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Stan Cornyn
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| Born | July 8, 1933 Oxnard, California |
| Died | May 11, 2015 (aged 81) Carpinteria, California, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Record label executive |
| Years active | 1958–1990 |
| Labels | Warner Bros. Records, Reprise Records, Warner Music Group |
| Associated acts | Frank Sinatra, Petula Clark, Dean Martin, The Kinks, Nancy Sinatra, Bill Cosby, Anita Kerr |
Carl Stanley Cornyn (born July 8, 1933, died May 11, 2015) was an American music executive. He worked for big record companies. He also wrote a book about the music business called Exploding. He even wrote some books about his family's history.
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Stan Cornyn's Music Career
Stan Cornyn started working at Warner Bros. Records in 1958. This was a very important music company. He worked there for many years, until 1990.
Working at Warner Bros.
During his time at Warner Bros., Stan Cornyn became a very important person. He was an Executive Vice President at Warner Bros. Records. Later, he became a Senior Vice President at the Warner Music Group. He even started a new part of the company called Warner New Media.
Stan Cornyn is best known for leading the Creative Services department. He helped create cool ads and new ways to market music. He also worked on the famous Warner/Reprise Loss Leaders series. These were special record albums that helped people discover new music.
Grammy Awards for Music Notes
Stan Cornyn won two Grammy Awards for his writing. These awards were for the notes he wrote inside music albums.
- In 1966, he won for Frank Sinatra's album Strangers in the Night.
- In 1967, he won again for Sinatra at the Sands.
He was also nominated for more Grammys in 1968, 1969, and 1974. His writing helped tell the story behind the music.
Writing for Movies
Stan Cornyn also helped write a movie! He co-wrote the screenplay for the 1970 film The Phynx. This movie was made by Warner Bros..
Exploring New Media
In 1989, Stan Cornyn led Warner New Media. This part of the company explored new ways to use technology with music and entertainment.
CD+Graphics and Other Ideas
He helped introduce a new type of music disc called CD+Graphics, or CD+G. These CDs could play music and also show simple graphics on a screen.
Stan also had a big idea called "The Whole Megillah." His team at Warner New Media built a special system to show this idea. It even led to a patent (a special right for an invention). This patent was later used for Time Warner's DVD work.
Warner New Media also made interactive CDs. These CDs let people learn and explore. Some examples were "How Computers Work" and "Desert Storm."
After Warner Bros.
In 1991, Stan Cornyn worked for a computer games company called Media Vision. He was a top executive there, helping to publish multimedia games.
Education and Family Life
Stan Cornyn went to several schools to learn. He graduated from Monrovia High School. He then went to Pomona College and Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. He earned a Master's degree in Theatre from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1962.
Family Members
Stan Cornyn was married two times. He had two sons: Christopher and Tom.
His uncle was William Cornyn, a professor at Yale University. Stan Cornyn was also related to U.S. Senator John Cornyn III.
Stan Cornyn lived in Carpinteria, California. He passed away at his home there on May 11, 2015, when he was 81 years old.
