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Robert Siers Cavallo (born March 21, 1963) is an American record producer, musician, and record executive. He is among the biggest-selling producers in
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, having contributed to albums that have sold over 130 million units worldwide. He is also a three-time
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recipient. Primarily known for his production work with
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, he has also worked with
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,
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,
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, Beth Hart, the
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, the Dave Matthews Band,
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, Jawbreaker,
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,
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,
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, Paramore, Sixpence None the Richer, Lil Peep, ONE OK ROCK, Shinedown, Beauty School Dropout and
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. Cavallo plays multiple instruments and has professional credits for his bass, keyboard, organ, piano, guitar and percussion work.


Early life

Cavallo was born in Washington, D.C., 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
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collection. He graduated from the
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, as a member of the Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity, in 1985 with a B.A. in English. Cavallo also attended the Dick Grove School of Music.


Career

Cavallo worked with George Massenburg at The Complex Recording Studios early in his career. He joined Warner Bros. 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 Bros. Records. Cavallo became senior vice-president of A&R of
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in 1998. He moved to
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in 2002 and became chief creative officer of the company in 2009. He was named chairman of Warner Bros. Records in 2011, and served in that position until December 2012. Cavallo also co-founded Level 7, a media company, with
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co-founder Henry T. Nicholas III.


Platinum albums and tracks

Cavallo has produced multiple platinum-selling albums and tracks. Platinum-selling albums he has produced include: * Green Day's '' Dookie'', '' Insomniac'', ''
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'', '' American Idiot'', '' Bullet in a Bible, And Saviors'' * Goo Goo Dolls' '' Dizzy Up the Girl'', '' A Boy Named Goo'' and '' Gutterflower''; *
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's '' The Black Parade''; and '' Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys'' * Dave Matthews Band's '' Big Whiskey and the Groogrux King'','', Come Tomorrow; * David Cook's ''David Cook''; *
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's '' Testify''; * Kid Rock's '' Rock n Roll Jesus''; * Shinedown's '' The Sound of Madness'' and * Paramore's '' Brand New Eyes''. 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; * Phil Collins' " You'll Be in My Heart", " Son of Man", and " Strangers Like Me" 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
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album '' Say You Will'' went gold in the US, Canada and Britain. Dave Matthews Band's Big Whiskey and the Groogrux King debuted at number 1 on the ''Billboard'' 200 rankings. Phil 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 pop songs 1992–2012. "Iris" was the top pop 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 Linkin Park is an American Rock music, rock band formed in Agoura Hills, California, in 1996. The band's current lineup consists of vocalist/rhythm guitarist/keyboardist Mike Shinoda, lead guitarist Brad Delson, DJ/turntablist Joe Hahn, bass ...
's single '' Burn It Down'' which reached the 30th position on the
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and was certified as Platinum by
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. In 2021, Rob Cavallo launched Done Deal Management with music technology platform Vydia.


Awards and recognition

Cavallo has won three Grammy awards: 1998 Producer of the Year; 2004 Best Rock Album for producing Green Day's ''American Idiot''; and 2005 Record of the Year for producing Green Day's " Boulevard of Broken Dreams".
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ranked Cavallo number 45 in their 2012 Power 100 rankings.


Partial production discography


References


External links


Rob Cavallo's legendary Taylor Guitar used on 10 number one songs
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cavallo, Rob 1963 births Living people Record producers from Washington, D.C. Musicians from Los Angeles University of Southern California alumni Record producers from California American audio engineers Grammy Award winners Engineers from California