- Daughter, Jolene D. De Lory, died in 2006 at the age of 49. She was a singer who's voice can be heard as part of the children's chorus in The Carpenters song "Sing".
- His youngest child, daughter, Donna DeLory, is a singer, songwriter and producer who performed for years as a backing vocalist for Madonna.
- His grandparents, Volney Bonnette De Lory and Lillian Aldula Roberts, were both music educators. Volney was born in Switzerland in 1854, while Lillian was born in Utah in 1864.
- His father, Victor Alfred De Lory, played upright bass and cello for Warner Bros. Studio Orchestra and can be heard in classic movie soundtracks, such as Gone With The Wind.
- His son, A.D. De Lory (Alan Dean), is a singer-songwriter and producer.
- The mother of his children, Mary Helyn Soncini, died in 1980 of breast cancer. After her death, the children moved to Nashville to live with their father, where he was working as a record producer.
- He was an American record producer, arranger, conductor and session musician.
- He was a member of the 1960s Los Angeles session musicians known as The Wrecking Crew, and inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum in 2007.
- De Lory was the son of a studio musician.
- He was the producer and arranger of a series of worldwide hits by Glen Campbell in the 1960s, including John Hartford's "Gentle on My Mind", Jimmy Webb's "By the Time I Get to Phoenix", "Wichita Lineman" and "Galveston".
- By the mid-1960s Ken Nelson had hired him as producer and arranger for Capitol Records, and he provided a key element in the success of Glen Campbell's million selling hit singles and albums from 1967 to 1972.
- As an L.A. based session musician in the early 1960s De Lory played keyboards for various Phil Spector "Wall of Sound" productions, recordings of Surf rock, and The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds.
- In the 1970s he moved to Nashville, producing country artists and film soundtracks, (including The Devil's Rain).
- In 1967 he produced the Grammy Award winning 'Best Country & Western Recording': "Gentle On My Mind".
- In terms of public recognition, Al DeLory stood somewhat in the shadow of his daughter, singer Donna DeLory.
- By the early '60s, DeLory was a very busy session musician, playing piano and organ for records produced by Phil Spector and Brian Wilson, among others, and was signed as a producer at Capitol Records.
- During the '90s, he was busy leading his own band, Al DeLory and Mambo '98, and even later, he has been leading a salsa band in Nashville.
- He also played and recorded with his own Latin Jazz groups.
- De Lory's youngest child, daughter, Donna De Lory, is a singer, session musician and recording artist. For many years she and Niki Haris were the backing vocalist for Madonna known as Niki & Donna.
- As a child he studied piano and began arranging music while in the Army. Upon his discharge, he worked as a pianist in studio orchestras and in clubs.
- DeLory also did one film score during the '60s, collaborating with Nick Venet and Fred Darian in writing and assembling the background music to the exploitation film Out of Sight (1966) (which featured the music of the Turtles, Gary Lewis & the Playboys, Dobie Gray, the Knickerbockers, and the Astronauts.
- As a bandleader he had his own hit in 1970 with an instrumental version of the "Song from M*A*S*H".
- The Grammy award winning 'Album of the Year' 1968 was : By The Time I Get To Phoenix. It was produced by Al De Lory.
- Although he's usually identified as a country producer and arranger, DeLory has also produced and arranged songs for the Lettermen, the Four Preps, and other pop-vocal ensembles.
- In the late 1950s De Lory co-wrote the 1960 #1 hit novelty song "Mr. Custer", recorded by Larry Verne.
Contribute to this page
Suggest an edit or add missing content