{{Short description|US entertainment manager and film producer}} {{Infobox person | name = Bob Cavallo | image = <!-- just the filename, without the File: or Image: prefix or enclosing brackets --> | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1939}} | birth_place = Brooklyn, New York, U.S. | nationality = | alma_mater = Georgetown University | occupation = Chairman Disney Music Group, chairman (1998–2011), entertainment manager, film producer, business owner | years_active = | employer = Walt Disney Studios (1998–2011), Atlas Entertainment (1988–1998) | known_for = ''Purple Rain'', co-producer, ''City of Angels'', co-producer ''12 Monkeys'', co-producer and ''Fallen'', co-producer | spouse = Judy Cavallo | children = 2, including Rob Cavallo | notable_works = }}
'''Bob Cavallo''' is an American entertainment manager, producer, and business owner. Cavallo worked for Walt Disney Studios from 1998 through 2011, during which time he reorganized the company's recorded music, music publishing and concert operations into one centralized business entity named the Disney Music Group.<ref name=bill>{{cite web| url= https://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/1177661/bob-cavallo-retiring-as-chairman-of-disney-music-group| author= Billboard Staff| date= June 1, 2011| title= Bob Cavallo retiring as chairman of Disney Music Group| publisher= Billboard| access-date= September 10, 2015| archive-date= December 24, 2014| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141224160922/http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/1177661/bob-cavallo-retiring-as-chairman-of-disney-music-group| url-status= dead}}</ref> Cavallo was chairman of the Disney Music Group, which distributes Walt Disney Records and Hollywood Records labels and manages artists Jonas Brothers, Selena Gomez, Grace Potter, Breaking Benjamin, Miley Cyrus and Plain White T's.<ref name=deadline>{{cite web| url=https://deadline.com/2011/06/ken-bunt-will-run-disney-music-group-in-2012-when-bob-cavallo-retires-136636/|author = Nikki Finke| date = June 1, 2012|title= Ken Bunt will run Disney Music Group in 2012 when Bob Cavallo retires| publisher= Deadline Hollywood| access-date=September 10, 2015}}</ref>
==Career== ===Music management=== [[File:The Lovin' Spoonful, Hit Parader, March 1966, No. 9.jpg|thumb|Cavallo (center) with John Sebastian (left) and Zal Yanovsky of the Lovin' Spoonful, 1965]]
Cavallo's career began as a nightclub owner and event producer before becoming a music manager.<ref name =deadline/> While attending Georgetown University, Cavallo promoted several ventures, including the first Intercollegiate Jazz Festival at Georgetown University in 1960.<ref name=hoya>{{cite news|date=March 24, 1960 |title = Tickets for jazz festival now ready in W-G, Caf|newspaper= The Hoya |publisher=Georgetown University, D.C.|volume=XLI |number=20}}</ref> Cavallo also booked musicians Dave Brubeck and Dizzy Gillespie.<ref name=hits>{{cite web| url=http://hitsdailydouble.com/news&id=280781|author = Roy Trakin| date = January 12, 2012|title= Judy's two chairs: A father and son reunion with Bob and Rob Cavallo| publisher= Hits Daily Double| access-date= September 10, 2015}}</ref> In 1961, Cavallo and business partner Frank Weis invested in the Shadows, which became a successful night club featuring folk singing entertainment in Washington D.C.<ref name=valley>{{cite news|date=January 25, 1963|title = Big Hit|newspaper=Valley Morning Star |location=Harligen, Texas|page=15}}</ref> Cavallo was an entertainment manager for 35 years managing acts such as the Mugwumps, the Lovin' Spoonful, Weather Report, Little Feat, Prince, and Earth Wind & Fire.<ref name=variety>{{cite web| url=https://variety.com/2007/music/markets-festivals/bob-cavallo-1117973380/|author = Adam Sandler| date = October 4, 2007|title= Disney's music chairman keeps his head straight| publisher= Variety| access-date= September 10, 2015}}</ref>
Cavallo founded Third Rail, a management firm which had a client list that included Green Day, Seal, the Goo Goo Dolls, Weezer, Kara's Flowers, Savage Garden and Alanis Morissette.<ref name = hits/> Third Rail earned more than 10 gold and platinum albums and several Grammy Awards.<ref name = hits/>
===Film producer=== Cavallo produced the films ''Purple Rain'' in 1983 and later ''Under the Cherry Moon'' in 1985 both starring Prince.<ref name = hits/><ref name=spin>{{cite web| url= http://www.petergillis.net/archives/stories/2000/9/090700.htm| author= Brian Rafferty| date= July 2009| title= Purple Rain: The oral history| publisher= Spin| access-date= September 10, 2015| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150509134506/http://www.petergillis.net/archives/stories/2000/9/090700.htm| archive-date= May 9, 2015| url-status= dead}}</ref> Cavallo along with business partner Charles Roven produced the films ''City of Angels'', ''12 Monkeys'' and ''Fallen''.<ref name = hits/> Cavallo and Danny Bramson produced the music soundtrack for ''City of Angels'' featuring the hits "Iris" by the Goo Goo Dolls and "Uninvited" by Alanis Morissette.<ref name = hits/>
===Walt Disney Company=== Cavallo worked with Atlas Entertainment from 1988 through 1998.<ref name = bill/> In 1998, he became chairman of the Buena Vista Music Group overseeing Walt Disney Company's recorded music and music publishing operations.<ref name = bill/> During his time with Walt Disney Company's, Cavallo renovated Disney’s music group by reversing the decade-long decline of Walt Disney Records and Hollywood Records by building upon the Disney Channel's youthful stars such as Hilary Duff, star of Lizzie McGuire, who released two soundtracks and five solo albums that sold more than 10 million copies since 2002.<ref name=latimes>{{cite web| url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2011/06/pop-music-veteran-bob-cavallo-retires-from-disney-music.html|author = Brian Rafferty| date = June 1, 2011|title= The business behind the show| work= Los Angeles Times| access-date= September 10, 2015}}</ref> Disney Music Group success also included Miley Cyrus in ''Hannah Montana'', Raven-Symoné, Jesse McCartney, and Disney Channel movie soundtracks such as ''High School Musical,'' ''Camp Rock'', and ''Lemonade Mouth''.<ref name = variety/><ref name = latimes/> In 2012, Bob Cavallo retired from Disney Music Group.<ref name = hits/>
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