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Bill Graham (born Wulf Wolodia Grajonca; January 8, 1931 – October 25, 1991) was an American impresario and rock concert promoter. In the early 1960s, Graham moved to San Francisco , and in 1965, began to manage the San Francisco Mime Troupe . [1]
Oct 27, 1991 · Bill Graham, the acid-tongued concert promoter who championed rock acts during San Francisco’s psychedelic era and went on to play a leading role in pop music’s emergence as a cultural force,...
Feb 13, 2020 · Bill Graham — the promoter who got started in hippie-era San Francisco, opened the Fillmore East in New York City in 1968 and went on to present concerts worldwide — was by no means...
Oct 25, 2016 · Legendary rock music impresario Bill Graham is pictured in 1982 in his San Francisco office, from which he guided his vast concert and promotion business. He died in a helicopter crash on...
Oct 25, 2016 · He fled Nazi Germany as a child at the start of World War II, and became a tireless promoter of social causes, helping to stage such benefits as Live Aid in 1985 and 1986's A Conspiracy of...
Recognized as one of the most influential concert promoters in history, Bill Graham (January 8, 1931 – October 25, 1991) launched the careers of countless rock ’n’ roll legends in the 1960s at his famed Fillmore Auditorium, and was a prime mover behind the 1967 Summer of Love.
Mar 5, 2020 · Promoter Bill Graham made a colossal impact on the music of the 1960s, ‘70s and ‘80s, and always maintained a strong social conscience. His past was prologue. Escaping Nazi Germany as a child helped form the man who became a tireless champion of…
Bill Graham and the Rock & Roll Revolution explores the extraordinary life of renowned music promoter Bill Graham (1931- 1991) who helped launch and promote the careers of countless rock & roll artists.
Bill Graham and the Rock & Roll Revolution was the first comprehensive retrospective about the life and career of legendary rock impresario Bill Graham (1931–1991). Recognized as one of the most influential concert promoters in history, Graham launched the careers of countless rock & roll legends in the ’60s at his famed Fillmore Auditorium.
Oct 25, 2023 · Born in 1931 as Wulf Wolodia Grajonca in Berlin, Graham was shuttled out of Europe through an orphanage program in France and eventually found refuge in America. His eldest sister and...
