- Big-band leader and songwriter.
- Inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame in 1989.
- Father of Marjorie Hughes.
- He was awarded a Star on the HOllywood Walk of Fame for Recording in Hollywood, California.
- Carle died of natural causes in Mesa, Arizona, in 2001, a few weeks shy of his 98th birthday and is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills). A Roman Catholic, Carle had a Mass of Christian burial at Holy Cross Church in Mesa, Arizona.
- When his daughter, Marjorie Hughes, sang with his band, he did not reveal their relationship until Walter Winchell published it.
- Carle started out working with a number of mainstream dance bands. His earliest known recordings and performances were with the Edwin J. McEnelly Orchestra from 1924-1929.
- During World War II, he participated in the V-Disc program, making recordings which were released by the U.S. War Department. He introduced V-Disc No. 210A which featured his new composition "Moonlight Whispers". "Sunrise Serenade" was released as a V-Disc by the U.S. War Department in July, 1944 as No. 230A in a new recording by Frankie Carle and his Orchestra.
- To gain further popularity in an America which still held prejudices against many Italian Americans, Carle did what many singers, such as Dean Martin and Jerry Vale, did during this time period; he changed his name from Carlone to Carle.
- The popularity he attained while with Horace Heidt's band allowed him to leave the band in 1944 and form his own band, The Frankie Carle Orchestra.
- In 1968, he was inducted into the Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. In April 2016, Carle was posthumously inducted into the Rhode Island Music Hall of Fame (RIMHOF).
- In 1916, a teenage Carle began working with his uncle's band as well as a number of local bands in the Rhode Island area.
- Carle had early exposure on radio as pianist for The Four Belles singing group in transcribed programs distributed by the World Broadcasting System.
- Born the son of a factory worker who could not afford a piano, he practiced on a dummy keyboard devised by his uncle, pianist Nicholas Colangelo, until he found a broken-down instrument in a dance hall.
- In 1935, he had his own orchestra and was billed in an ad for one night club as "America's Greatest Pianist.".
- From the 1950s until the 1980s, Carle performed as a single artist and maintained a close following of loyal fans.
- He received attention when he joined Horace Heidt and His Musical Knights in 1939. He later became co-leader of the band.
- Carle's music was known for being light because of his buoyant touch; this resulted in romantic, danceable melodies which were very popular. His major compositions included "Sunrise Serenade", "Falling Leaves", "Oh! What It Seemed to Be", "Roses in the Rain", both recorded by Frank Sinatra.
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