- Tony Mottola
Tony Mottola (
18 April 1918 –9 August 2004 ) was an Americanguitarist who released dozens of soloalbums . Mottola was born inKearny, New Jersey and died inDenville, New Jersey .Career
Like many of his contemporaries he started out learning to play the banjo and then took up the guitar. He got his first guitar lessons from his father and by the late 1930's 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 andPerry Como . He has orchestrated albums forBurl Ives as well. He also played withDoc 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 starredYul Brynner .Death
Motolla was interred in Gate of Heaven Cemetery in East Hanover
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