Artie Cornfield

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Artie Kornfeld (born September 9, 1942 in Brooklyn , New York City , full name Arthur Lawrence Kornfeld , originally Avraham ben Yisroel Kornfeld ) is an American musician , songwriter , record producer and manager. He is best known as the father of the Woodstock Festival in 1969 ("The Father of Woodstock").

life and work

Artie Kornfeld grew up in a middle-class Jewish family in Brooklyn, New York . Kornfeld's father came from migrants from Russia and worked as a police officer, while Kornfeld's mother was Jewish-Orthodox . Artie Kornfeld was an accompanist a. a. on stage with Dion and the Belmonts . He wrote numerous hits, including (with Steve Duboff) The Pied Piper , a 1966 top hit for Crispian St. Peters . With Duboff he formed the folk duo "The Changin 'Times" in the mid-1960s , which went on tour with Cher in 1965 .

At the age of only 21, Kornfeld became the youngest partner and Vice President of Capitol Records , responsible for the growing rock music market ( First Vice President of Rock Music ). In 1968 he met the music producer Michael Lang . Together with entrepreneurs John Roberts and Joel Rosenman, the two planned and implemented the Woodstock Festival .

The numerous musicians and bands Kornfeld has worked with as producer, manager and composer include Survivor , Sheryl Crow , Bruce Springsteen , Depeche Mode , Santana , Neil Young , Pink Floyd , Aerosmith , Alice Cooper , Joe Cocker , ZZ Top and many more.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Nate Bloom: Woodstock-The Jewish connection , Jewish Standard , August 14, 2009
  2. ^ Curt Schleier: A Child of God Looks Back on Woodstock , The New York Jewish Week, December 31, 2009
  3. ↑ Artie Kornfeld on Woodstockstory.com (English)
  4. ^ Nate Bloom: Woodstock-The Jewish connection , Jewish Standard , August 14, 2009
  5. ^ Sylvia Kekulé: The Woodstock Story , Allitera Verlag, Munich, 2009, page 178

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personal data
SURNAME Cornfield, Artie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American musician, songwriter, record producer, and manager
DATE OF BIRTH September 9, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Brooklyn , New York City