Frank Catana

About

American soul and pop songwriter and publisher.

He was active in the 1960's. In 1969, he and Victor Salupo formed Cornerstone Productions, a record producing and publishing firm, and Cobblestone Management, a personal management company. As a songwriter, Catana had had records by Los Bravos, Patti Page, A1 Hirt, Peggy March, Ronnie Dove and the Cyrkle.
He charted as a songwriter three times in the U.S. in 1966, with "He Wore the Green Beret" by Nancy Ames (#89), "He Wore the Green Beret" by Lesley Miller (#101), and "In This Day and Age" by Patti Page (#15 adult contemporary). "Beret" was co-written by Peggy Barsella and "In This Day and Age" was co-written by Wayne Rooks.

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