Biography

Miriam Bienstock was born on January 4, 1923 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. She was a writer, known for Tales of the Unexpected (1979) and The Atlantic Records Story (1993). She was married to Freddie Bienstock and Herb Abramson. She died on March 21, 2015 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.

She was a co-founder of Atlantic Records who ran the business side of the company in its early years. Her duties included arranging for the designing and printing of the record jackets; repacking the records for shipment to distributors and record stores; and collecting payments, keeping the books, and paying the artists. She sold her interest in the company in 1964, a few years before it was acquired by Warner Bros.