1. Danny Fields was born on Daniel Feinberg; November 13,1939 and is an American music manager, publicist, journalist, and author.
15 Facts About Danny Fields
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Danny Fields signed and managed Iggy and the Stooges, signed the MC5 and managed the Ramones, and worked in various roles with Jim Morrison, the Velvet Underground and the Modern Lovers.
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Danny Fields moved to Manhattan's Greenwich Village in 1960, briefly enrolled at New York University, and became involved with the burgeoning downtown arts and music scene.
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Danny Fields occasionally shared his loft with Warhol actress Edie Sedgwick, and wrote an account of the Warhol-sponsored Velvet Underground during their early years.
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Danny Fields later penned the liner notes for the band's album Live at Max's Kansas City, recorded in 1970, but released in 1972, after the band broke up.
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Elektra, which had primarily been a folk music label, was having huge success in the rock record market with The Doors, and hired Danny Fields to publicize the band, despite the fact that he and lead singer Jim Morrison disliked each other.
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In September 1968, Danny Fields visited Detroit and Ann Arbor on the recommendation of two fellow DJs at WFMU.
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Danny Fields recommended to Elektra that the label sign the MC5 and The Stooges.
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Danny Fields was instrumental in getting the legendary New York street musician, David Peel, released on Elektra in 1968.
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In 1975, Danny Fields discovered the Ramones at CBGB, and helped get them signed to Sire Records.
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Around this time, Danny Fields was writing a regular column in the SoHo Weekly News.
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In 1990, Danny Fields discovered singer-songwriter Paleface at a performance in New York's Chameleon club and became his manager: he helped the young artist get signed to Polygram Records and Elektra Records.
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Danny Fields subsequently wrote Linda McCartney: A Portrait, which was turned into a television miniseries by CBS.
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In 2015, Danny Fields discovered East London punk band False Heads in Camden and has been highly influential in the band's career and growing success, naming them as "the future of rock and roll".
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Danny Fields was one of the first people in the music business to be openly gay.