George Daly

Who is George Daly?

George Daly is a music executive, songwriter, musician, video and music producer and technology inventor, who originally worked as an A&R music executive . He has worked with and/or introduced many notable artists, with famed artists and groups as varied as Janis Joplin, The Tubes, The Cars, Tool, Huey Lewis, and Carlos Santana and others. Artists, to whose efforts Daly has contributed, have sold recorded music in vinyl, CD and digital form over 40 years, in excess of 300 million copies.

Moving from the Washington, DC area to San Francisco in the ‘60’s, Daly befriended Janis Joplin and, due to that link, was eventually hired by Columbia Records as San Francisco Head of A&R during the Clive Davis era. Daly followed this up with being named head of A&R at Elektra/Asylum Records, followed by his direct hiring by legendary label chief Ahmet Ertegun at Atlantic Records, and Zoo Entertainment where he was again named Vice President of A&R. He is the recipient of multiple Gold and Platinum awards.