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Anthony C. "Tony" Mottola (April 18, 1918 – August 9, 2004) was an American guitarist who released dozens of solo albums. Mottola was born in Kearny, New Jersey, and died in Denville, New Jersey.〔Staff. ("PASSINGS; Tony Mottola; 86; Composer, Guitarist Played With Sinatra" ), ''Los Angeles Times'', August 13, 2004. Accessed March 28, 2011. "Mottola, a native of Kearny, NJ, began his career in 1936 when he toured with George Hall's orchestra."〕 ==Career== Like many of his contemporaries he started out learning to play the banjo and then took up the guitar. He had his first guitar lessons from his father and by the late 1930s he was playing in George Hall's orchestra in a rhythm section that included Johnnie Guarnieri and Nick Fatool. Mottola was one of the most sought after and respected studio musicians in the recording and music industry. He worked extensively with Frank Sinatra and Perry Como, and orchestrated albums for Burl Ives. He appeared on the DuMont Television Network program ''Melody Street''. Mottola also played with Doc Severinsen's Orchestra on ''The Tonight Show'' and composed music for the films ''Running on Empty'' and ''Violated'' (1953) as well as the 1950s television series ''Danger'', which starred Yul Brynner. Mottola is interred in Gate of Heaven Cemetery in East Hanover, New Jersey. Several of his songs were heavily sampled by The Avalanches for their album Since I Left You. Mottola's only charted single under his own name was "This Guy's In Love With You" which reached #22 on Billboard's "Easy Listening Top 40" in the summer of 1968. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tony Mottola」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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