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Frankie Carle, Frankie Carle (March 25, 1903–March 7, 2001) was an American pianist and bandleader. As a very popular bandleader in the 1940s and 1950s, Carle was nicknamed The Wizard of the Keyboard, He started out working with a number of mainstream dance bands. He received attention when he joined Horace Heidts band, later becoming co-leader of the band.He left Heidts band in 1944 to form his own. His daughter, Marjorie Hughes, was the lead female singer. Carle had several major hits in the 1940s and early 1950s, including his theme song, Sunrise Serenade and Oh! What It Seemed To Be! His band disbanded after 1955 and he performed mainly as a soloist thereafter. Carle died of natural causes in Mesa, Arizona in 2001, a few weeks shy of his 98th birthday.[edit] Album30 Hits of the Tuneful 20s RCA Victor (LSP-2592, 1963)[edit] BibliographyLagumina, Salvatore, et al. (2000). The Italian American Experience. Westport: Greenwood Press.Walker, Leo (1989). The Big Band Alamanac. Hollywood: Da Capo Press.[edit] External linksNew York Times obituary: Frankie Carle, 97, Band Leader Who Wrote Sunrise Serenade, by William H. Honan, March 10, 2001Frankie Carle at Solid!Frankie Carle at Space Age Pop MusicFrankie Carle at Musicmatch GuideFrankie Carle at the Hotel Pennsylvania in NYCThis article on a United States keyboardist is a stub. 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