Danny Goldberg- A Rock N' Roll Executive-Part One

Danny Goldberg - a Legend in Rock n' Roll
Journalist and Publicist

Danny Goldberg, President of Gold Village Entertainment, has worked in the music business as a personal manager, record company president, public relations man and journalist since the late 1960s.

Goldberg began his career as a music journalist writting for Rolling Stone, The Village Voice, and Billboard Magazine and others. Later Danny became an author and published his books, they include, "Serving The Servant: Remembering Kurt Cobain, How The Left Lost Teen Spirit", "Bumping Into Geniuses: My Life Inside The Rock and Roll Business" and I"n Search of The Lost Chord: 1967 and the Hippie"

Led Zeppelin and Stevie Nicks

After working as a journalist, he was Vice-President of Led Zeppelin’s Swan Song Records and worked with the band from 1973 through 1975. He formed and co-owned Modern Records, which released Stevie Nicks’ solo albums including her number one album “Bella Donna.” In 1980, Goldberg co-produced and co-directed the rock documentary feature, “No Nukes,” starring Bruce Springsteen, Bonnie Raitt, and Jackson Browne. In 2004 he was the Executive Producer of the documentary about Steve Earle, “Just An American Boy.”

Record Executive

From 1983-1992, Goldberg was the founder and President of Gold Mountain Entertainment, an artist management firm whose clients included Nirvana, Hole, Sonic Youth, Bonnie Raitt, The Allman Brothers, Rickie Lee Jones and more. Directly prior to the creation of Gold Village Entertainment,

Goldberg was Chairman and CEO of the Mercury Records Group, The Mercury Records Group included  its labels Def Jam, Mercury, Mercury Nashville, Motown, Verve, and Deutsche Gramophone, all of which reported to and were supervised by Goldberg. Before joining Mercury, Goldberg was Chairman and CEO of Warner Bros. Records in 1995, during which time Warner Bros. was the number one U.S. record label. In 1993-94, he was President of Atlantic Records, also a division of the Warner Music Group.