Thomas Daniel Mottola (born July 14, 1949) is an American music executive, producer and author. He is currently the Chairman of Mottola Media Group and previously the Chairman & CEO of Sony Music Entertainment, parent of the Columbia label, for nearly 15 years. He is married to the Mexican actress and singer Thalía. They have an adopted half-Korean daughter named Cynthia Lee Hudson.
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Tommy Mottola
Tommy Mottola | Introduction
The Columbia label. He is currently the Chairman of Mottola Media Group and previously the Chairman & CEO of Sony Music Entertainment, parent of the Columbia label, for nearly 15 years.. Sony Music Entertainment. Columbia label
who sang all i want for christmas in 1995
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Mariah Carey.
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She is an American singer-songwriter and actress.
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Racial tensions prevented the Carey family from integrating into their community though she excelled in the arts, such as music and literature in school.
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Oh Santa! and Auld Lang Syne (The New Year's Anthem).
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Mariah Carey.
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It became a record-breaking entry on the "Billboard" Adult Contemporary songs chart.
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There were mixed reviews.
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It is a re-write of "Auld Lang Syne" and Robert Burns and Mariah Carey had re-composed the poem into a house song.
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Negative responses from critics.
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The Fresh Air Fund and the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
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They help fulfill the wishes of children with a critical illness between the ages of 2 and 18 years old.
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Love is the subject of the majority of Carey's lyrics, although she has written about themes such as loss, sex, race, abuse and spirituality.
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The World Music Awards' Best Selling Female Artist of the Millennium, the Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 1991, and "Billboard"s Special Achievement Award for the Artist of the Decade
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Tommy Mottola.
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He is an American music executive, producer and author.
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Thomas Daniel Mottola (born July 14, 1949) is an American music executive, producer and author. He is currently the Chairman of Mottola Media Group and previously the Chairman & CEO of Sony Music Entertainment, parent of the Columbia label, for nearly 15 years. He is married to the Mexican actress and singer Thalía. They have an adopted half-Korean daughter named Cynthia Lee Hudson.
Tommy Mottola | Introduction
He admitted he was “taken aback and surprised” by the verbal assault. “In fact, he’s always been supportive of the black music industry,” Sharpton said. “He was the first record executive to step up and offer to help us with respect to corporate accountability, when it comes to black music issues.”
Tommy Mottola | Sony/Columbia
Mottola was born in The Bronx to a middle-class Italian-American family. He graduated from Iona Grammar School in 1962 and Iona Prep in 1966. He attended military school for a time, and then high school. After dropping out of Hofstra University on Long Island, he pursued a music career as a guitarist and singer with The Exotics, an R&B cover band. Mottola is the cousin of Jazz guitarist Tony Mottola. Mottola entered in the music scene in the mid-1960s as a recording artist for CBS Records, under the name "T.D. Valentine". After his attempt to become a recording star himself failed, Mottola started working for publishing powerhouse Chappell Publishing and started his own management company, Champion Entertainment Organization.
Tommy Mottola | Early life
Mottola was the head of Sony Music Entertainment until January 2003. Since leaving his post as chief of Sony Music, Mottola has been building a new entertainment company, complete with recorded music, television production, theater, and fashion, alongside a branding and management company that had recently launched. He was instrumental in re-launching the various careers of such artists as Marc Anthony and Lindsay Lohan. Later signings included Cassie Ventura in 2006, and Mika who in 2007 had a number 1 single in the UK. Mottola bought out the rights to Casablanca Records (a then-diminished imprint of Polygram), and resurrected it, signing Lohan and Mika.
Tommy Mottola | After Sony
His role at Chappell put him in touch with many artists, and soon he signed his first successful management clients, Daryl Hall & John Oates. Mottola helped Hall and Oates land a record deal and several high-profile endorsements. He was also recognized for managing the black rock group Xavion successfully using new media for promotion, such as music videos and corporate sponsorship for music tours.
Tommy Mottola | Early life
Additionally, Mottola was the architect for some of Sony's biggest global brands such as Celine Dion and Mariah Carey. During his 15-year tenure, Mottola built Sony up from a company with revenues of $800 million a year to one with over $6 billion of annual revenue by the year 2000. He is widely well-known for signing, developing and nurturing the careers of Celine Dion, Mariah Carey, Gloria Estefan, R&B group Destiny's Child, Jessica Simpson, Anastacia, Shakira, the Dixie Chicks, and for releasing digitally remastered compact discs of the older recordings made by Barbra Streisand, Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel, Andy Williams, among others.
