Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1927-03-14
- Active to
- 2019-12-02
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1,024
- Total plays
- 3,012
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Rock and Rollrhythm and bluesTheme Time Radio Hourtenor saxophonist
Jimmy Cavallo (born James Cavallo on 14 March 1927; died 2 December 2019) was an American musician best known for performing with his band Jimmy Cavallo & His House Rockers in the 1956 movie, Rock, Rock, Rock, by pioneering music DJ Alan Freed. Jimmy Cavallo & His House Rockers was the first white band to play at the Apollo Theater in Harlem where they celebrated the movie's release. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Jimmy+Cavallo">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jimmy
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Syracuse
- Place of death
- Pompano Beach
- Occupation
- saxophonist
- Instrument
- saxophone
- Military branch
- United States Navy
- Image
- Cavallo1.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1927-03-14
- Commons category
- Jimmy Cavallo
- date of death
- 2019-12-02
- cause of death
- heart failure
- manner of death
- natural causes
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