Background
Cavallo was born in Washington, District of Columbia and moved to Los Angeles, California with his family at age 10. His interest in music began at age 11 after listening to his father"s The Beatles collection.
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Cavallo was born in Washington, District of Columbia and moved to Los Angeles, California with his family at age 10. His interest in music began at age 11 after listening to his father"s The Beatles collection.
He graduated from the University of Southern California, as a member of the Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity, in 1985 with a Bachelor of Arts in English. Cavallo also attended the Dick Grove School of Music.
He has worked with various artists throughout his career including Linkin Park, Green Day, My Chemical Romance, Eric Clapton, the Goo Goo Dolls, the Dave Matthews Band, Kid Rock, Alanis Morissette, Black Sabbath, Philosophy Collins, Paramore and Meat Loaf. Cavallo plays multiple instruments and has professional credits for his bass, keyboard, organ, piano, guitar and percussion work. Cavallo worked with George Massenburg at The Complex Recording Studios early in his career.
He joined Warner Brothers
Records as A&R representative in 1987 and worked with Black Sabbath as one of his first assignments. He also signed both the Goo Goo Dolls and Green Day during his first tenure at Warner Brothers
Cavallo became senior vice-president of A&R of Hollywood Records in 1998. He moved to Warner Music Group in 2002 and became chief creative officer of the company in 2009.
Cavallo became chairman of Warner Brothers
Records in 2010. Platinum albums and tracks Cavallo has produced multiple platinum-selling albums and tracks. Platinum-selling albums he has produced include: Green Day’s Dookie, American Idiot, Nimrod, Bullet in a Bible, and Warning.
Goo Goo Doll"s Dizzy Up the Girl, A Boy Named Goo and Gutterflower.
My Chemical Romance"s The Black Parade. Dave Matthews Band"s Big Whiskey and the Groogrux King. David Cook"s David Cook.
Philosophy Collins"s Testify.
Kid Rock"s Rock and Roll Jesus. And Shinedown"s The Sound of Madness.
Tracks he produced, which were on platinum-selling albums include: Goo Goo Doll’s "Iris" from the City of Angels soundtrack / Dizzy Up the Girl. Eric Clapton"s "Blue Eyes Blue" from the Runaway Bride soundtrack / Clapton Chronicles.
Philosophy Collins" "You"ll Be in My Heart," "Son of Manitoba," and "Strangers Like Maine" from the Tarzan soundtrack.
Alanis Morissette"s "Uninvited" from City of Angels soundtrack. And Paramore"s "Decode" from the Twilight soundtrack. Other notable projects Cavallo-produced Fleetwood Mac album Say You Will went gold in the United States, Canada and Britain.
Dave Matthew"s Band"s Big Whiskey and the Groogrux King debuted at number 1 on the Billboard 200 rankings.
Philosophy Collins" single "Can"t Stop Loving You," off the Cavallo-produced album Testify, peaked at number one on the Adult Contemporary chart. Two Cavallo-produced Goo Goo Dolls tracks, "Iris" and "Slide," were included in Billboard"s top 100 popular songs 1992–2012.
"Iris" was the top popular song from 1992–2012 and "Slide" was ninth-best according to Billboard"s list. Cavallo played an important role as A&R Representative for Linkin Park"s single Burn lieutenant Down which reached the 30th position on the Billboard Hot 100 and was certified as Platinum by RIAA.