From his days at New York's famed Brill Building, through the behind-the-scenes power struggle with the Monkees and on through the years, Don Kirshner's position in the world or pop music in ...
Kansas members Rich Williams and Phil Ehart admitted they still can’t understand what pop impresario Don Kirshner saw in them. Williams added that the band was “tired of playing the required music you ...
The Monkees‘ supervisor had a strong reaction to The Beatles’ “When I’m Sixty-Four.” During the same interview, he said the Fab Four changed as their audience changed. He also discussed his views on ...
Kirshner stayed in the game until the early 1980s, as the unforgettably monotone host of a TV show, "Don Kirshner's Rock Concert." Throughout its nine-year run, "Rock Concert" was about the only place ...
Don Kirshner, a songwriter and producer known in the music industry as "The Man With The Golden Ear," has died. He was 77 and the cause was heart failure, according to a statement. One of Kirshner's ...
Rock producer Don Kirshner, who kicked off the Monkees‘ music career, died Monday in Boca Raton, Fla., of heart failure. He was 76. Kirshner also managed songwriting talent including Neil Sedaka, ...
Don Kirshner will receive the Songwriters Hall of Fame's publisher award for lifetime achievement on June 6. Kirshner's nickname is "Mr. Music." His bio includes plenty of important accomplishments ...
The death of Don Kirshner on 17 January at age 76 is a reminder that although the age of the New York-based song factory seems to be long gone, pop is still about the backroom. Where would Lady Gaga ...
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"The man with the golden ear" helped launch Bobby Darin, Neil Diamond and Tony Orlando. By THR Staff Don Kirshner, legendary American music publisher, died Monday in Boca Raton, Florida of heart ...