Pete Spargo

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American record producer, worked as A&R producer for RCA, formerly an independent producer for Avco Embassy, A&R Records and other companies and has been associated with Mercury, Roulette and Time Records. He was the son of Original Dixieland Jazz Band drummer Tony Sbarbaro aka Tony Spargo.

Born: January 3, 1930 in New York City, New York
Died: March 8, 2005 in Fort Lee, New Jersey

ALBA

Rhapsody For Now! & Doc

Jazz-Funk/Easy Listening

Hugo Montenegro

Rocket Man & Mammy Blue

Hugo Montenegro

Others By Brothers & Scenes And Themes

Lounge/Space-Age/Easy Listening/Soul-Jazz/Funk

Perry & Perry Como In Person At The International Hotel, Las Vegas

Hugo Montenegro

The Godfather & A Fistful Of Dollars Etc.

Free Jazz/Easy Listening/Fusion/Jazz-Funk/Free Improvisation/Big Band/Psychedelic

Astrud Gilberto

5 Original Albums

To Be Free: The Nina Simone Story

Soul-Jazz/Gospel

A Different Drummer / Stick It

More Than A Miracle Also Includes Kenner (Original Motion Picture Soundtracks)

Beatles Vs. Stones (British Pop Hits Go Groovy)

Cocktail Connie

Descarga/Bossanova/Latin Jazz

Samba/Afro-Cuban Jazz/Easy Listening/Latin Jazz/Soul-Jazz/Boogaloo

Astrud Gilberto

Leiber & Stoller

The Leiber & Stoller Story Volume 3 (Shake ’Em Up & Let ’Em Roll 1962-1969)

Rock & Roll/Rhythm & Blues/Soul/Vocal

Astrud Gilberto

Astrud For Lovers

Astrud Gilberto

Astrud Gilberto

Bossa Nova/Lounge/Vocal

The Man Behind The Music

Bossa Nova/Swing/Impressionist

Verve // Unmixed

Soul-Jazz/Smooth Jazz/Cool Jazz

Quintessential Cleo

Astrud Gilberto

Astrud Gilberto’s Finest Hour

Bossanova/Easy Listening/Vocal

Groovy Vol. 5 (A Collection Of Rare Jazzy Club Tracks)

Soul-Jazz/Jazz-Funk/Latin Jazz

Hugo Montenegro And His Orchestra

All-Time Greatest Movie Themes & Schemes

Space-Age/Big Band/Easy Listening

A Trip To Brazil - Bossa Nova & Beyond

Bossa Nova/Latin Jazz/Fusion

Astrud Gilberto

Talkin’ Verve

Bossa Nova/Easy Listening

Talkin’ Verve

Soul-Jazz/Descarga/Boogaloo

More Than Mambo: The Introduction To Afro-Cuban Jazz

Talkin’ Verve

Hard Bop/Soul-Jazz/Afro-Cuban Jazz/Swing

The Essential Nina Simone

Piano Blues/Soul-Jazz

Hugo Montenegro

The Good, The Bad And The Ugly

Theme/Soundtrack

At The Carnegie Cleo Laine In Concert

Tango Delle Rose

At Ronnie Scotts

Max Morath Featuring Dick Sudhalter*

In Jazz Country

The Exciting Buddy Rich

The Stars Of Faith

Living In The Last Days

Closest Thing To Heaven / Lost Up In Loving You

Closest Thing To Heaven

Astrud Gilberto

Bossa Nova/Bossanova

Leonard Feather’s Encyclopedia Of Jazz In The ’70s

Fusion/Afro-Cuban Jazz/Soul-Jazz/Big Band

A Legendary Performer

Hugo Montenegro

ゴッドファーザー Part II = The Godfather Part II

Theme/Soundtrack

Memories Are Made Of Hits

Duke Ellington And His Orchestra

Duke Ellington’s Third Sacred Concert, The Majesty Of God, As Performed In Westminster Abbey

Gospel/Big Band/Vocal

The Way We Were

Bob Greene’s The World Of Jelly Roll Morton

I Don’t Know What He Told You / Weave Me The Sunshine

Christmas Dream

I Want To Give (Ahora Que Soy Libre)

Theme/Ballad/Vocal

I Don’t Know What He Told You / Weave Me The Sunshine

Beyond Tomorrow (Love Theme From Serpico)

Theme/Ballad/Vocal

Cleo Laine Live!!! At Carnegie Hall

Sweet Lightnin’

Let Me Go / We Got Each Other

Son Of Checkers (The Watergate Case)

