Eddie Carroll

The British Eddie Carroll learned piano as a child and began to play professionally at movie theaters in the Glasgow, Scotland area in the early '20s. Had the rating system been in effect back then, he would have no doubt been considered too young to attend the movies he was accompanying. By the time he was 17, Carroll had already formed and dismantled his own band as well as joining the group of Al Starita, whose last name was the closest this leader got to stardom.