Larry Fallon
{{Short description|American composer}}
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| birth_name = Lawrence James Freaso
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1936|09|08}}
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| death_date = {{Death date and age|2005|06|02|1936|09|08}}
| death_place = Hoboken, New Jersey, U.S.
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| occupation = Music director, record producer
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Larry Fallon (born Lawrence James Freaso; September 8, 1936 – June 2, 2005) was an American composer, arranger and record producer.
Career
Fallon's arranger credits include Van Morrison's Astral Weeks, Nico's Chelsea Girl, Jimmy Cliff's Wonderful world, Beautiful People, the Rolling Stones' "Gimme Shelter" and Gil Scott-Heron's Bridges. He played the distinctive harpsichord arrangement on Morrison's "Cyprus Avenue". He also arranged horns and strings on the Looking Glass's first album, Looking Glass. He co-wrote Traffic's "Shanghai Noodle Factory."
Fallon died in Hoboken, New Jersey, at the age of 68.{{cite magazine |url=https://variety.com/2005/scene/people-news/larry-fallon-1117924404/ |title=Larry Fallon Musical Director |magazine=Variety |date=June 14, 2005 |issn=0042-2738}}{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/02/classified/paid-notice-deaths-fallon-larry.html |title=Larry Fallon Obituary |newspaper=The New York Times |date=June 2, 2005}}
References
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External links
- {{Allmusic |class=artist |id=larry-fallon-mn0000126380}}
- {{Discogs artist|338997-Larry-Fallon}}
- {{IMDb name|0266426}}
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Category:American music arrangers
Category:American male composers
Category:American record producers
Category:American male conductors (music)
Category:American keyboardists
Category:20th-century American composers