Milton Gabler was an American record producer, responsible for many innovations in the recording industry of the 20th century.
15 Facts About Milt Gabler
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Milt Gabler's father was an Austrian Jewish immigrant from Vienna, and his mother's family were Jewish immigrants from Russia, including Rostov.
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In 1933, Milt Gabler began buying up unwanted copies of recordings from the record companies and resold them, making him the first person to deal in reissues, the first to sell records by mail order, and the first to credit all the musicians on the recordings.
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Milt Gabler was able to secure the rights to many important jazz records including the 1931 Joe Venuti-Eddie Lang all star session, Bessie Smith's final session, sides by Frank Trumbauer, Bix Beiderbecke, and Miff Mole.
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Milt Gabler was recruited to work for Decca Records in 1941, and left his brother-in-law Jack Crystal to run Commodore.
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Milt Gabler signed rockabilly act pioneering rock and roll sensation Bill Haley and His Comets to Decca Records.
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Milt Gabler produced their initial recording session in April 1954, much of which was spent cutting a song which the company thought the more likely hit of the two due to be recorded that day.
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Milt Gabler continued to produce all of the Comets' recordings for Decca until they left the label in 1959.
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Milt Gabler produced all studio albums in Hamburg for Bert Kaempfert and his Orchestra, from 1960 to the latter's death in June 1980.
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Milt Gabler wrote many lyrics for Kaempfert songs, such as "L-O-V-E", a hit for Nat King Cole, and "Danke Schoen".
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Milt Gabler retired from the front line of business activity when MCA consolidated Decca with its other labels and moved the merged MCA Records to Universal City, California in 1971, but continued to produce reissues and to collect recognition from the recording industry he helped shape.
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Milt Gabler was asked to return to MCA Records in 1973 to supervise the reissue of MCA's massive back catalogue.
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Milt Gabler died July 20,2001, aged 90, at the Jewish Home and Hospital in Manhattan.
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In 1991, Milt Gabler received the Grammy Trustees Award from The Recording Academy, for his significant contributions to the field of recording.
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In 1993, Milt Gabler was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by his nephew, the comedian and actor Billy Crystal.