David Carroll

American studio arranger, conductor and musical director, born October 15, 1913 in Taylorville, Illinois and died March 22, 2008 in San Jose, California. Musical director for Mercury from 1951 to the early 1960s. As studio arranger and conductor, Carroll played on numerous Top 40 hits, backing the Crew Cuts on their #1 hit, "Sh-Boom" and Rusty Draper on his "Shifting, Whispering Sands".