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Larry Fallon

American composer (1936-2005)

Larry Fallon (born Lawrence James Freaso; September 8, 1936, June 2, 2005) was an American composer, arranger and record producer.

01Career

Fallon's arranger credits include Van Morrison's Astral Weeks, Nico's Chelsea Girl, Jimmy Cliff's Wonderful World, Beautiful People, the Rolling Stones' "Gimme Shelter" and Gil Scott-Heron's Bridges. He played the distinctive harpsichord arrangement on Morrison's "Cyprus Avenue". He also arranged horns and strings on the Looking Glass's first album, Looking Glass. He co-wrote Traffic's "Shanghai Noodle Factory."

Fallon died in Hoboken, New Jersey, at the age of 68.

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