank Sinatra

Frank Sinatra

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, Neil Diamond

Neil Diamond

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, Al Kooper

Al Kooper

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, Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Springsteen

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, Laura Nyro

Laura Nyro

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, Barbra Streisand

Barbra Streisand

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, Engelbert Humperdinck

Engelbert Humperdinck (singer)

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, Ray Charles

Ray Charles

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, Bobby Vinton

Bobby Vinton

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, Janis Ian

Janis Ian

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, Barry Manilow

Barry Manilow

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, Juice Newton

Juice Newton

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, and many others.

Calello has had over 100 Billboard chart records, 38 of which have been top 10. In 1979 he had his own hit record with a disco version of "Sing, Sing, Sing

Sing, Sing, Sing

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".

In 1992 he became principal arranger and assistant conductor of the Florida Symphonic Pops in Boca Raton, which is now called the Sunshine Pops Orchestra.