Milt Gabler (20 May 1911 - 20 July 2001) was a noted American record producer. May 20 is the 140th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (141st in leap years). ... 1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... July 20 is the 201st day (202nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 164 days remaining. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the performers, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ...

Born in Harlem, New York to Jewish Austrian immigants. At 15, he began working in his father's business, the Commodore Radio Corporation, a radio shop located on East 42nd Street in New York City. This article is about the Harlem neighborhood in New York City. ... Jews (Hebrew: יהודים, Yehudim) are followers of Judaism or, more generally, members of the Jewish people (also known as the Jewish nation, or the Children of Israel), an ethno-religious group descended from the ancient Israelites and converts who joined their religion. ...

By the mid-1930s, Gabler renamed the business the Commodore Music Shop and began specializing in Jazz music. In the early 1940s Gabler began a record label Commodore Records. Gabler soon became a record producer for Decca Records, managing Ella Fitzgerald for many years. Commodore Records is a United States based record label known for issuing many well regarded recordings of jazz and swing music. ... It has been suggested that Decca Music Group be merged into this article or section. ... Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996), also known as Lady Ella (the First Lady of Song), was an American singer, considered one of the most influential jazz vocalists of the 20th Century, alongside Billie Holiday and Sarah Vaughan. ...

Gabler is best known for producing the 1954 Bill Haley classic, "Rock Around the Clock". However Gabler's career stretched far beyond this one classic, as he produced artists ranging from Louis Jordan to Billie Holliday to Mae West over the years. Gabler also had a number of songwriting credits to his name, including the Jordan classic "Choo Choo Ch'Boogie". 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Bill Haley, with his band, the Comets, was one of the first rock and roll acts to tour the United Kingdom. ... This article is about the song. ... Louis Jordan swinging on sax, Paramount Theatre, NYC, 1946 (Photo: William P. Gottlieb) Louis Jordan (July 8, 1908 - February 4, 1975) was a pioneering and hugely influential African-American jazz and rhythm & blues musician and songwriter who enjoyed his greatest popularity from the late 1930s to the early 1950s. ... Billie Holiday photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1949 Billie Holiday (April 7, 1915 - July 17, 1959), also called Lady Day is generally considered one of the greatest jazz singers of all time. ... MAE-West is a major Internet peering point located in San Jose, California. ...

He was the uncle of comedian Billy Crystal, who, in 2005 produced a documentary and CD release (both entitled The Milt Gabler Story) in tribute. Billy Crystal Billy Crystal (born March 14, 1947 in Long Beach, New York) is an American actor, writer, producer, and film director. ...

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