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Film producer, record producer, musician. Michael Ames Viner ( / ˈviːnər / VEE-nər; February 27, 1944 – August 8, 2009) was an American film producer and record producer, who later shifted into book publishing and became an innovator in the audiobook field.
Aug 14, 2009 · Michael Viner, the record producer whose 1973 recording of “Apache” by the Incredible Bongo Band is the cornerstone of hip-hop, died in Los Angeles on Saturday, August 8th, from cancer. He was...
Aug 13, 2009 · Aug. 13, 2009 12 AM PT. Michael Viner, a publisher who specialized in audio books and earned a reputation for quick hits with sensational stories, including O.J. Simpson trial figure Faye...
Feb 28, 1993 · ONE evening six years ago, Michael Viner, a producer, sat down to play backgammon with a longtime friend, the novelist Sidney Sheldon. The stakes were high. Mr. Sheldon promptly lost $8,000 to...
Nov 23, 2012 · Written in the late ’50s by an English songwriter aping a Hollywood movie starring Burt Lancaster as a Native American, made into a hit by a Eurovision Song Contest-winning Swede and the backing...
Aug 8, 2010 · Michael Viner, who died one year ago at age 65, had a reputation for publishing tabloid-like stories from notorious figures, earning him the scorn of many in the traditional publishing world....
Dec 11, 2018 · The Original: Michael Viner’s Incredible Bongo Band, “Apache” (from Bongo Rock, Pride, 1973; did not chart) A music history that only leans on superstars and famous names is a history that is...
