Bill Graham

Bill Graham (born Wolfgang Grajonca January 8, 1931 in Berlin, Germany - October 25, 1991) was a well-known concert promoter, beginning in the 1960s.

Bill Graham was the youngest son of a Russian/Jewish family whom had em

Bill Graham (born Wolfgang Grajonca January 8, 1931 in Berlin, Germany - October 25, 1991) was a well-known concert promoter, beginning in the 1960s.

Bill Graham was the youngest son of a Russian/Jewish family whom had emigrated to Berlin, Germany prior to the rise of Nazism. Graham's father died when he was baby. As it became increasingly difficult for Jews to survive in Nazi Germany, Graham's mother placed Graham and his younger sister in an orphanage in Berlin. This turned out to be fortuitous, as the orphanage sent them to France as a pre-Holocaust exchange of Jewish children for Christian orphans.