He was a promotion man at
Colpix Records where he became the co-producer of
“Blue Moon” by
The Marcels, Winchell was directly responsible for
Murray the K debuting a pre-release copy of the song on his show on
WINS. The K was so impressed with the song, he played it twenty-six times in his four-hour show the first day, making it a hit before it was released. Winchell was summoned to Colpix boss Paul Wexler's office the next day and reprimanded. ==Radio host==