David Carroll and His Orchestra

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The Beautiful Girls Of Vienna 00:00 Tools
Adios 00:00 Tools
Lingering Lovers 00:00 Tools
Bouncing Ball 00:00 Tools
Irene 00:00 Tools
Swamp Fire 00:00 Tools
Cha-Cha Panecas 00:00 Tools
Soft Shoe Song 00:00 Tools
Hey Chick 00:00 Tools
Come Closer To Me 00:00 Tools
Would You LIke To Take A Walk 00:00 Tools
The Doodlin' Drummer 00:00 Tools
Let's Dance Again 00:00 Tools
Corrido Chileno 00:00 Tools
Middle East Mambo 00:00 Tools
Caravan 00:00 Tools
Beyond The Moonlight based on Felix Mendelssohn's 'On Wings Of Song' 00:00 Tools
Sugar Loaf 00:00 Tools
Tonight 00:00 Tools
Dance Of The Slave Maidens (also known as 'Stranger In Paradise') (from 'Prince Igor') 00:00 Tools
Oye Negra 00:00 Tools
Scheherazade Themes 00:00 Tools
Ballet Egyptian 00:00 Tools
Twilight in Turkey 00:00 Tools
Bali Ha'i 00:00 Tools
Jungle Drums 00:00 Tools
Brisas Del Sur 00:00 Tools
In a Persian Market 00:00 Tools
Good Mornin' 00:00 Tools
Hell's Bells 00:00 Tools
The Ski Song (Slalom) 00:00 Tools
Bacchanale 00:00 Tools
Muskrat Ramble 00:00 Tools
Orientale 00:00 Tools
Shish-Kebab 00:00 Tools
Huckleberry Duck 00:00 Tools
Twice Around The Island 00:00 Tools
Besame Mucho (Slow Rhumba) 00:00 Tools
The Cricket 00:00 Tools
The Chimes of Swing 00:00 Tools
Li'l Steel Band 00:00 Tools
La Piconera 00:00 Tools
Swinging Sweethearts (Skiffling Strings) 00:00 Tools
Gadabout 00:00 Tools
Swingin' On A Moonbeam 00:00 Tools
Night Train 00:00 Tools
Pretty Baby 00:00 Tools
It's A Wonderful World 00:00 Tools
Danse Orientale 00:00 Tools
Adios Mariquita Linda 00:00 Tools
Uptown Bounce 00:00 Tools
I Could Have Danced All Night Cha-Cha 00:00 Tools
Cha-Cha-Panecas 00:00 Tools
Moon River (from the film 'Breakfast at Tiffanys') 00:00 Tools
Red Top 00:00 Tools
By Heck Cha-Cha-Cha 00:00 Tools
Bells and Little Bells 00:00 Tools
In a Little Spanish Town Cha-Cha 00:00 Tools
Soft Shoe Song (The Dance My Darling Used To Do) 00:00 Tools
Harem Dance (Danse Arabe) 00:00 Tools
Besame Mucho 00:00 Tools
Malaguena 00:00 Tools
Harem Dance 00:00 Tools
Xylo-Calypso 00:00 Tools
Toot Sweet 00:00 Tools
Baia 00:00 Tools
Castle Rock 00:00 Tools
Little Pixie 00:00 Tools
Play A Simple Melody 00:00 Tools
Melody Of Love 00:00 Tools
Love Letters in the Sand 00:00 Tools
Dizzy Fingers 00:00 Tools
Let's Dance Dance Dance 00:00 Tools
Bijou 00:00 Tools
Heartaches 00:00 Tools
A Gliss to Remember 00:00 Tools
Cuddle Up a Little Closer 00:00 Tools
In A Little Spanish Town 00:00 Tools
Petite Waltz 00:00 Tools
Never 00:00 Tools
Chinatown My Chinatown 00:00 Tools
I've Got a New Heartache 00:00 Tools
Somebody Else Is Taking My Place 00:00 Tools
The Lamp of Memory 00:00 Tools
Tequila 00:00 Tools
Hey Chick! 00:00 Tools
Parakeet 00:00 Tools
Clarinet Polka 00:00 Tools
Mexican Hat Dance 00:00 Tools
The Breeze and I (Andalucia) 00:00 Tools
Patricia 00:00 Tools
Fascination 00:00 Tools
Hava Nagila 00:00 Tools
First Call 00:00 Tools
The Bells Of St. Mary's 00:00 Tools
Let's Dance 00:00 Tools
Dance of the Slave Maidens (From Prince Igor) 00:00 Tools
Side Saddle 00:00 Tools
Alouette 00:00 Tools
Bullfight (Spanish Symphonique Pt 3) 00:00 Tools
Discussion in Percussion 00:00 Tools
Finale Flamenco (Spanish Symphonique Pt 4) 00:00 Tools
I Love You Truly 00:00 Tools
Alouette 00:00 Tools
Swedish Folk Dance 00:00 Tools
The Ski Song - Slalom 00:00 Tools
Malagueña - Bonus Track 00:00 Tools
El Cha Cha 00:00 Tools
Caribbean 00:00 Tools
Malagueña 00:00 Tools
Mexican Hat Twist 00:00 Tools
Lullaby of Broadway 00:00 Tools
La Golondrina 00:00 Tools
Patricia (Cha-Cha-Cha) 00:00 Tools
Chatter 00:00 Tools
Dixie Dawn Patrol 00:00 Tools
Chatter (Discussion in Percussion) 00:00 Tools
Yearning 00:00 Tools
Contoversy (Discussion in Percussion) 00:00 Tools
Madrid (Spanish Symphonique Pt 2) 00:00 Tools
The Pyrenees (Spanish Symphonique Pt 1) 00:00 Tools
Quiet Talk 00:00 Tools
Let's Dance, Dance, Dance 00:00 Tools
Puerto Rican Pedlar 00:00 Tools
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Musical director for Mercury from 1951 to the early 1960s. As studio arranger and conductor, Carroll played on numerous Top 40 hits, backing the Crew Cuts on their #1 hit, "Sh-Boom" and Rusty Draper on his "Shifting, Whispering Sands". Under his own name, he recorded a string of LPs with the "dance" theme, mostly featuring his own compositions. He employed the cream of Chicago's session men on his albums, including percussionists Dick Schory and Bobby Christian, Earl Backus on guitar, and Mike Simpson, who also composed a number of innovative pieces for percussion on Carroll's albums, on reeds. Quincy Jones composed a couple of numbers for Carroll during his stint as a musical director for Mercury, and several cuts on Carroll's later LPs sound suspiciously like Jones arrangements. For some, the covers, featuring bold photos of sexy women in ecstatic poses, are more interesting than the music itself, but Carroll's Percussion Orientale and Percussion in Hi-Fi are worth seeking out. Among the acts Carroll worked with in his later years with Mercury were the Smothers Brothers, and he eventually left Mercury and toured with them, leading their road show band. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.