Talk:Hal Willner

message: I removed the following claim from the lede and bring it here for discussion:
:Willner is often credited as the inventor of the 'modern' tribute album with Amarcord Nino Rota in 1981.
First, who credits him with this "invention"?  Second, what is meant by "modern" tribute album?  As opposed to what, a premodern tribute album?  That statement seems meaningless. ---RepublicanJacobiteThe'FortyFive' 22:35, 29 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed. It would be good to find a source that states or outlines the shift in the "tribute album" that Willner brought (IMHO). To my mind this is the shift from albums like George Jones Salutes Hank Williams (1960) or Nina Simone Sings Ellington (1962) (where a single artist or ensemble pays tribute to another single artist or ensemble) to Willner's eclectic gathering of performers from different music genres, as described in the opening paragraph of the article. Willner's appraoch was copied on subsequent tribute albums like Red Hot + Blue (1990).--Design (talk) 13:17, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree, especially about the Red Hot + Blue similarity.  The problem is, finding a source that makes such a connection. ---RepublicanJacobiteThe'FortyFive' 14:54, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Modern" tribute album? 

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message: I'm seeing several articles saying that he either died on Monday or Tuesday.
Articles that say Monday:
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/hal-willner-obituary-979949/
https://deadline.com/2020/04/hal-willner-dead-obituary-saturday-night-live-coronavirus-music-producer-covid19-1202902923/
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/hal-willner-music-producer-longtime-192821474.html
Articles that say Tuesday:
https://www.thewrap.com/hal-willner-dead-coronavirus-64-snl-music-producer/
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/hal-willner-dead-film-tv-music-producer-was-64-1288993
I don't know which ones are right and which ones are wrong.
MikaelaArsenault (talk) 22:01, 7 April 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: External link: https://www.facebook.com/joanaspolicewoman/posts/10157509042373533 . Desktop version with shorter URL. I wrapped above long Facebook URL with square brackets [] for readability. Rotideypoc41352 (talk · contribs) 19:12, 8 April 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Date of death