Milt Okun
Milt Okun | |
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Beverly Hills, California | |
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Labels | Cherry Lane Music Publishing Company, Inc |
Milton Theodore Okun
He created arrangements or produced for many popular groups and artists such as The
Critic Richard Sparks wrote that at the height of Okun's career "Of all producers, Milton Okun's range is the widest, from
Okun died on November 15, 2016, at the age of 92.[6][7]
Honors
In 2008, Okun won the Abe Olman Publisher Award at the
Discography
Okun was part of the folk quartet The Skifflers and also recorded several albums of his own in the 1950s.[8]
- Every Inch a Sailor (Stinson SLP65) [not to be confused with an album of the same name by Oscar Brand]
- I Sing of Canada (Stinson SLP71)
- Adirondack Folk Songs And Ballads (Stinson SLP82)
- America's Best Loved Folk Songs (Baton BL 1203/Warwick 2011)
- Merry Ditties (Riverside RLP 12-603)
- (with Ellen Stekert) Traditional American Love Songs (Riverside RLP 12-634)
- Goin' Down to Town (Epic) by The Skifflers; later edited and re-released as Hootenanny with the Skifflers (Columbia HL7307), and as Folk Songs (Perfect Records)
- Everybody Sing! Volume 3 – Songs for Seniors (Riverside RLP 1420)
Books
- 1968: Something to Sing About: The Personal Choices of America's Folk Singers. New York: Macmillan Company ISBN 978-0-02-592820-6
- New York Times Great Songs of the Sixties (as editor)
- New York Times Great Songs of ABBA (as editor)
- Great Songs of the Seventies (as editor)
- New York Times Great Songs of Lennon and McCartney (as editor; also wrote introduction)
- The Compleat Beatles (as editor)
- Twin Peaks (as editor)
- Along the Cherry Lane: Tales from the life of the music industry legend, producer, arranger, and publisher Milton Okun(as told to Richard Sparks) – 2011
References
- ^ ISBN 978-1-952112-65-2
- ISBN 978-0-7868-6859-9
- ISBN 978-0-8230-7677-2
- ISBN 978-0-02-592820-6
- ISBN 978-1423499497.
- ^ Stutz, Colin (November 15, 2016). "Milton Okun, Legendary Producer & Cherry Lane Founder, Dies at 92". Billboard. Retrieved November 22, 2016.
- ^ Slotnik, Daniel E. (November 20, 2016). "Milt Okun, Who Turned John Denver Into a Pop Star, Dies at 92". The New York Times. Retrieved November 22, 2016.
- ^ "Milton Okun Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More". AllMusic.
External links
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How to use archival material |
- Milton Okun interview via Charlie Rose
- Milt Okun via Cherry Lane Music Publishing Co., Inc.
- Milt Okun interview via Artistshouse Music
- Milt Okun Interview NAMM Oral History Program (2006)