Art Ward ''(né'' Arthur Downs Ward; June 14, 1922 – January 29, 2002) was an American music industry entrepreneur who, among other things was a co-owner of
A & R Recording, Inc., where he had served a president.
Ward was born in
Maryland
Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean to ...
. Before his involvement with A & R Recording, he was Manager (from 1948 to 1953) of
the Honey Dreamers, a popular vocal quintet, and
the Arbors The Arbors were an American pop music, pop group formed in 1964 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The members, two sets of brothers, met at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, and began playing local shows in Michigan before moving to New York City. They re ...
,
a popular vocal quartet. He had also been director of public relations for
Vitacoustic Records from September 1947 to March 1948 and a radio announcer for
WBOC.
He died, aged 79, in
Queens
Queens is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Queens County, in the U.S. state of New York. Located on Long Island, it is the largest New York City borough by area. It is bordered by the borough of Brooklyn at the western tip of Long ...
,
New York, in January 2002.
References
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1922 births
2002 deaths
Record producers from Maryland