found: His The day the orchestra played, c1966:t.p. (John Cacavas)
found: LC in OCLC, 8/17/90(hdg.: Cacavas, John)
found: Rehrig, W.H. The heritage encyclopedia of band music, c1991(Cacavas, John; b. 8-13-30, Aberdeen, S.D.)
found: Wikipedia WWW site, Aprl 10, 2006:Composer and conductor, born 13 August 1930 in Aberdeen, South Dakota; probably best known for his television scores
found: Los Angeles times WWW site, Feb. 4, 2014(in obituary dated Feb. 3, 2014: John Cacavas; b. Aug. 13, 1930, Aberdeen, S.D.; d. Jan. 28 at his home in Beverly Hills, at 83; composer, arranger and conductor who parlayed his friendship with actor Telly Savalas into a prolific career scoring music for film and television)