CONKLING, 83, RECORD LABEL EXECUTIVE.Byline: Daily News Music industry pioneer James E. Conkling, the founding president of Warner Bros. Records Warner Bros. Records Inc. is an American record label that operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of Warner Music Group. It is internationally known as WEA International Inc. and a former 35-year resident of the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. , died Sunday at Sutter Oaks Alzheimer's Hospital in Sacramento. He was 83. Born in East Orange, N.J., on March 1, 1915, Conkling lived in Sherman Oaks, Agoura Hills and Woodland Hills. He graduated from Dartmouth College Dartmouth College, at Hanover, N.H.; coeducational; chartered 1769, opened 1770, the ninth colonial college (see Wheelock, Eleazar). Originally a men's college, Dartmouth began admitting women in 1972. in 1936 and in 1943 married Donna King Driggs of the King Sisters. After serving in World War II, he was hired by Capitol Records Capitol Records is a major United States-based record label, owned by EMI, located in Hollywood, California. Its headquarters building, the Capitol Tower, is a major landmark near the corner of Hollywood and Vine. and began producing hit records with Nat King Cole a legendary king of Britain, who is said to have reigned in the third century. See also: King , Dean Martin and many others. In 1951, Conkling took over as president of Columbia Records. He was a founder of the National Association of Recording Arts and Sciences, where he negotiated and produced the Grammys' first television broadcasts. In the late 1950s, Warner Bros. Records was founded with Conkling as its president. In that position Conkling signed the Everly Brothers, Bob Newhart and others. Conkling is survived by his wife, Donna King Conkling of Roseville, Calif.; a brother, William Conkling, and three sisters, Joan Fellows, Sue Scott and Cara Bergmann, all of Massachusetts and New Jersey; four daughters, Candy Brand and Jamie Miller, both of Roseville, Xandra Albright of Mesa, Ariz., and Laurette Walton of Louisville, Ky.; a son, Chris Conkling of Saugus; and 23 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. The funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, at the Church of Jesus Christ Church of Jesus Christ may refer to:
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