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jazz singer/guitarist Bobby Caldwell was born August 15, 1951
in Manhattan, NY; his parents, Bob and Carolyn, were the hosts
of the television variety show Suppertime, and exposed the child
to a wide variety of musical influences.
Caldwell began studying piano
and guitar at age 12; he initially pursued a career in rock
and roll but was equally adept at playing jazz and R&B, and
at 17 took his band on the road to play the Las Vegas circuit.
From there the group moved on
to Los Angeles, but despite recording an album titled Kathmandu,
Caldwell enjoyed little success and eventually returned to his
parents home in Miami.
There he began work on his
1978 breakthrough album What You Won't Do for Love, scoring
a hit single with the title cut.
Efforts including a 1979 self-titled
LP, The Cat in the Hat and Carry On followed, and although Caldwell
enjoyed a strong following at home he became a superstar in
Japan.He shifted creative
gears with 1996's Blue Condition, a collection of big band-era
standards; the similarly-themed Come Rain or Come Shine followed
three years later.
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