Robert Hunter Caldwell was an American singer, songwriter, and musician.
22 Facts About Bobby Caldwell
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Bobby Caldwell is known for his soulful and versatile vocals.
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Bobby Caldwell wrote many songs for other artists, including the Billboard Hot 100 No 1 single "The Next Time I Fall" for Amy Grant and Peter Cetera.
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Bobby Caldwell was born in Manhattan, but grew up in Miami, Florida.
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Bobby Caldwell's mother sold real estate and one of her clients was reggae singer Bob Marley; Caldwell and Marley became friends.
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Bobby Caldwell's parents hosted a local variety television show called Suppertime.
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Bobby Caldwell grew up listening to the music of Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald.
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When he was 12, Bobby Caldwell started playing piano and guitar.
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Bobby Caldwell was drawn to rock and roll, jazz, and rhythm and blues.
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Bobby Caldwell was a member of a Miami band called Katmandu who wrote much of their material while performing traditional standards.
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Bobby Caldwell got his first career break as a rhythm guitarist for Little Richard in the early 1970s.
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Bobby Caldwell eventually signed with TK Records in Miami in 1978.
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Bobby Caldwell returned to the studio for two days and wrote "What You Won't Do for Love".
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Executives at the label wanted to conceal the fact that Bobby Caldwell was white, so they kept his face off the album cover.
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Singer Boz Scaggs advised Bobby Caldwell to write songs for other musicians after TK Records shut down.
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Bobby Caldwell wrote "The Next Time I Fall", which became a hit for Amy Grant and Peter Cetera, along with songs for Scaggs himself, Roy Ayers, Chicago, Natalie Cole, Neil Diamond, Roberta Flack, and Al Jarreau.
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Bobby Caldwell portrayed Sinatra in tributes to the Rat Pack in Las Vegas.
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Bobby Caldwell continued to sing standards on Come Rain or Come Shine, The Consummate Bobby Caldwell and After Dark.
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Bobby Caldwell died at his home in the Great Meadows section of Independence Township, New Jersey, on March 14,2023.
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Bobby Caldwell wrote and performed songs for the movies Back to School, Mac and Me, Salsa and its sequel.
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Bobby Caldwell recorded a song for the 1984 film Night of the Comet.
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Bobby Caldwell is popular in Japan, where he was nicknamed "Mister AOR".