Don Kirshner
April 17, 1934 - January 17, 2011
There's no way I can express how much influence Don Kirshner wielded in the development of my taste in music. "Don Kirshner's Rock Concert" was my absolute favorite show in the mid-late seventies. The New York Dolls, Sparks, the Sensational Alex Harvey Band...these and numerous other "under the radar" acts found their way into my house and my heart via this weekly hour of serious rock and roll. And that's not even taking into account his creation of the Monkees, who, for better or worse, also had a hand in shaping my musical tastes. For this I remain eternally grateful and if there is a band in heaven I'm sure he is managing it even as we speak.
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