My Sweet Lord / Today Is A Killer

Keep The Dream Alive Martin Luther King

Sweet Lightnin’

Sweet Lightnin’

Pop Rock/Folk Rock/Prog Rock

Marc Fredericks

The Red Mantle (The Original Soundtrack Recording)

Sweetwater / Rollin’ Home

Hugo Montenegro

Time To Wonder Why

Hugo Montenegro

Love Theme From The Godfather

Psychedelic/Funk/Synth-pop

Hugo Montenegro

The Godfather = El Padrino

I Don’t Know Why / Hey Root People

Judy Scott / Marc Fredericks And Orchestra*

The Love Theme from The Red Mantle (A Moment Of Your Love)

Hugo Montenegro

Love Theme From The Godfather / Movin’ On

Theme/Light Music/Jazz-Funk

Deep In The Night

Hugo Montenegro

Love Theme From The Godfather

Soul/Vocal/Gospel

Rich In London (Buddy Rich Recorded Live At Ronnie Scott’s)

I Only Want To Say (Gethsemane)

Hugo Montenegro

Scenes & Themes (Love Licks From The Golden Flicks)

In Concert - Emergency Ward!

Astrud Gilberto

Sing Me A Rainbow

Hugo Montenegro

Yo-Yo / Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey

I Will Sacrifice

Hugo Montenegro

People... One To One

Hugo Montenegro

A Different Drummer

Big Band/Soul-Jazz/Hard Bop

Shadow Of The Sun / Law And Order

The Sporting Club

Hugo Montenegro

Fox’s Minstrel Show

Big City Down River

Blossom / Lynsong

Say A Prayer / Hey Root People

Stan Getz / Astrud Gilberto

Bossanova/Latin Jazz

Miguelito Valdes

Afro-Cuban/Mambo

Patrick Williams & His Band

I Will Wait For Love / River Deep, Mountain High

John Berberian And The Rock East Ensemble

Middle Eastern Rock

Folk Rock/Psychedelic Rock

The Best Of Lainie Kazan

Heavy Vibrations

This Is My Beloved

John Berberian And The Rock East Ensemble

Middle Eastern Rock

Folk Rock/Psychedelic Rock

Israel Today (Songs Of Jerusalem By The Amranim)

Lylah / Your Return

Sunny / When I Look In Your Eyes

The Appletree Theatre

What A Way To Go / Lotus Flower

Psychedelic Rock/Folk Rock

Big Band/Easy Listening

Something Better

Music From The Film The Greek Pearls

Soundtrack/Laïkó/Éntekhno

The Young Runaways / I Must Be Doing Something Right

I Know How It Feels To Be Lonely

Willie Bobo And The The Spanish Blues Band

The Biggest Bundle Of Them All

Shades Of Today

Big Band/Easy Listening

Spanish Blues Band

Music For Yoga Meditation And Other Joys

Free Jazz/Ambient

My Special Prayer / Pretty Girl

The Look Of Love

Music And Gibran (A Contemporary Interpretation)

Poetry/Folk/Spoken Word

Astrud Gilberto

Latin Jazz/Bossanova/Vocal

To Love Or Not To Love

Patato & Totico

Mas Que Nada / Dilo Como Yo

Born Free (Nacida Libre)

Patato & Totico

Patato & Totico

Sunny / When I Look In Your Eyes

Laurence Rosenthal

The Comedians - Music From The Original Sound Track

Cyril Ornadel And The Starlight Symphony

Forever Young - The Music Of Victor Young

Big Band/Easy Listening/Theme

Shing’ A’Ling Baby / Juicy

Love Italian Style

Latin Jazz/Latin

Georges Delerue

Miguelito Valdes

Afro-Cuban/Mambo

Chico O’Farrill

Mambo/Boogaloo/Afro-Cuban Jazz/Cha-Cha

Chico O’Farrill

Hip Hug Her / Manteca

More Than A Miracle (Music From The Original Sound Track)

Soundtrack/Score

Plays Themes From Great Motion Pictures

Verve Celebrity Scene

Wandering / Hey Nelly Nelly

Theme From Grand Prix

Maurice Chevalier

A Salute To Al Jolson

Merv Griffin & Arthur Treacher

Merv Griffin & Arthur Treacher In London ’Alf & ’Alf Songs Of The British Music Hall

Comedy/Vaudeville

Country & Western Favorites Volume 2

A Hand Is On The Gate

Blow-Up (The Original Sound Track Album)

