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Birthday
Mar 15, 1919 (106 years old)
Death date
Nov 22, 2017
George Avakian
Known For
Britain's Most Dangerous Songs: Listen to the Banned
From My Little Stick of Blackpool Rock to God Save...
Erroll Garner: No One Can Hear You Read
In a triumphant career that lasted forty years Erroll Garner...
An Amazing Time: A Conversation About End of the Road
In the summer of 1968, a group of people assembled...
Biography
George Mesrop Avakian was an Armenian/American record producer, artist manager, writer, educator and executive. Best known for his work from 1939 to the early 1960s at Decca Records, Columbia Records, World Pacific Records, Warner Bros. Records, and RCA Records, he was a major force in the expansion and development of the U.S. recording industry.