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]
Artie Kornfeld | |
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Born | 1942 (age 81–82) |
Other names | Arthur Lawrence Kornfeld |
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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 2009 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