Freddy Bienstock

Freddy Bienstock ( born April 24, 1928 in Switzerland, † 20 September 2009 in New York) was an American music producer.

Life

Bien Stocks family moved to Vienna when he was three years old. Together with his brother he emigrated shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War in the United States. Initially, he worked as a clerk at the record label Chappell & Company and then joined, founded by his two cousins ​​music publisher Hill and Range Songs on who moved among other titles by Elvis Presley. In 1966 he bought the British partner company, Hill and Range Songs, Belinda Music and renamed it in Carlin Music Corporation. On the label, he then published, among others, The Kinks, The Animals and Cliff Richard.

In 1969 he left the company of his cousins ​​and founded Leiber / Stoller Hudson Bay Music Company, which he expanded gradually through acquisitions of Koppelman and Rubin, Starday, King Records, Herald Square Music and Times Square Music. For the latter two, there were former subsidiary of The New York Times, which held the rights to several Broadway plays (including Fiddler on the Roof and Cabaret ). In 1980 the collaboration with Leiber and Stoller was terminated. Bienstock bought in the following year the music publisher Edward B. Marks Music Co., which held, among other things, the distribution rights to the compositions by Jim Steinman. In 1984, he became CEO of Chappell & Company, as principal shareholder, he was later also involved in the sale to Warner Communications.

Until his death Bienstock CEO of Carlin Music Corporation remained loyal, since 1989 is his daughter Caroline and COO since 1994, his son Robert works as a Senior Vice President. Bienstock was next board member of ASCAP.