Albert Grossman was an American entrepreneur and manager in the American folk music and rock and roll scene.
18 Facts About Albert Grossman
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Albert Grossman attended Chicago's Lane Technical High School before graduating from the city's Roosevelt University with a degree in economics.
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Albert Grossman moved into managing some of the acts who appeared at his club and in 1959 he joined forces with George Wein, who had founded the Newport Jazz Festival, to start up the Newport Folk Festival.
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Albert Grossman was a very very smart man, he was a brilliant man.
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In 1961, Albert Grossman put together Mary Travers, Noel Stookey, and Peter Yarrow as the folk group Peter, Paul and Mary.
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Albert Grossman extended hospitality to Dylan at his home in Woodstock in upstate New York.
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When managing both Bob Dylan and Peter, Paul and Mary, Albert Grossman brought the trio Dylan's song "Blowin' in the Wind" which they promptly recorded and successfully released.
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Albert Grossman refused to speak about her death to journalists or colleagues in the music business, leaving his employee Myra Friedman to handle the phone calls that flooded their office.
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In 1969, Albert Grossman established the Bearsville Recording Studio near Woodstock, and in 1970 he founded Bearsville Records, which evolved from his brief partnership with the Ampex company to establish a record label of the same name.
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April 1972, Albert Grossman attended a launch party in London hosted by Kinney, set to distribute the Bearsville label in the UK, with initial album releases by Todd Rundgren, Lazarus and Foghat.
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Albert Grossman had a reputation for aggressiveness in both his method of acquiring clients and the handling of their careers.
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Albert Grossman charged his clients 25 percent commission.
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Albert Grossman had a remarkable gift for tipping the balance of power in his favor.
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Albert Grossman was briefly portrayed as the manager of the fictional Bob Dylan in the 2006 film Factory Girl.
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Albert Grossman married Sally Buehler, whom he had met while she was working as a waitress, in 1964.
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Albert Grossman died of a heart attack on January 25,1986, while flying on the Concorde, aged 59.
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Albert Grossman was en route to London and was planning to make a trip to Cannes, France, to attend a music convention.
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Albert Grossman is buried behind his own Bearsville Theater near Woodstock, New York.