Milton Okun (1923–2016)
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Milton Theodore Okun was born in Brooklyn, New York on December 23, 1923. He spent summers at a resort his parents ran in the Adirondacks, where singers like Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie performed. He received a bachelor's degree in music education from New York University and a master's degree in vis mere music from Oberlin College. He worked as a junior high school music teacher for years, recorded several folk albums of his own, and worked with Harry Belafonte during a summer tour. He stopped teaching when he became a pianist, conductor, and arranger for Belafonte in the 1950s. Okun founded Cherry Lane Music Publishing in 1960. He was a producer and arranger for Peter, Paul and Mary, John Denver, and Plácido Domingo. He also produced Laura Nyro's first album More Than a New Discovery and the Starland Vocal Band's hit Afternoon Delight, and conducted Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach, and the orchestra that accompanied him, on his album Haneshama Lach. Okun he wrote a memoir entitled Along the Cherry Lane: Tales from the Life of Music Industry Legend Milton Okun with his son-in-law Richard Sparks. He died on November 15, 2016 at the age of 92. (Bowker Author Biography) vis mindre
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Serier
Værker af Milton Okun
Sparrow Now Playing You in Concert With.... 1 eksemplar
The Statler Brothers Anthology 1 eksemplar
John Denver Spirit 1 eksemplar
Something to Sing About! The Personal Choice of America's Folk Singers - More Than 70 Favorite Folk Songs New, Complete… (1968) 1 eksemplar
The Beatles meet the string orchestra [sheet music] — Redaktør — 1 eksemplar
Great Songs of the Seventies: Volume 2 1 eksemplar
Associated Works
The Compleat Beatles : Volume One : 1962-1966 + Volume Two : 1966-1970 (1981) — Redaktør — 6 eksemplarer
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- Okun, Milton Theodore
- Fødselsdato
- 1923-12-23
- Dødsdag
- 2016-11-15
- Køn
- male
- Nationalitet
- USA
- Fødested
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Dødssted
- Beverly Hills, California, USA
- Uddannelse
- New York University
Oberlin Conservatory of Music (MM|1951) - Erhverv
- musicologist
editor
music producer
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- 60
- Also by
- 9
- Medlemmer
- 451
- Popularitet
- #54,392
- Vurdering
- 4.1
- Anmeldelser
- 1
- ISBN
- 75
- Sprog
- 1