Tommy Mottola | Sony/Columbia
He also is credited with creating the "Latin Explosion" in popular music by championing such Sony artists as Ricky Martin, Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony. He also worked with Michael Jackson from the time he began recording his "Dangerous" album. During the promotion of Jackson's album "Invincible" in 2001, Jackson would later state that his relationship with Mottola dissolved based on corruption in Mottola's working practices, and once charged him with being a "racist who exploited black talent". Jackson has stated later on that, "The recording companies really, really do conspire against the artists." Al Sharpton told the "New York Post" shortly after that, “I have known Tommy for 15 or 20 years, and never once have I known him to say or do anything that would be considered racist".
Tommy Mottola | Sony/Columbia
Tom Takayoshi was a record label founder as well as a president of a major United States record label. His involvement in the music industry goes back to the early 1960s.
Tom Takayoshi | Introduction
Jackson sought an early exit from his contract. In July 2002, Jackson alleged that the then-Sony Music chairman Tommy Mottola was a "devil" and "racist" who did not support his African-American artists, using them merely for his own gain. He charged that Mottola had called his colleague Irv Gotti a "fat nigger". Sony refused to renew Jackson's contract, and claimed that a promotional campaign had failed because Jackson refused to tour in the United States.
Sony Music | Michael Jackson and Tommy Mottola
Distributors, where eventually he became the local promotions representative.
Tommy LiPuma | Career
Mottola published a book titled "Hitmaker" in January 2013, written with Cal Fussman. He details his successes and the drive that propelled him to the top of the business, but also talks at length about the down times.
Tommy Mottola | After Sony
In 1988, Mottola was hired by Sony Music (then known as CBS Records) by Walter Yetnikoff (who had been at the company from 1975 to 1990) to run its U.S. operations (it had recently been acquired by the Japan-based Sony corporation). In 1990, he replaced Yetnikoff as Chairman CEO of the newly named Sony Music. During his tenure, he transformed Sony into one of the most successful global music companies, expanding its businesses into over 60 countries, while creating one of the strongest management teams in the industry. He revitalized Sony Music's publishing division by making such acquisitions as the Beatles catalogue and enabled Sony to become the first major music company to make available commercial digital downloads.
Tommy Mottola | Sony/Columbia
Tommy Mottola serves as the production's leading producer.
A Bronx Tale (musical) | Introduction
Since returning to playing guitar and producing music,McRocklin has become an artist for brands such as:
Thomas McRocklin | Endorsements
Tommy Boy Entertainment is an American independent record label and multimedia brand founded in 1981 by Tom Silverman. The label is credited with launching the music careers of Queen Latifah, Afrika Bambaataa, Digital Underground, De La Soul, House of Pain, Naughty By Nature, and Force MDs. Tommy Boy is also credited with introducing genres such as EDM, Latin freestyle, and Latin hip hop to mainstream audiences in America.
Tommy Boy Records | Introduction
He moved back to Chicago where he focused on engineering and music production. After gaining these skills he moved to Los Angeles where he began working in sound engineering. He later began producing on his own and began working with artists such as Adam Lambert, BØRNS, K. Flay, Broods, and Kacey Musgraves.
Tommy English (producer) | Career
Tom Silverman is an American entertainment executive. He is most notable for founding the pioneering hip-hop and electro-funk music label, Tommy Boy Records, now known as Tommy Boy Entertainment.
Tom Silverman | Introduction
1989 - Tommy Mottola, who took over Sony Music, offered Greenberg a label in California. Gerald was the third person Mottola hired on his team and let him form his own label as President of WTG Records.
Jerry L. Greenberg | WTG (Walter (Yetnikoff), Tommy (Motolla), Gerald (Greenberg) Records
Makem made dozens of recordings. Specific examples follow (solo recordings only).
Tommy Makem | Discography
Thomas Edward "Tommy" Faragher is an American producer, composer, songwriter, singer, and arranger. He is originally from Redlands, California.
Tommy Faragher | Introduction
Tommy West (born Thomas Picardo; August 17, 1942 in Jersey City, New Jersey) is an American record producer and singer-songwriter.
Tommy West (producer) | Introduction
He confirmed his affiliation with the company, claiming he was only a customer rather than a promoter.
