The founder of independent music publishing company Carlin, Bienstock built up a catalogue of some of the world's best-known and successful songs, including Fever, Dedicated To The One I Love and a string of hits associated with Presley.

Born in Switzerland, Bienstock moved with his family to Vienna at the age of three and he then emigrated to the US just before the outbreak of the Second World War with his brother Johnny. His first job in music publishing was ...