The Metropolitan Pops Orchestra*

Music From The Motion Picture The Bible

Spanish Nights And You

Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye / Sweet Talk

Sunshine Superman / Sockit To Me

Hey Nellie Nellie

The Metropolitan Pops Orchestra*

Music From The Motion Picture The Bible

Feelin’ So Good

Latin Jazz/Soul/Boogaloo

Sings Songs Of Love

Count Basie & His Orchestra*

Basie’s Beatle Bag

Big Band/Swing/Cool Jazz

The John Berberian Ensemble

Music Of The Middle East

Theme From Grand Prix

So Nice (Summer Samba)

Maurice Jarre / The Metropolitan POPS Orchestra

Soundtrack/Score/Classical

The Elusive Bob Lind

Folk Rock/Soft Rock/Pop Rock

Tito Puente y La Lupe

Homenaje A Rafael Hernandez

Mambo/Cha-Cha/Guaguancó/Bolero

No More In Life / A Working Man’s Prayer

Sockit To Me / 1-2-3

Paul Lavalle & The Band Of America

The Mighty Sousa Marches

You’re Breaking My Heart

Music From Zorba The Greek And Other Bouzouki Favorites

Christmas Dream

Patrick Moody Williams*

Junk / Jennifer

Sunshine Superman / Call Me

Paul Lavalle & The Band Of America

The Mighty Sousa Marches

Patrick Moody Williams*

Junk / Jennifer

Patrick Moody Williams*

I Wish It Could Be Christmas Forever

Vocal/Easy Listening/Holiday

Astrud Gilberto

The Special Magic Of Astrud Gilberto

Pat Williams And The Band*

Eleanor Rigby / X Shades

Folk-Sing Festival

Manuel, His Spanish Guitars & Orchestra

I Must Be Doing Something Right

Happy Louie And His Polka Band

Candy Candy Polka

KOMPILACE +

The Complete Decca Recordings

Pop Rock/Vocal/Music Hall

Bring Down The Birds

The John Berberian Ensemble

Music Of The Middle East

Music For Yoga Meditation And Other Joys

Free Jazz/Ambient

Boss Of The Blues

Boss Of The Blues

Patrick Williams

Come On And Shine

Jazz-Rock/Theme/Musical/Easy Listening

Rarities ( Golden Eggs )

Imus In The Morning

1200 Hamburgers To Go

Imus In The Morning

1200 Hamburgers To Go / Reverend Billy Sol Hargis

Prog Rock/Psychedelic Rock

Ennio Morricone

Sacco & Vanzetti (An Original Soundtrack Recording)

Soundtrack/Easy Listening/Avantgarde/Modern Classical

The People Next Door: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Mikis Theodorakis

Theme Used In The Motion Picture Z & Other Music Composed, Conducted & Sung By Mikis Theodorakis

Themes From The Great Motion Pictures

Pee Wee Russell, Irving Fazola, Tony Parenti, Benny Goodman, Edmond Hall, George Lewis

Era Of The Clarinet

The Appletree Theatre

Themes From The Great Motion Pictures Grand Prix / Doctor Zhivago / Born Free

Feelin’ So Good

Machito And His Orchestra

Latin Jazz/Afro-Cuban Jazz/Mambo/Rumba/Bop

Dizzy Gillespie And Roy Eldridge

Pres & His Cabinet

A Look At Yesterday

Music For Batman And Robin

Chairmen Of The Board

Kurt Englehof And His Orchestra

Festival In Germany

The Artistry Of Helen Merrill

Sax Expressions

Dixieland-Chicago

Malekowa And The Trade Winds*

Hawaiian Guitars

Pacific/Hawaiian

Coleman Hawkins

Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Ben Webster, Don Byas, Chu Berry*

The Influence Of Five

Billie Holiday, Teddy Wilson

Once Upon A Time

Big Band/Swing/Vocal

Stan Turrentine*

Dixieland-New Orleans

Manhattan Pops Orchestra* Conducted By Joe Cain

Clark Terry & Bob Brookmeyer Quintet*

Gene Ludwig Trio

Hugo Montenegro And His Orchestra

Montenegro & Mayhem

Tenor Hierarchy

Town Hall Concert

Juggy’s Jass Band

Corcovado Trumpets, Vic Schoen

Corcovado Trumpets

Bossanova/Latin Jazz/Easy Listening

Rhythm & Blues/Soul/Rock & Roll

Staś Krell And His Orchestra*

Polka Town U.S.A.

