| Danny Winchell | |
| Birth Name: | Daniel Weinshal |
| Birth Date: | 26 September 1926 |
| Birth Place: | Brooklyn, New York[1] |
| Death Place: | Nashville, Tennessee |
| Occupation: | musician, producer, publisher |
| Label: | MGM Records, Recorte Records |
| Associated Acts: | Nino and the Ebb Tides, The Marcels |
Danny Winchell (born Daniel Weinshal, September 26, 1926 - February 16, 2011) was an American pop singer, magazine publisher, record producer, music promoter and radio show host.[2]
As a musician, he released doo-wop recordings on MGM Records and Recorte Records between 1952 and 1959[3] including a hit with "Carolina in the Morning" in 1952.[2] Winchell released recordings both solo and as a member of Nino and the Ebb Tides.[3]
He was a promotion man at Colpix Records[4] where he became the co-producer of “Blue Moon” by The Marcels,[5] [2] which was #1 on the Billboard Pop chart for three weeks and number one on the R&B chart.[6] Winchell was directly responsible for Murray the K debuting a pre-release copy of the song on his show on WINS.[4] The K was so impressed with the song, he played it twenty-six times in his four-hour show the first day, making it a hit before it was released.[4] Winchell was summoned to Colpix boss Paul Wexler's office the next day and reprimanded.[4]
In his later years, he hosted a weekly radio show on WAMB in Nashville, Tennessee and wrote a nationally syndicated newspaper column called The Winch Line.[2] [7]
He died in Nashville in 2011.[2] He was remembered in a tribute to significant musical professionals by The Recording Academy related to the 54th Annual Grammy Awards.[8]
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