Carmen Cavallaro: Carmen Cavallaro. Soundtrack: Mighty Aphrodite. Before he became "The Poet of the Piano", classically-trained Cavallaro had enjoyed a modestly successful earlier career as a soloist in society dance bands led by Al Kavelin, Abe Lyman and Enric Madriguera (at the time he was simply billed as 'Carmen'). In 1939, he fronted his own orchestra which made its debut at the Statler Hotel in St. Louis. This eventually blossomed into a...
Known For: Mighty Aphrodite (Soundtrack("Manhattan")), Celebrity (Soundtrack("Cocktails for Two" (1934))), Small Time Crooks (Soundtrack("Cocktails for Two", "Fascination")), The End of the Affair (Soundtrack("The More I See You"))