- His wife, Sally Grossman, was the woman in red who appeared on the cover of Bob Dylan's 1965 album "Bringing It All Back Home".
- Also managed the careers of Peter Paul & Mary; Odetta; Bob Gibson; Gordon Lightfoot; The Band; Ian & Sylvia & The Great Speckled Bird; Electric Flag, John Lee Hooker and Janis Joplin.
- Founded Bearsville Records in 1969. It folded in 1984.
- Organized the first Newport Folk Festival with George Wein in 1959.
- Inducted into the Personal Managers Hall of Fame in 2016.
- Was most well-known as Bob Dylan's manager throughout the 1960s.
- Graduated from Roosevelt University (Chicago) in 1948.
- His first job after college was with the Chicago Housing Authority.
- Co-owned the Gate of Horn club in Chicago where many folk acts played before becoming famous.
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