Archibald Musclefingers, Jr

Honky Tonk Piano

Richard Hayman & Hugo Montenegro

Themes From Great Films

The Endless Tide

Roy Eldridge, Jonah Jones, Cootie Williams, Bobby Hackett, Hot Lips Page, Sidney De Paris

Era Of The Swing Trumpet

The Award Winner

The Bourbon Street Stompers

We Like Dixieland

Jerry Fielding & His Orchestra*

Gregory And His Ensemble

Favorite Greek Dances

Expressions East

With A Taste Of Honey

Vocal/Easy Listening

The Big Steel Guitar

George Siravo And His Orchestra

And Then I Wrote..... Richard Rodgers

Easy Listening/Space-Age/Musical

Walter Legawiec & The Polka Kings

Beer Garden Polkas

It’s Monkey Time

Surf/Rock & Roll/Rhythm & Blues

Max Roach, Phil Kraus, Bob Rosengarden*, Osie Johnson, Larry Bunker, John Pacheco*, Alvin Stoller, Jake Hanna

Sylvia Copeland

The August Child

Easy Listening/Chanson/Vocal/Ballad/Latin Jazz

Hugo Montenegro & Orchestra*

Taste Of Strings

Jesus Galvan And His Orchestra

Gitarras Espanolas

Kurt Englehof And His Orchestra

Music For A German Wedding

Roy Eldridge, Jonah Jones, Cootie Williams, Bobby Hackett, Hot Lips Page, Sidney De Paris

Era Of The Swing Trumpet

Orizaba & Orchestra*

The Soul Of Mexico

Maynard Ferguson

Gordon Jenkins & His Orchestra*

Paris I Wish You Love

Walter Legawiec & The Polka Kings

16 All-Time Polish Polkas

Joe Cain & His Orchestra*

Latin Explosion

Afro-Cuban Jazz/Latin Jazz/Mambo/Pachanga/Guajira/Rumba/Cha-Cha/Bolero

On The Country Side

Era Of The Clarinet

Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie, Lee Hays, Peter Hawes

The Soil And The Sea

Two Jims And Zoot

Bossa Nova/Bop/Cool Jazz

Easy Listening/Instrumental/Lounge

Hugo Montenegro And His Orchestra

The Great Hits Of The 50’s

Lerner & Loewe... And Then I Wrote

The Gaylords, Ronnie Gaylord & Burt Holiday*

Live At Lake Tahoe

Macbeth The Great

Calypso Holiday

A Bit Of Country Piano

Dominic Cortese

Accordion Continental

Mel Davis Sextet

Shoot The Trumpet Player

Hugo Montenegro

Country And Western

After Hours New York

Hootenanny My Way

Maurice Chevalier

Maurice Chevalier

Sonny Lester & His Orchestra

After Hours Middle East

Billy May And His Orchestra

Cliff Parman And His Boys

Country And Western Guitars

Max Roach George Duvivier Sonny Clark

Max Roach George Duvivier Sonny Clark

Hugo Montenegro And His Orchestra

Toasting Derek Smith

The Guitar Kings

Mexican Guitars

New Themes From Motion Pictures

Swing/Easy Listening

Marian McPartland

Plays Music Of Leonard Bernstein

Billy Hutch His Harmonica And Orchestra

Eefin-Nanny / Down Home

Folk/Bluegrass/Country

Erik Braun & His Orchestra

German Town U.S.A.

Reminiscing The Great Hits Of The 30’s

Popular Marches

Angelo Di Pippo Orchestra

Accordion Di Pippo / French & Italian Favorites

Dimitri & His Ensemble

Music For A Greek Wedding

Grandi Temi Da Grandi Film

Hugo Montenegro And His Orchestra Featuring, Dominic Cortese

Bellini And His Orchestra

The Golden Years At MGM

Danny Albert & His Orchestra

Music For A Jewish Wedding

Harry Ringler & His Orchestra*

The Happy Soul Of A People Jewish Dances

Sonny Lester & His Orchestra

After Hours Spain

Sonny Lester & His Orchestra

After Hours Italy

Easy Listening/Big Band

Kelso Herston And The Guitar Kings

Hits From The Great Western Movies

Town Hall Concert Volume 2

Dominic Cortese, Angelo Di Pippo, Bob Creash, Billy Costa

All Accordion Band Featuring

Easy Listening/Smooth Jazz/Classical/Novelty

Hugo Montenegro

People... One To One

Psychedelic Rock/Prog Rock

John Berberian And The Rock East Ensemble

Middle Eastern Rock