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 Kornfeld (left) with songwriting and performing partner Steve Duboff | |
| Born | 1942 (age 82–83) |
| Other names | Arthur Lawrence Kornfeld |
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Arthur Lawrence Kornfeld (born 1942) is an American musician, record producer, and music executive. [1] He is best known as the music producer promoter for the Woodstock Festival held in 1969. [2] [3] Kornfeld is also known for his collaborations with Artie Kaplan. [4]
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]
Kornfeld moved to Broward County in 1999. In 2005 he moved to Delray Beach, Florida. He lives with Caroline Ornstein. [13]
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.
Four Jews organized the Woodstock Festival: Michael Lang, Artie Kornfield, John Roberts, and Joel Rosenman
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