Artie Kornfeld Explained

Artie Kornfeld
Alias:	Arthur Lawrence Kornfeld
Birth Place:	Brooklyn, New York, U.S.

Arthur Lawrence Kornfeld (born 1942) is an American musician, record producer, and music executive.^[1] He is best known as the music promoter for the Woodstock Festival held in 1969.^{[2] [3]} Kornfeld is also known for his collaborations with Artie Kaplan.^[4]

Biography

Kornfeld was born in 1942 into a Jewish lower-middle-class family in Brooklyn, New York, United States.^{[5] [6]}

In his early teens, when his family had moved to North Carolina, he got a job at the Charlotte Coliseum selling soda pop so he could catch acts such as Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, and Fats Domino.^[7]

He later attended Adelphi College and American University where he would further his music career.^[8]

By 1966, Kornfeld had written over 75 Billboard charted songs and participated in over 150 albums.^[9] In 1969, Kornfeld left Capitol Records to co-create The Woodstock Music & Arts Festival, with Michael Lang .^{[10] [11]}

He hosts a show, The Spirit Show with Artie Kornfeld on artistfirst.com^[12]

Personal life

Kornfeld moved to Broward County in 1999. In 2009 he moved to Delray Beach, Florida. He lives with Caroline Ornstein.^[13]

Discography

Singles

• The Changin' Times – "Pied Piper" / "Thank You Babe" – Philips 40320 (1965)
• The Changin' Times – "How Is The Air Up There" – Philips 40341 (1965)
• The Changin' Times – "All In The Mind Of A Young Girl" / "Aladdin" – Philips 40401 (1966)
• The Changin' Times – "I Should Have Brought Her Home" / "Goin' Lovin' With You" – Philips 40368 (1966)
• The Changin' Times – "Free Spirit (She Comes On)" / "You Just Seem To Know" – Bell 675 (1967)^[14]
• The Artie Kornfeld Circus – "The Rain, The Park And Other Things" / "The Lonely Mermaid" – Bell 697 (1967)
• The Artie Kornfeld Tree – "Country Morning On 56th Street" / "Rock 'n Roll Babies" – Dunhill D-4259 (1970)
• Artie Kornfeld – "Island Song" / "Feel" – Neighborhood NRA-4206 (1972) ^[15]

Albums

• The Artie Kornfeld Tree – A Time To Remember! – ABC/Dunhill Records – DS 50092 (1970) ^[16]

Publication

• The Pied Piper of Woodstock (Paperback), 196 pages; Publisher: Spirit of the Woodstock Nation, LLC (October 19, 2009);

External links

• • Artie Kornfeld Interview at NAMM Oral History Collection (2017)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Artie Kornfeld, Woodstock 1969 Co-Creator-Producer and Rock Music Legend . Woodstockstory.com . 2014-07-17.
2. Web site: Jewish Music businessmen . Jewish Biography . 2014-07-17.
3. Web site: Remembering Richie Havens: Ten Things You May Not Know About Woodstock — History in the Headlines . Barbara Maranzani . history.com . 2013 . May 8, 2013.
4. Second Hand Songs Bensonhurst Blues
5. News: Nate . Bloom . Nate Bloom . Woodstock - The Jewish connection . The Jewish Standard. August 14, 2009 . Who’s Artie Kornfeld? He’s another Brooklyn/Queens Jew, born (1942) into a lower-middle-class family, who isn’t all that religious in conventional terms but wears his Jewishness on his sleeve. .
6. Book: Benarde, Scott R. . Stars of David: Rock'n'roll's Jewish Stories. 126 . Brandeis University Press. July 1, 2003. 978-1584653035. Four Jews organized the Woodstock Festival: Michael Lang, Artie Kornfield, John Roberts, and Joel Rosenman.
7. LA Times May 22, 1998 Life After Woodstock by Jim Washburn
8. Woodstock Story Artie Kornfeld, Father of Woodstock
9. Woodstock Story Artie Kornfeld, Father of Woodstock
10. McClatchy DC Woodstock: How pot-fueled talk led to greatest concert ever by Glenn Garvin
11. Watch BoOm. SEX, DRUGS & ROCK ‘N ROLL…40 years later by James Earle
12. Web site: Tuesdays at 10pm Eastern . Artistfirst.com . 2014-07-17.
13. Web site: On Woodstock's 45th anniversary, a look back at its Delray resident creator . 2023-03-06 . The Palm Beach Post . en-US.
14. Discogs The Changin' Times - Discography
15. 45Cat Artie Kornfeld – Discography
16. Discogs Artie Kornfeld Tree, The – A Time To Remember!