Tommy Morrison (politician) | Introduction
In a "Billboard" article, Mottola said that he chose the name as a homage to the original label, but that there was no connection between the old and new labels. Casablanca is currently a dance and electronic label under Republic Records headed by GM, Brett Alperowitz.
Casablanca Records | Biography
He lives in Los Angeles, producing tracks for established stars and new acts like Meek Mill, Travis Scott, Cee Lo Green, Nas, T.I., Ariana Grande, John Legend, Teyana Taylor, Cyhi the Prynce, Victoria Monét, Mario, Chrisette Michele, Kelly Rowland, and 2 Chainz.
Tommy Brown (record producer) | Producing and songwriting
Don Ienner ( ) was the Chairman of the Sony Music Label Group during first half of the decade of the 1990s. He worked closely with his predecessor Tommy Mottola and was partially responsible for the breakthrough of Mariah Carey. He resigned from that position on June 1, 2006. Don Ienner and his brother Jimmy Ienner founded a music production company C.A.M. U.S.A., which operated from 1972-1977.
Don Ienner | Introduction
I do have a strong point of view, and there are certain things I explore over and over again in my shows, because there are things I’m working through as an artist."
Liesl Tommy | Career
Dre & Eazy-E (Production Deal), Motörhead, Brownstone and 3T. Jerry also introduced Mariah Carey to Tommy Mottola.
Jerry L. Greenberg | Introduction
Tom Silverman co-founded the Dance Music Report magazine in 1978, which ran until 1992. He then most notably launched the Tommy Boy Records label in 1981 as its founder and CEO. Silverman later became a Senior Vice President at the Warner Music Group from 1986 to 2001, after Warner acquired a 50% stake in Tommy Boy in 1985, although Tommy Boy continued to maintain independent distribution for most releases domestically and all releases internationally during that time. Then as part of his split negotiations from the Warner Music Group in 2001, Silverman co-founded Tommy Boy Films with Kung Faux creator Mic Neumann, which was then merged with Tommy Boy Records in 2002 to create Tommy Boy Entertainment, a newly branded multimedia company with the same iconic trademark, encompassing the original music label, a diverse catalogue of artists, and new audiovisual content.
Tom Silverman | Career
He also worked with overseas performers such as Sammy Davis Jr., Nat King Cole, Shirley Bassey, Louis Armstrong, Jerry Lewis, Frank Sinatra and many others.
Tommy Tycho | Biography
Colla also produced or performed on these records:
Johnny Colla | Discography
His record label, Honest Entertainment, produced Grammy-nominated albums.
Jim Long | Introduction
Recording artists / albums Television Films
Christopher Mario Testa | Selected discography
By the next morning, Mack, Rubin, and James were now receiving polite refusals from the major record companies after the enthusiasm for the record the day before. James said, "We didn't know what in the world was going on, and finally Jerry Wexler over at Atlantic leveled with us and said, 'Look, Morris Levy and Roulette called up all the other record companies and said, "This is my freakin' record." (laughs) and scared 'em all away – even the big corporate labels.'" Their only option would be to sign with Roulette.
Tommy James | Early life and career
(P) Produced (CP) Co-Produced (EP) Executive Produced (E) Engineered (AE) Assistant Engineered (M) Mixed
Thom Panunzio | Selected Discography
Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola had approached Anthony to sign a contract with the company to record an album in English during the peak period of Latin artists crossing over the Anglophone market. Nonetheless, his contract with RMM denied Anthony the right to perform in Spanish for Columbia Records. This resulted in a lawsuit against Mercado because Anthony did not want to work under him anymore. As part of the settlement, RMM Records retained the rights to his earlier albums and to release a greatest hits collection from them while Anthony no longer had any obligations to RMM. After being signed to Columbia Records, Mottola hired Cory Rooney, Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins, and Walter Afanasieff to produce Anthony's next album.
I Need to Know (Marc Anthony song) | Background
He started out as a disc jockey, who became a musician. After his success with "Three Stars", he still recorded for different record labels throughout the 1960s, with little success. He died on January 26, 2007.
Tommy Dee | Career
Records released on other labels such as Del-Fi Records and Challenge Records credit Hilder as either orchestra leader, publisher, or writer. He had also used the pseudonym of Mark Hilder.
