Frank Guida

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Frank Guida (born May 26, 1922, Palermo, Sicily, Italy) is a noted Sicilian-American composer and music producer credited with discovering Gary U.S. Bonds, and was a songwriter for Leroy Toombs. Other performers discovered by Guida include Lenis Guess and Pamala Stanley.

He relocated to Norfolk, Virginia, where he opened a record store in 1953. That store, Birdland Records, is still in operation as of 2006.

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