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Birth name
  
Daniel Weinshal


Name
  
Danny Winchell

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Born
  
September 26, 1926 Brooklyn, New York (
1926-09-26
)

Died
  
February 16, 2011(2011-02-16) (aged 84) Nashville, Tennessee

Occupation(s)
  
musician, producer, publisher

Labels
  
MGM Records, Recorte Records

Associated acts
  
Nino and the Ebb Tides, The Marcels

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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.

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Musician

As a musician, he released doo-wop recordings on MGM Records and Recorte Records between 1952 and 1959 including a hit with Carolina in the Morning in 1952. Winchell released recordings both solo and as a member of Nino and the Ebb Tides.

Promoter and producer

He was a promotion man at Colpix Records where he became the co-producer of “Blue Moon” by The Marcels, which was #1 on the Billboard Pop chart for three weeks and number one on the R&B chart. Winchell was directly responsible for Murray the K 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.

Radio host

In his later years, he hosted a weekly radio show on WAMB in Nashville, Tennessee 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 related to the 54th Annual Grammy Awards.

References

Danny Winchell Wikipedia