Danny Winchell (born Daniel Weinshal, September 26, 1926 – February 16, 2011) was an American pop singer, magazine publisher, record producer, music promoter and radio show host.
Musician
As a musician, he released
doo-wop
Doo-wop (also spelled doowop and doo wop) is a subgenre of rhythm and blues music that originated in African-American communities during the 1940s, mainly in the large cities of the United States, including New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, ...
recordings on
MGM Records
MGM Records was a record label founded by the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film studio in 1946 for the purpose of releasing soundtrack recordings (later LP albums) of their musical films. It transitioned into a pop music label that continued into the ...
and
Recorte Records between 1952 and 1959
including a hit with "
Carolina in the Morning
"Carolina in the Morning" is a Popular music, popular song with Lyrics, words by Gus Kahn and music by Walter Donaldson (songwriter), Walter Donaldson, first published in 1922 by Jerome H. Remick & Co.
The song debuted on Broadway theatre, Broa ...
" in 1952.
[ Winchell released recordings both solo and as a member of Nino and the Ebb Tides.][
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Promoter and producer
He was a promotion man at Colpix RecordsBlue Moon
A blue moon refers either to the presence of a second full moon in a calendar month, to the third full moon in a season containing four, or to a moon that appears blue due to atmospheric effects.
The calendrical meaning of "blue moon" is unc ...
”'' by The Marcels
The Marcels were an American doo-wop group known for turning popular music songs into rock and roll. The group formed in 1959 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and signed to Colpix Records with lead Cornelius Harp, bass Fred Johnson, Gene Bricker, ...
,[ which was #1 on the Billboard Pop chart for three weeks and number one on the R&B chart.]Murray the K
Murray Kaufman (February 14, 1922 – February 21, 1982), professionally known as Murray the K, was a New York City rock and roll impresario and disc jockey of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. During the early days of Beatlemania, he frequently referre ...
debuting a pre-release copy of the song on his show on WINS.[ The K was so impressed with the song, he played it twenty-six times in his four-hour show the first day, making it a hit before it was released.][ Winchell was summoned to Colpix boss Paul Wexler's office the next day and reprimanded.][
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Radio host
In his later years, he hosted a weekly radio show on WAMB in Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville, often known as Music City, is the capital and List of municipalities in Tennessee, most populous city in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is the county seat, seat of Davidson County, Tennessee, Davidson County in Middle Tennessee, locat ...
and wrote a nationally syndicated newspaper column called ''The Winch Line''.
Personal
He died in Nashville in 2011.[ He was remembered in a tribute to significant musical professionals by ]The Recording Academy
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related to the 54th Annual Grammy Awards
The 54th Annual Grammy Awards were held on February 12, 2012, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles being broadcast on CBS honoring the best in music for the recording year beginning October 1, 2010 through September 30, 2011. LL Cool J hosted ...
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1926 births
2011 deaths
Musicians from New York (state)
Radio personalities from New York (state)
Record producers from New York (state)
Doo-wop