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Frank Joseph Guida (May 26, 1922 – May 19, 2007) was an Italian-American songwriter and independent music producer credited with creating what he dubbed the “Norfolk Sound." The “Norfolk Sound” was an amalgam of Guida’s roots in Calypso music, rhythm and blues, novel production techniques, an entirely original double-bass drumbeat, overmodulated party sound, and talented musicians steeped in jazz and rhythm and blues traditions. The distinct sound he created has been credited as influencing such major songwriters and producers as... [more on Wikipedia]