John Kalodner

John David Kalodner is a retired American Artists and repertoire (A&R) executive.

Kalodner was born in Philadelphia and was a writer and photographer at CONCRRT MAGAZINE. He went on to be a photographer for various record labels by 1972. He wanted to be, and worked to be, in the record industry, and was first noticed by Atlantic Records' executive Bob Roland.

Kalodner was headhunted as the first A&R executive for David Geffen's new label Geffen Records in 1980, where he worked with Asia, White Zombie, Madness, XTC, Whitesnake, Wang Chung, Nelson and Aerosmith. He brought Jimmy Page and Sammy Hagar success as solo artists, and was responsible for the musical collaboration Coverdale•Page.

His achievements included signing Peter Gabriel and Phil Collins to Atlantic Records in the 1970s. Contradicting claims that Kalodner signed AC/DC and Foreigner, fellow Atlantic executives Phil Carson and Jerry Greenberg have asserted in interviews that they, and not Kalodner, signed those artists (Carson signing AC/DC and Greenberg signing Foreigner).