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A multi-talented studio arranger, producer, songwriter, conductor, and musical director who scored a Top Ten hit in 1965 with an instrumental rendition of the Hans Engelmann-penned "Melody of Love," David Carroll was born in Taylorville, Illinois in 1913. Carroll released a well-received string of orchestral/easy listening dance LPs during the '50s and '60s, most of which featured his own compositions -- a young <a href="spotify:artist:3rxIQc9kWT6Ueg4BhnOwRK">Quincy Jones</a> also contributed some tunes as well. As the musical director for <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Mercury+Records%22">Mercury Records</a> during that time, he played on a bevy of Top 40 hits, including <a href="spotify:artist:49ttCh41vxv6R4r8S2YwXv">the Crew Cuts</a>' "Sh-Boom" and <a href="spotify:artist:35pswYHVBIr076EtemYj62">Rusty Draper</a>'s "Shifting, Whispering Sands." When his tenure with <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Mercury%22">Mercury</a> was up, Carroll joined <a href="spotify:artist:5ugjlc51azqrMoBLLbOnIg">the Smothers Brothers</a> and served as the bandleader for the duo's road show band. Carroll passed away in San Jose, California in 2008 at the age of 94. ~ James Christopher Monger, Rovi
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