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Walter Page Cavanaugh was born in Cherokee, Kansas on January 26, 1922 who began on piano at age nine and played with Ernie Williamson’s band in 1938–39 before moving to Los Angeles, California and joining the Bobby Sherwood band at age 20.

While serving in the military during World War II, he met guitarist Al Viola and bassist Lloyd Pratt, with whom he formed a trio. After the war’s end they performed together in the style of the Nat King Cole Trio, scoring a number of hits in the late 1940s, including The Three Bears, Walkin’ My Baby Back Home, and All of Me.

The trio appeared in the films A Song Is Born, Big City, Lullaby of Broadway with Doris Day and Romance on the High Seas, Day’s first film, in 1948. He recorded dozens of tracks with Doris Day, Frank Sinatra, Dinah Shore, June Christy, Mel Torme and other legendary singers.

In the early 1950s, Cavanaugh had a program, Page Pages You, on the short-lived Progressive Broadcasting System. Additionally, the trio played on Frank Sinatra’s radio program, Songs by Sinatra, and on The Jack Paar Show.

Cavanaugh played in Los Angeles, California nightclubs through the 1990s, both in a trio setting, with Viola for many years and as a septet, Page 7. He recorded with Bobby Woods & Les Deux Love Orchestra. He recorded for MGM, Capitol, RCA, Star Line, Tiara, and Dobre Records over the course of his career, releasing his final trio album, Return to Elegance, in 2006. Pianist Page Cavanaugh passed away on December 19, 2008 of kidney failure.

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