David Kapralik

American A&R executive, producer and talent manager. He was key executive at Columbia and Epic Records in the 1960s, instrumental in signing Barbra Streisand and Sly & The Family Stone to their first label deals. Head A&R of the Columbia's subsidiaries Date and Okeh. He also ran the April (5) and Blackwood publishing companies for CBS. Born: ca. 1926 in Plainfield, New Jersey Died: July 12, 2017 in Maui, Hawaii