David Libert

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David Libert (b. 1943) is an American music executive and musician. He was one of the founding members of the 1960s musical group, The Happenings. Hailing from Paterson, New Jersey, The Happenings had several hit records including "See You in September" and a cover of "I Got Rhythm" that was on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles charts for 14 weeks in 1966, and peaked at number 3.^[1]

Libert later left the group to join the Willard Alexander Agency as a booking agent. After a brief stint as road manager for Rare Earth, Libert became tour manager for Alice Cooper during Alice's most formidable years (1971-1975) In 1976, started his own David Libert Agency which represented George Clinton, Parliament/Funkadelic, Bootsy's Rubber Band and The Runaways. In the late 90s, Libert formed Available Entertainment, a personal management company which went on to represent George Clinton, Parliament/Funkadelic, Brian Auger, Living Colour, Vanilla Fudge, Cactus and Tomi Rae Brown. Libert also wrote hit songs for other artists including The Tokens, The Chiffons and Gerry and the Pacemakers. His producing credits include co-producing The Happenings album "Piece of Mind" with fellow Happenings member Bobby Miranda as well as producing on his own, Tomi Rae Brown and Eric Kellogg's Imaginary Band. Libert presently resides in Los Angeles.