Dave Appell And The Applejacks

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David Appell (born March 24, 1922) is an American musician, musical arranger, and record producer born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Appell (pronounced "Ap-El") is associated mainly with the Cameo-Parkway record label, in whose history he played a substantial part. He started working as an arranger for several United States Navy big bands in the mid-1940s during his service in World War II, including Jimmie Lunceford's black orchestra. He later arranged for dance orchestras, including Benny Carter and Earl "Fatha" Hines. He recorded for a while on Decca Records as the Dave Appell Four, until Paul Cohen of Decca suggested he change the group name to the Applejacks. Appell also became a publisher, joining ASCAP in 1955, collaborating with Max Freedman. He appeared prominently in the 1956 Alan Freed film Don't Knock the Rock, and worked for a while as the studio band and music director on the Ernie Kovacs TV and radio shows in Philadelphia. Next Appell and the Applejacks were playing in Las Vegas, but they soon began to pine for their hometown and returned to Philadelphia, where they started working for Cameo Records, a label founded by Kal Mann and Bernie Lowe. Appell became a jack-of-all-trades at Cameo, doing background vocals, session work as a guitarist, engineering, arranging, and producing. The first hit artist on the Cameo label was Charlie Gracie, the singing guitarist who hit Number One nationally with "Butterfly." Appell and his band backed Gracie on that million-s

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Great Rock 'n' Roll Instrumentals - Just About As Good As It Gets! Volume 2

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Great Rock 'n' Roll Instrumentals - Just About As Good As It Gets! Volume 2

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Mafia 2 OST (Radio Music) CD 1

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Mafia 2

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Mafia 2 (Radio Soundtrack)

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Empire Classic Radio

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Mafia II

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Mafia 2 Soundtrack

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Mafia II OST

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Mafia 2 radio soundtrack

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