Anthony J. Hilder | Music and record producer
It covers all the bases, it's energetic, sincere and sensitive. I hope you like it as much as I have enjoyed helping with its creation. As well Curtis sits on the executive board of Hitman Records as the vice president of A&R. Hitman is an independent record label whose roster of artists span throughout the US. Along with the company's CEO C. Michael Brae he was featured in the magazine Black Enterprise. This came in a 2005 article entitled "Topping The Charts" which entailed the varying means of navigating the music industry. As well the piece went on to illustrate techniques used by independent record labels to develop and establish new artistes.
Maestro Curtis | Musical career
Victor Records, 1928, Memphis, Tennessee Paramount Records, 1929, Grafton, Wisconsin
Tommy Johnson (musician) | Discography
Anthony C. Mottola (April 18, 1918 – August 9, 2004) was an American jazz guitarist who released dozens of solo albums. Mottola was born in Kearny, New Jersey and died in Denville.
Tony Mottola | Introduction
Thomas Clark Cogbill (April 8, 1932 – December 7, 1982) was an American bassist, guitarist and record producer working in the R&B, soul music, and country music genres.
Tommy Cogbill | Introduction
He later produced top 40 singles for The Parade (he was a member) and April Stevens & Nino Tempo. This led to an opportunity to work as an A&M Records producer and a role as a staff writer at Irving Music.
Jerry Riopelle | Early career
Tommy Flaaten (born 18 December 1971), best known by his stage name Tommy Tee, is a Norwegian record producer, rapper, broadcaster, record executive, concert promoter and magazine publisher. He is known as the godfather of Norwegian hip hop. Tee owns the label Tee Productions, which is located in Oslo, Norway and is Norway's leading hip hop label. As well, he publishes Norway's only graffiti magazine and hosts a weekly national rap radio program.
Tommy Tee | Introduction
From 1978–79, LiPuma was hired to handle Horizon Records, an imprint of A&M, where he worked with Brenda Russell, the Yellow Magic Orchestra, Seawind, Dr. John and Neil Larsen. At the end of 1979, he became Vice President of Jazz and Progressive Music at Warner Bros. Records. For a little over a decade at Warner Bros., he produced records for Randy Crawford, Brenda Russell, Peabo Bryson, Patti Austin, the Yellowjackets, Michael Brecker, David Sanborn, Bob James, Miles Davis, Earl Klugh, Randy Newman, Dr. John, Aztec Camera and Everything But The Girl.
Tommy LiPuma | A&M/Horizon and Warner Bros. Records
As a musician, he is the owner of El-Montage Records, a music record label.
Tarila Thompson | Introduction
StarTomorrow was an online-only musical talent search created by NBC and music executive Tommy Mottola produced by 25/7 Productions in association with CenterStaging and Rehearsals.Com.
StarTomorrow | Introduction
"Record companies call me to help fabricate personalities for their artists ... I do for artists what they need, not what they think they need."
Manuel Cuevas | Notable clients
Hall remained active in the music industry with FAME Studios, FAME Records, and FAME Publishing.
Rick Hall | Introduction
Kennedy, and Andy Warhol. Many of his designs draw prominently from the styles of hard rock and the pop music industry.
Tommy Hilfiger | Style and impact
Gerard Anthony "Jerry" Del Colliano'" is an American journalist, author, former media executive, broadcaster and professor of music industry at the University of Southern California. He is currently a professor at New York University Steinhardt School and is publisher and editor of Inside Music Media and founder and former owner of Inside Radio.
Jerry Del Colliano | Introduction
In 1974, Roberts and partner Willy Daly moved into music management, handling the careers of 1960s star Arthur Brown and the art-rock band Kilburn & The High Roads.
Tommy Roberts (designer) | Music management
This is a list of artists who used to record for Reprise Records. Listed in parentheses are names of affiliated labels for which the artist recorded for Reprise in conjunction.
List of former Reprise Records artists | Introduction
The liner notes to the compilation album "Right Down the Line", written by Jerry Gilbert with Rafferty's close co-operation, note his consistent refusal to tour the United States and "generally 'play the industry game'." It was ironic that Rafferty—a lover and collector of religious icons, who would later name one of his publishing companies "Icon Music"—was also an iconoclast. According to Michael Gray, Rafferty's personal manager at the height of his success, he turned down many opportunities to work with other artists: "... he retained a healthy scepticism not just about the music industry but about society, money and politics in general.
