Freddy Biehnstock Died Yesterday

After a long illness, Freddy Biehnstock, a music publishing industry legend and founder of Carlin Music, died yesterday at his Manhattan home. He was 86.

Bienstock, who served on the National Music Publishers Assn.'s board of directors for nearly 20 years, founded Carlin Music in 1966 by acquiring the Belinda Music catalog and built it into a catalog with more than 100,000 songs.

"More than an icon and leader in the music publishing industry, Freddy was a cherished friend and colleague," said NMPA chairman Irwin Robinson. NMPA president and CEO David Israelite, added, "Freddy's passion for music and commitment to artists and songwriters made him a giant in our industry, and his legacy will not soon be forgotten."

After emigrating to the U.S. before the start of World War II, Bienstock began his career in the stock room of publisher Chappell and Company, later becoming its chairman. During his career Bienstock worked with such songwriters and music business executives as Leiber & Stoller, Cliff Richards, Bobby Darin, Ray Davies, U2, John Sebastian, Tim Hardin, Eric Burdon, James Brown, Peter Allen, William Bolcom, Ernesto Lucuona, Norman Dello Joio, Carol Bayer Sager, Kander & Ebb, Koppleman & Rubin, Marvin Hamlish, Stephen Sondheim and, Elvis Presley. According to his company bio, Bienstock worked closely with Presley, who often relied on the publisher to choose the songs he recorded.

Today, the Carlin catalog has an extensive catalog of classical, country, classic pop and standards as well as being a leading Broadway musical publisher.

Bienstock is survived by his wife Miriam, who co-founded Atlantic Records; his daughter Caroline, who is COO at the company; Caroline's husband Douglas Rodriguez; his son Robert, who is senior VP of business at Carlin, and his wife Ellen; and five grandchildren.

Services will be held, at 11:45 a.m. Wednesday (Sept. 23) at Riverside Chapel, 333 Amsterdam Ave. in New York. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made in Bienstock's memory to: Children's Rights; 330 Seventh Avenue; 4th Floor, New York, NY 10001.

Ich hoffe, dass er jetzt nach einem langen und wohl auch erfüllten Leben in Frieden ruht.

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"Before Elvis, there was nothing." John Lennon
"Heutzutage kennen die Leute von allem den Preis und nicht den Wert." Oscar Wilde

...ruhe in frieden Freddy Biehnstock !
..frage war der Freddy eigentlich schweizer oder nicht !? ..einmal heisst es er sei in der schweiz geboren und ein anderes mal heisst es das er in austria geboren ist !?

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__Elvis - Artist Of The Century__

alles gute freddy. auch im namen deiner angehörigen.

war übrigens ein wiener, der gute fredi.

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"We know that rock'n'roll was not a human invention, that it was the work of the Holy Ghost."
(Nick Tosches)

..es wird aber eben in einigen Biographien behauptet er sei ein schweizer gewesen ? ..im internet findet man infos das er in der schweiz geboren wurde, aber auch infos das er in austria geboren wurde !?





was stimmt den nun !?

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__Elvis - Artist Of The Century__

Freddy Bienstock speaks carefully and deliberately, but with much humour. He was born in Switzerland on April 24, 1928 but his parents moved to Vienna when he was three He recalls, 'I left Vienna at the beginning of 1939 to visit an uncle in the United States. Due to Hitler's entry into Vienna, my parents went back to Switzerland and I was meant to stay in America until they got settled, but then war broke out and my brother and were stuck in the States. My parents eventually came to America in 1941'.

http://www.elvis.com.au/presley/freddy_bienstock.shtml

Rest in peace, Freddy...

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also ein wienerischer Schweizer, der durch den Krieg zu einem Amerikaner wurde ... möge er in Frieden ruhen nun