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Jim Berkenstadt is an American music historian, author, and archivist. He is best known for his work on the history of rock and roll, particularly the Beatles. He is the author of The Beatles and Rolling Stones: Off the Record, The Black Market Beatles, and The Beatle Who Vanished.
Berkenstadt was born in Winnetka, Illinois, and grew up in nearby Wilmette. He attended New Trier High School and graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1978 with a degree in history.
Berkenstadt began his career as a music journalist in the early 1980s, writing for publications such as Rolling Stone, Musician, and Creem. He also wrote for the Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Sun-Times.
In the 1990s, Berkenstadt began to focus on the history of rock and roll, particularly the Beatles. He wrote The Beatles and Rolling Stones: Off the Record, which was published in 1995. He also wrote The Black Market Beatles, which was published in 1998.
Berkenstadt has also worked as an archivist, collecting and preserving rare recordings and memorabilia related to the Beatles and other rock and roll artists. He has also worked as a consultant for films and television programs related to the Beatles.
Berkenstadt is currently the president of Rock and Roll Detective, Inc., a company he founded in 1998. He is also the author of The Beatle Who Vanished, which was published in 2016.
As of 2021, Jim Berkenstadt's net worth is estimated to be roughly $1 million.
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In 2017, Roy Orbison's son Alex Orbison and Ashley Hamilton secured the TV and Film rights to Berkenstadt's book, The Beatle Who Vanished. The project is in development.
Berkenstadt recently contributed historical research to two new prominent Beatles books in 2016: All You Need Is Love - The Beatles by Paul Skellett and Birth of an Icon: Revolver 50 by Klaus Voormann.
In 2016, Berkenstadt served as historical consultant on the documentary The Smart Studios Story, which debuted at the SXSW festival. The documentary tells the history of Producers Butch Vig and Steve Marker, describing how their unique sound shaped albums by Nirvana, The Smashing Pumpkins, Garbage, and Sonic Youth.
From 2014 to 2016, Berkenstadt co-starred on two Reelz Network TV Series: Celebrity Legacies and Celebrity Damage Control as a Rock and Roll expert.
In 2013, Berkenstadt published the Amazon Best Seller, The Beatle Who Vanished, "a true account of Jimmie Nicol, an anonymous drummer whose journey from humble beginnings to an improbable climb rescued The Beatles' first world tour from disaster by temporarily stepping in for Ringo Starr." The Beatle Who Vanished is a part of the permanent Library and Archive Collection at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
In September 1998, Berkenstadt and Charles Cross co-authored the book Nevermind Nirvana about the creation of the Nevermind album by Nirvana. It served to create an understanding of how the album was so well received by the 90s generation of fans. Nevermind Nirvana is also a part of the permanent Library and Archive Collection at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
From 1998 to 2000, Berkenstadt produced two historical live albums of Big Band music that had been performed and recorded live on the rooftop of Madison's historic Edgewater Hotel. The albums, Live at the Edgewater Jimmy Dorsey and Woody Herman, and Live at the Edgewater: Tex Beneke, Stan Kenton & Ralph Flanagan, were released on the Soundworks Label. Berkenstadt has also received an RIAA Platinum record award for his work with Garbage (band) on their album Version 2.0.
In 1994, Berkenstadt and co-author Belmo penned the book Black Market Beatles: The Story Behind Their Lost Recordings, aimed at fans interested in the recordings that the Beatles left in the vaults. Black Market Beatles is a part of the permanent Library and Archive Collection at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland.
In the early 1990s, Berkenstadt began publishing articles specializing in The Beatles' history and other rock and roll-related material, for magazines such as Goldmine, Musician, and ICE.
Since the late 1990s, Berkenstadt has worked on a number of projects for George Harrison, including the Martin Scorsese documentary film, George Harrison: Living in the Material World, which won two Emmy Awards. He also contributed to the Beatles' Help! DVD box set, as well as VH1's Behind the Music.
After graduating from Northwestern University with a Bachelor of Arts, Berkenstadt went on to get his law degree from Southern Illinois University. He passed the Illinois State Bar Examination in 1982 and the Wisconsin State Bar in 1985. In the 1980s, Berkenstadt was a litigation attorney in Chicago at Pollina & Phelan and then, after moving to Madison, Wisconsin, he continued practicing at the Axley Brynelson law firm. From 1987 to 2007, Berkenstadt served as Vice President & General Counsel at The Wisconsin Cheeseman, a gift and food manufacturing company in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin.
James Allan Berkenstadt (born June 26, 1956) is an American writer, record producer, and historical entertainment consultant. Berkenstadt was born in Winnetka, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. He is the third of three children born to Lois Berkenstadt, his mother, and Edward Berkenstadt, his father.