Gerry Rafferty | Attitude toward the music industry
While living in Germany for two years in the early 1990s, Thomas also promoted artists for Heyday and other labels. His credits as a producer of reissue recordings also include albums by Aretha Franklin, Dusty Springfield, Television, and for Omnivore, artists such as Game Theory.
Pat Thomas (musician) | Production
Shakira's record label at that time, Epic Records, opposed the decision to release and commission "Laundry Service" as they "wanted her just to throw a couple of songs in English on a Latin record." Gloria Estefan argued with Tommy Mottola, then head of Sony Music Entertainment (the parent company of Epic Records), and convinced him to release the album, arguing that an "American audience" would not buy a Spanish record simply due to its inclusion of a few English tracks. In an interview with "Latina", she said "I got in the trenches there with Tommy [Mottola] - I fought for that.
Laundry Service | Background
Mottola worked often on television, appearing as a regular on shows hosted by vocalist Perry Como and comedian Sid Caesar and as music director for the 1950s series "Danger". From 1958–1972, he was a member of "The Tonight Show" Orchestra led by Skitch Henderson. He composed music for the TV documentary "Two Childhoods", which was about Vice President Hubert Humphrey and writer James Baldwin, and won an Emmy Award for his work. In 1980, Mottola began performing with Frank Sinatra, often in duets, appearing at Carnegie Hall and the White House. He retired from the music business in 1988 but kept playing at home almost every day.
Tony Mottola | Career
I think it exists, but some of the people who helped put those records out were women.”According to Jeff "Chairman" Mao, a key DJ in 1990s underground hip-hop and online hip-hop radio host, Monica Lynch managed the careers of Afrika Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force, Stetsasonic, Queen Latifah, De La Soul, Naughty by Nature among others. The label had several joint ventures in the mid 1990s including Penalty Recordings, Stepsun, Beyond, and Ignition. The label also had deals with labels such as Timber Records and distribution deals with Outcaste Records and 75 Ark, while also giving independent distribution to sister imprints that already had label deals with WEA, including American Recordings’ Ill Labels, Mute Records’ NovaMute, and Cold Chillin Records’ Livin’ Large.
Tommy Boy Records | 1985–2002: Partnership with Warner Bros. Records
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Tommy McQuater | Select discography
He handles sales, distribution management, and promotions.
Eddie Solis | Music industry career
Mottola soon became a mentor of Leslie's and offered him a publishing deal with Aspen Songs and a recording contract with Casablanca, Mottola's imprint distributed by Universal Music Group. Under the mentorship of Mottola and Combs, Leslie signed then-aspiring model Cassie Ventura to his imprint, NextSelection in 2005.
Ryan Leslie | 1997–2003: Career beginnings
Thalía's husband, Tommy Mottola commented : "You previously knew Thalía the popular icon, now you will learn Thalía the artist". Generally, diverse mass media coincided that both the production and the new look marked a "before and after" in Thalía's career. Regarding to this issue, Thalía stated that there were three reasons for this change, "her maternity, her health problems, and a natural maturation in her spiritual life".
Primera Fila (Thalía album) | Recording process
He spent a lot of time mixing bands from the Rip Cat Records label. He also worked music festivals such the Sunset Strip Music Festival, Culture Collide Festival, and Coachella. People often reference him for advice on working with bands, sound engineers, and how to get started in the entertainment industry.
Doug Siebum | Introduction
His most famous production there was "Bandstand USA".
Tommy Reynolds (musician) | Introduction
He was an accomplished guitarist. He also performed tricks with his guitar, playing it between his legs and behind his head and throwing it in the air while playing.
Tommy Johnson (musician) | Career
Mottola subsequently named him Senior VP of Sony Music Entertainment in 1998. Maintaining his position both as senior executive and producer at Sony, he was offered another executive position at Casablanca Records where he also wrote Lindsay Lohan's single, "Rumors". He also produced the album and performed keyboards and provided background vocals. His albums have sold over 100 million copies and many of his albums have sold more than one million records. He was executive producer on MTV's television series "The Shop" and VH1's series "Born to Diva". "The Shop" is based out of Rooney's barber shop, Mr. Rooney's, in Jamaica, Queens, New York.
Cory Rooney | Life and career
Jim Keller went on to become the director of Philip Glass's publishing company, Dunvagen Music Publishers. He still performs in New York City.
Tommy Tutone | History
He then sang in jingle studios in New York City for the next three years.
