Page Cavanaugh was an American jazz and pop pianist, vocalist, and arranger. Cavanaugh began on piano at age nine and played with Ernie Williamson's band in 1938?39 before moving to Los Angeles and joining the Bobby Sherwood band at age 20. While serving in the military during World War II, Cavanaugh met guitarist Al Viola and bassist Lloyd Pratt, with whom he formed a trio. After the war's end they performed together in the style of the Nat King Cole Trio, scoring a number of hits in the late 1940s including "The Three Bears", "Walkin' My Baby Back Home", and "All of Me". The trio appeared in the films A Song Is Born, Big City, Lullaby of Broadway and Romance on the High Seas. Additionally, they played on Frank Sinatra's Songs by Sinatra radio program and on The Jack Paar Show. He played in Los Angeles area nightclubs through the 1990s, both in a trio setting and as a septet, the Page 7. He also recorded with Bobby Woods & Les Deux Love Orchestra. Cavanaugh recorded for MGM, Capitol, RCA, Star Line, Tiara and Dobre Records over the course of his career, releasing his final Page Cavanaugh Trio CD, Return to Elegance, in 2006. 

January 26th, 1922 in Cherokee  /  Died:   Dec 19th, 2008 - age 86, kidney failure