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American music industry executive, entrepreneur and record producer.
Originally a singer in The Four Temptations, he became a gopher for mid 1950s songwriter/producer Richard Barrett. In the 1960's vice-president of [l894748] and one of the co-founders of the [l12390] and [l12217] labels, launching such acts as The Lovin' Spoonful, Sopwith Camel, Melanie Safka, and The Shangri-Las. Formed Family Productions in 1970 and launched Billy Joel on the label in 1971.
He founded and owned [l320848] in North Hollywood, California.

Born: October 29, 1940 in Brooklyn, New York.