Charles Calello
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Charlie Calello is an American, singer, composer, conductor and arranger, born in New York.
In the mid-to-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 newly-rechristened group's arranger. In 1965, he joined the Four Seasons' lineup as bassist, replacing Nick Massi (who, ironically, was Calello's replacement in The Four Lovers four years earlier). After recruiting Joe Long to succeed him as the bassist, Calello departed completely from the group, becoming a staff arranger/producer at Columbia Records. In 1968, he became an independent producer and arranger.
He has worked with such diverse artists as Roberto Carlos, Frank Sinatra, Neil Diamond, Al Kooper, Bruce Springsteen, Laura Nyro, Barbra Streisand, Engelbert Humperdinck, Ray Charles, Gloria Estefan, Bobby Vinton, Barry Manilow and Juice Newton, and many others.
In 1992 he became principal arranger and assistant conductor of the Florida Symphonic Pops in Boca Raton.
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