Don Costa

[3] As a child, he took a keen interest in learning the guitar, and he became a member of the CBS Radio Orchestra by the time he was in his teens.He played guitar with Bucky Pizzarelli on Vaughn Monroe's hit record "Ghost Riders in the Sky".It was around this time that Costa started experimenting with combinations of instruments, producing musical arrangements, and selling them to big bands.[3] Many hits were to follow, not only with Lawrence and Gormé, but with Lloyd Price, George Hamilton IV, and Paul Anka.[12] Between 1964 and 1968, Costa arranged four Columbia releases for Eydie Gormé: Gorme Country Style (1964), Softly, As I Leave You (1966), Don't Go To Strangers (1966), and The Look of Love (1968).Working with producer Teddy Randazzo, Little Anthony had a fresh string of hits, including "Goin' Out of My Head" and "Hurt So Bad".During this period, Sinatra scored one of his biggest hits, the Paul Anka adaptation of "My Way" (from the French "Comme d'habitude").
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