Herbert Cohen (December 30, 1932 – March 16, 2010) was an American personal manager, record company executive, and music publisher, best known as the manager of Judy Henske, Linda Ronstadt, Frank Zappa, Tim Buckley, Odetta, Tom Waits, George Duke, the Turtles featuring Flo & Eddie, and many other Los Angeles-based musicians in the 1960s and 1970s.
After a period in the army in 1952, he moved to Los Angeles in the mid-1950s, and started to put on concerts with folk singers such as Pete Seeger and Odetta.
[1] He began running coffee bars and folk clubs, such as the Unicorn and Cosmo Alley, during the late 1950s and early 1960s.
[2] He began acting as manager for many artists, with his eventual roster including George Duke, Alice Cooper, Tom Waits, Tim Buckley, Lenny Bruce, and Linda Ronstadt.
In 1989–91, Cohen managed the Russian rock group Autograph (who appeared at Live Aid for Africa) and oversaw the recording of their debut American album Tear Down the Border, produced by Robert Duffey and released in 1991 on the Bizarre/Straight label, distributed by Rhino Records.