American recording artist, conductor, record producer, music arranger, jazz guitarist
Don Costa
Background information
Birth name
Dominick P. Costa
Born
(1925-06-10)June 10, 1925 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died
January 19, 1983(1983-01-19) (aged 57) New York, U.S.
Genres
Pop, jazz
Occupation(s)
Conductor, arranger, record producer, musician
Instrument(s)
Guitar
Musical artist
Dominick P. "Don" Costa (June 10, 1925 – January 19, 1983)[1] was an American conductor and record producer.[2] He discovered singer Paul Anka and worked on several hit albums by Frank Sinatra, including Sinatra and Strings and My Way.
^Larkin, Colin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (1st ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 565. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
^"Paul Anka Interview: So Square That He's Hip (at 80)". Best Classic Bands. 2021-07-30. Archived from the original on 2021-07-30. Retrieved 2021-08-16.
Dominick P. "Don" Costa (June 10, 1925 – January 19, 1983) was an American conductor and record producer. He discovered singer Paul Anka and worked on...
starting in the early 1980s. She is the daughter of music producer DonCosta. Nikka Costa was born in Tokyo, Japan to Italian-American parents. She was musically-inspired...
"Nikka Costa feat. DonCosta – (Out Here) On My Own (single)" (in Italian). HitparadeItalia. Retrieved 15 Feb 2022. "Nikka Costa feat. DonCosta – (Out...
of standard ballads. It was arranged by DonCosta. The album was the first that Sinatra recorded with Costa. They subsequently worked together on Cycles...
United States Department of Homeland Security, stating that Don Lewis was alive and well in Costa Rica. Baskin later said during an interview on British talk...
producer Don Cornell (1919–2004), stage name of Luigi Varlaro, American singer Dominick DonCosta (1925–1983), American conductor and record producer Don Covay...
group, along with Bobby Weinstein and Bobby Hart, and was produced by DonCosta for his DCP record label, later absorbed by United Artists Records and...
by Osbourne, but was then immediately fired when Lee was brought in. DonCosta took over from Way for the remainder of the tour, before Bob Daisley returned...
consisted of lead vocalist Lisa Baker, guitarist Mark Kendall, bassist DonCosta and drummer Tony Richards. The band's current lineup includes Kendall...
existence of that record has been questioned. She secured a contract with DonCosta, who had written arrangements for Frank Sinatra. As Betty Mabry, she recorded...
Neil Diamond. 1970 re-release Artie Schroeck (tracks: A5), DonCosta (tracks: A1 to A3), Don Hockett (tracks: B4), Howard Johnson (tracks: B2), Joe Renzetti...
to him by his uncle, he went to New York City where he auditioned for DonCosta at ABC Records, singing what was widely believed to be a lovestruck verse...
Madigan is a 1968 American neo-noir crime drama thriller film directed by Don Siegel (as Donald Siegel) and starring Richard Widmark, Henry Fonda and Inger...
and his orchestra Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanians - backing choir DonCosta - arranger, conductor Ernie Freeman - arranger Neal Hefti - arranger Gordon...
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