Don Kirshner: Rock & Roll History
April 17, 1934: Don Kirshner was born.
Don Kirshner is a legendary music publisher, producer, promoter and manager. He was instrumental in the development of many artists, ranging from Carole King to The Monkees to Kansas.
With all his credits, and they are many, I think most of us remember him best as the dry host and producer of Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert. That show was pretty much a who’s who of classic rock in the 1970’s.
I remember sitting in the basement of my parents’ house…
April 17th, 2009 at 10:40 am
I remember sitting there too….. or was it just a dream? In my memories there always seems to be a haze in the room….
April 17th, 2009 at 11:02 am
Was it a purple haze?
April 18th, 2009 at 2:34 pm
Sometimes it was a purple haze. I particularly remember one summer, or wait, maybe I don’t remember. Do you?
April 19th, 2009 at 9:21 am
i know exactly which summer of which you speak.
April 20th, 2009 at 4:56 pm
I remember sitting there. I still got blamed even when I wasn’t there.
April 20th, 2009 at 5:00 pm
Deservedly so.
April 20th, 2009 at 8:14 pm
I have The Eagles’ performance on Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert and it’s awesome! With special guests Linda Ronstadt and Jackson Browne. Great show and I’m glad that it was captured on video footage.
April 21st, 2009 at 6:14 am
Do I know Frieds? I felt like I was blamed for alot of things too… Your mom always gave me that look.
April 21st, 2009 at 6:40 am
I remember (vaguely) the night Linda Ronstadt and Jackson Browne were on with The Eagles.
Murph, I doubt that you know Frieds, but you, too, deserved the blame for a lot of things…and my mom gave everybody that look.