Chances are this is the first you're hearing of arranger Chuck Sagle. Born in Aurora, Ill., in 1927, Sagle excelled on trumpet and piano in high school. Before long he was arranging, a talent that came in handy in the Navy during World War II. After the war, he finished his studies and went to work in Mercury's A&R department in New York, where he produ…
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