New Execs at Bizarre
By Record World
LOS ANGELES – The original group of execs recruited for the Bizarre, Inc., entertainment 'complex' headquarters has been augmented by three new faces. Bud Hayden, Patti Johnson and Leon Danielle have already joined the complex, although the original Bizarre plan did not call for additional people in these areas until August of this year.
Hayden will function as National Promotion Manager for Straight Records in association with New York-based National Promotion Manager John Davies. Hayden's career in the industry began in Canada in 1957 as a salesman for Phonodisc Distributors and later as national promotion man for Phonodisc. His first association with Herb Cohen, Executive VP of Bizarre, was in 1966 when as Director of National Album Promotion for MGM/Verve, Hayden initiated the first Mothers of Invention promo campaign for their album "Freak Out." Hayden also handled promotion for Kapp on the West Coast and most recently for Tom Wilson Productions.
Danielle will work with Joe Gannon in the management division. He will be handling clients including the Mothers, GTOs, Wild Man Fisher, Captain Beefheart, Linda Ronstadt, Judy Henske & Jerry Yester, Tim Buckley, the Buddy Miles Express and Fred Neil. Danielle became involved in the record industry in 1964 as a local promo man in Los Angeles. Since then he has handled pr and promotion for Tide Records, personal management and music publishing. Most recently he organized and ran the music division of Raymond Katz Enterprises. In addition to his activities in management he will administer the music publishing arms of Bizarre and set up independant production deals.
Miss Johnson has joined the Public Relations department of Bizarre and will supervise the activity of the complex in Los Angeles. She comes to Bizarre from most recently heading up the west coast office of the Goldstein Organization pr firm.