Much of his work in the last few years has been with producer Tommy LiPuma.
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While at RCA he engineered albums for Henry Mancini, Cal Tjader, Al Hirt, Rosemary Clooney, Liverpool Five, The Astronauts, Sam Cooke ("Bring It on Home to Me," "Cupid," "Another Saturday Night") in 1961.
At the recommendation of his friend and mentor Al Schmitt, Gerrit chose to begin his professional career at Capitol Studios in Hollywood.
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Franks has since released seven more studio albums, rendering this compilation a fairly representative sample of his earlier work; of note his collaborations with the Tommy LiPuma and Al Schmitt production team, and later with Rob Mounsey.