Al Caiola (September 7, 1920 – November 9, 2016), was a guitarist, composer and arranger who spanned a variety of music genres including jazz, country, rock, western, and pop. He recorded over fifty albums and worked with some of the biggest names in music during the 20th century, including Elvis Presley, Ferrante & Teicher, Frank Sinatra, Percy Faith, Buddy Holly, Mitch Miller, and Tony Bennett. During World War II Caiola played with the United States Marine Corps 5th Marine Division (United States) Band that also included Bob Crosby. Caiola served in the Battle of Iwo Jima as a stretcher bearer.

Partial studio recordings list:

Paul Anka — "Diana", "Lonely Boy", "My Way", "Puppy Love", "Put Your Head on My Shoulder", "Times of Your Life"
Louis Armstrong — "Back O'Town Blues", "Mop! Mop!", "Blueberry Hill" (All three tracks recorded live in 1947)
Frankie Avalon — "DeDe Dinah", "Venus"
Burt Bacharach — "Bridget Bardo"
LaVern Baker — "I Cried a Tear", "I'm Leaving You", banjo on "Humpty Dumpty Heart"
Tony Bennett — "Boulevard of Broken Dreams", "Climb Ev'ry Mountain", "Stranger in Paradise"
Ruth Brown — "Miss Rhythm", "Late Date with Ruth Brown"
Solomon Burke — "Cry to Me"
Glen Campbell — "Galveston"
Petula Clark — "Don't Sleep in the Subway", "This Is My Song"
Rosemary Clooney — "Come on a My House", "Half as Much", "Hey There", "This Ole House"
The Coasters — "Dance!", "Gee, Golly", "Hungry", "I'm Fallin'", "Run Red Run"
Perry Como — "Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes", "Patricia", "Temptation"
The Crickets — "Rave On!", "That's My Desire"
King Curtis & Al Caiola — "Guitar Boogie Shuffle"
Bobby Darin — "Artificial Flowers", "Bill Bailey", "Dream Lover", "Mack the Knife", "Queen of the Hop", "Splish Splash", "That's All"
Dion — "Abraham, Martin and John", "Drip Drop", "Runaround Sue", "The Wanderer"
Fabian — "Tiger", "Turn Me Loose", "Hound Dog Man"
Percy Faith — "The Theme from A Summer Place"
Ferrante & Teicher — "Airport Love Theme", "Theme from Exodus"
Jackie Gleason — "From Russia with Love", "Melancholy Serenade"
The Bobby Hackett Quartet — entire "You Stepped Out of a Dream" album
Herbie Hancock — "Deck the Halls"
Woody Herman — "Body and Soul", "Caldonia", "Early Autumn", "Mood Indigo"
Al Hirt — "Big Honey", "Puppet on a String"
Buddy Holly — "I'm Gonna Love You Too", "It Doesn't Matter Anymore", "Moondreams", "True Love Ways"
Ivory Joe Hunter — "Empty Arms", "Love's a Hurting Game"
Mahalia Jackson — "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands", "I See God", "You're Not Living In Vain"
Ben E. King — "Spanish Harlem", "Stand by Me"
Brenda Lee — "Fairyland", "One Step at a Time"
Jerry Lee Lewis — "Let's Talk About Us", "To Make Love Sweeter For You"
Julie London — "Lonely Girl", "Remember"
Al Martino — "Spanish Eyes"
Johnny Mathis — "Chances Are", "It's Not for Me to Say", "Misty", "Smile", "The Twelfth of Never"
Mitch Miller — "The Yellow Rose of Texas", most "Sing Along with Mitch" albums
Elvis Presley — "Santa Lucia"
Johnnie Ray — "Just Walkin' in the Rain", "Soliloquy of a Fool"
Marty Robbins — "A White Sport Coat", "She Was Only Seventeen", "The Story of My Life"
Neil Sedaka — "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do", "Calendar Girl", "Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen", "Next Door to an Angel"
Del Shannon — "Hats Off to Larry", "Little Town Flirt", "Runaway"
Simon & Garfunkel — "Mrs. Robinson", "Old Friends", "Bridge over Troubled Water" (also see Tom & Jerry)
Frank Sinatra — "Bye Bye Baby", "Don't Cry Joe", "Drinking Again", "It All Depends on You"
Barbra Streisand — "Bye Bye Blackbird"
Tom & Jerry (Simon & Garfunkel) — "Baby Talk"
Sarah Vaughan — "Autumn in New York", "Lullaby of Birdland", "Moonlight in Vermont", "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever"
The Village Stompers - "Washington Square"
Dinah Washington — entire "What a Diff'rence a Day Makes!" album
Andy Williams — "Butterfly", "Canadian Sunset"
Joe Williams — "I Should Have Kissed Her More", "On the Sunny Side of the Street"
Chuck Willis — "C. C. Rider" (also known as "See See Rider"), "Hang Up My Rock 'N' Roll Shoes", "What Am I Living For?"
Hugo Winterhalter — "Blue Tango", "Count Every Star"