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Hugo & Luigi were an Americanrecord producing team, the duo ofsongwriters and producersHugo Peretti andLuigi Creatore. They shared an office in New York'sBrill Building, and besides their working relationship, were cousins.
First coming to attention with singles released onMercury Records in the mid-1950s, they went on to producePerry Como,Sam Cooke and several otherRCA Victor artists, including thehit records "Twistin' the Night Away", "Another Saturday Night", "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" bythe Tokens, "Shout", a classic byThe Isley Brothers, and "I Will Follow Him" byLittle Peggy March. They co-wroteElvis Presley's hit "Can't Help Falling in Love", withGeorge David Weiss. They also produced albums byDella Reese includingThe Classic Della, a collection of pop songs based on classical themes andWaltz With Me, Della, a collection of popular songs in 3/4 time. Their track, "La Plume de Ma Tante" (written byAl Hoffman andDick Manning), reached #29 in theUK Singles Chart in July 1959.[1][2]
Hugo & Luigi were also onetime co-owners ofRoulette Records. Songs composed by the duo were often credited to "Mark Markwell", and records they produced carried their distinct logo. While at Roulette Hugo and Luigi did a series ofBeautiful Music recordings of "Cascading Voices" and later "Cascading Strings."
It was announced in the 30 January 1960 issue ofThe Cash Box thatMike Collier had taken on the role of personal assistance in the Artists and Repertoire Department. Prior to that he was working for Hugo & Luigi overseeing the promotion men working in the field.[3]
After foundingAvco Records and producing artists such asthe Stylistics in the 1970s, Hugo & Luigi launched a new label,H&L Records, which they ran until they retired, at the end of the decade.
Peretti (born December 6, 1916) died on May 1, 1986.[1] Creatore (born December 21, 1921) died on December 13, 2015.[4]
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