{{Infobox musical artist | name = Danny Winchell | image = | image_size = | landscape = <!-- yes, if wide image, otherwise leave blank --> | alt = | caption = | birth_name = Daniel Weinshal<ref name=about2/> | native_name = | native_name_lang = | alias = | birth_date = {{birth date|1926|09|26}}<ref name=about2/> | birth_place = Brooklyn, New York<ref name=about2>{{cite web|last1=Winchell|first1=Danny|title=Danny's Beginnings|url=http://www.dannywinchell.com/the_winch_line_2.html|website=Danny Winchell|accessdate=9 July 2015}}</ref> | origin = | death_date = {{death date and age|2011|02|16|1926|9|26}} <ref name=Row/> | death_place = Nashville, Tennessee<ref name=Row/> | genre = | occupation = musician, producer, publisher | instrument = | years_active = <!-- YYYY–YYYY (or –present) --> | label = MGM Records, Recorte Records<ref name=complete/> | past_member_of = Nino and the Ebb Tides | website = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} --> }}

'''Danny Winchell''' (born '''Daniel Weinshal''', September 26, 1926 &ndash; February 16, 2011) was an American pop singer, magazine publisher, record producer, music promoter and radio show host.<ref name=Row>{{cite news|last1=Oermann|first1=Robert K.|title=Radio Host Danny Winchell Passes|url=http://www.musicrow.com/2011/02/radio-host-danny-winchell-passes/|accessdate=9 July 2015|publisher=MusicRow|date=21 February 2011|authorlink=Robert K. Oermann}}</ref>

==Musician== As a musician, he released doo-wop recordings on MGM Records and Recorte Records between 1952 and 1959<ref name=complete>{{cite book|last1=Gribin|first1=Anthony J.|author2=Schiff, Matthew M.|title=The Complete Book of Doo-wop|date=2000|publisher=Krauss|isbn=978-0873418294|page=486}}<!--|accessdate=9 July 2015--></ref> including a hit with "Carolina in the Morning" in 1952.<ref name=Row/> Winchell released recordings both solo and as a member of Nino and the Ebb Tides.<ref name=complete/>

==Promoter and producer== He was a promotion man at Colpix Records<ref name=Muss>{{cite book|last1=Musso|first1=Anthony M.|title=Setting the Record Straight: The Music and Careers of Recording Artists from the 1950s and Early 1960s ... In Their Own Words|date=2008|publisher=AuthorHouse|location=Bloomington, Indiana|isbn=9781438952925|page=139|accessdate=10 July 2015|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d8AQDHJfsNkC&q=%22Danny%20Winchell%22%20-wikipedia&pg=PA139}}</ref> where he became the co-producer of ''“Blue Moon”'' by The Marcels,<ref name=BM-uk>{{cite web|title=The Marcels - Blue Moon (Song)|url=http://uk-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=The+Marcels&titel=Blue+Moon&cat=s|website=uk-charts.com|publisher=eMedia Jungen|accessdate=10 July 2015}}</ref><ref name=Row/> which was #1 on the Billboard Pop chart for three weeks and number one on the R&B chart.<ref name="Whitburn_Singles_p376">{{cite book |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=376}}</ref> Winchell was directly responsible for Murray the K debuting a pre-release copy of the song on his show on WINS.<ref name=Muss/> The K was so impressed with the song, he played it twenty-six times in his four-hour show the first day, making it a hit before it was released.<ref name=Muss/> Winchell was summoned to Colpix boss Paul Wexler's office the next day and reprimanded.<ref name=Muss/>

==Radio host== In his later years, he hosted a weekly radio show on WAMB in Nashville, Tennessee and wrote a nationally syndicated newspaper column called ''The Winch Line''.<ref name=Row/><ref name=about1>{{cite web|last1=Winchell|first1=Danny|title=About Danny |url=http://www.dannywinchell.com/about_danny_1.html|website=Danny Winchell|accessdate=9 July 2015}}</ref>

==Personal== He died in Nashville in 2011.<ref name=Row/> He was remembered in a tribute to significant musical professionals by The Recording Academy related to the 54th Annual Grammy Awards.<ref>{{cite web|title=We Will Remember You|url=https://www.grammy.com/news/we-will-remember-you|website=Grammy.com: News|publisher=The Recording Academy|accessdate=10 July 2015|date=12 February 2012}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{Allmusic|artist|danny-winchell-mn0002306891|Danny Winchell}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Winchell, Danny}} Category:1926 births Category:2011 deaths Category:Musicians from New York (state) Category:Radio personalities from New York (state) Category:Record producers from New York (state) Category:Doo-wop