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I made many studio albums and I think the danger of studio recording is that if you do not watch out, you come out with a perfectly sterile performance.

Chuck Mangione

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Chuck Mangione
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: January 1
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Rochester
New York
Charles Frank Mangione
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I have been recording for five decades now.
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