Art Ward, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Art Ward

record producer

Date of Birth: 14-Jun-1922

Date of Death: 29-Jan-2002

Profession: composer, record producer

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Art Ward (né Arthur Downs Ward; 14 June 1922 – 29 January 2002) was a 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.
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, 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, New York.