Tommy Ambrose | Introduction
Jerry Blair is a record executive who has been involved with a number of top artists and labels for over two decades.
Jerry Blair | Introduction
He was a business partner in sports goods by trade.
Tommy Harvey | Personal life
Tommy Talamanca is an Italian guitar virtuoso, keyboard player, and a sound engineer and producer, most famous for his work in Italian death metal band Sadist. He is notable for his ability as a music producer and engineer, but also for his talent of playing a six or seven string guitar and the key board simultaneously.
Tommy Talamanca | Introduction
Mottola has been married three times. He converted to Judaism to marry his first wife, Lisa Clark, daughter of ABC Records head Sam Clark, in 1971. The couple divorced in 1990, after having two children, Michael and Sarah. On June 5, 1993, Mottola married his second wife, Mariah Carey. They announced their separation on May 30, 1997, and later divorced. He married his third wife, Thalía, on December 2, 2000, at New York City's St. Patrick's Cathedral. The couple have two children, daughter Sabrina Sakaë Mottola, born in October 2007, and son Matthew Alejandro Mottola, born in June 2011.
Tommy Mottola | Personal life
Tommy Pallotta (born May 25, 1968, in Houston, Texas) is an American film director and producer.
Tommy Pallotta | Introduction
DiFranco has occasionally joined with Prince in discussing publicly the problems associated with major record companies. Righteous Babe Records employs a number of people in her hometown of Buffalo. In a 1997 open letter to "Ms." magazine she expressed displeasure that what she considers a way to ensure her own artistic freedom was seen by others solely in terms of its financial success.
Ani DiFranco | Label independence
Although he recorded further songs for a number of labels between 1965 and 1969, he largely made a living in cabaret, much of it in Spain and Malta, and also made appearances on the 1960s nostalgia circuit.
Tommy Bruce | Life and career
† as one-time UK distributor for Tommy Boy Records
ZTT Records | Notable acts on the ZTT label
Nowadays he does not work for any record labels.
Orpheus Spiliotopoulos | As A Record Label Promoter
In the early 1970s after graduating from the London College of Furniture, Watkins worked as a designer for Terence Conran and Rodney Fitch as part of the team that designed Heathrow Terminal 3 and the London Stock Exchange. In 1981, Watkins and business partner Royston Edwards set up the graphics design company XL Design with an office in Welbeck Street, London, initially designing music graphics and marketing campaigns, then later record sleeves. In 1982, XL designed the record sleeve for Wham!'s debut single "Wham Rap!" and David Smart joined the company as co-partner. When the British record label ZTT became clients in 1983, XL designed record sleeves for Art of Noise and for "Relax", the 1983 debut single of Frankie Goes to Hollywood.
Tom Watkins (music manager) | Early career
In 2002, Tommy Boy Records became independent again after it ultimately ended its joint venture with Warner Bros. Records, which wanted greater unit sales, and the master tapes released until that time became property of Warner Music, while the Tommy Boy trademark remained with Tom Silverman. The then-current Tommy Boy music artists were shopped to the various WEA labels, the Tommy Boy television and film divisions were merged with the Tommy Boy music division, and the resulting company was rebranded as Tommy Boy Entertainment. Tommy Boy then began licensing its trademark to Warner Music for use on reissues through Rhino/Atlantic Records.
Tommy Boy Records | 2002–2017: Independent again
An annotated discography (Tarab, 1996), reprinted in 2008 by publisher Rabbit. It is part of the jury of the "Premio Ciampi" and is the project manager of the "National Italian Song Lyrics" of Disco State - Audiovisual Museum. The 2008 one is one of the main collaborators of the magazine Easy Listening.
Luciano Ceri | Career
It is there where he learned the ropes of film and television production and began connecting with producers in the Hollywood entertainment industry. He later began to develop his own web show, "Hollywood Music Circuit", created to expose the behind-the-scenes action of the music industry in Los Angeles. Mentored by of one of Hollywood’s top talent managers and hosting guru, Marki Costello, Tommy began studying the careers of the most successful television personalities in the business, Dick Clark, Casey Kasem, and Ryan Seacrest. Proulx has also appeared as an actor and model for several commercial and print campaigns including Cheez-It, Hinokiya, Cristal Beer, and Nestea.
Tommy Proulx | Introduction
Thomas James Schleiter (born May 8, 1986), better known by the name Tommy English, is an American songwriter and producer best known for his music production, sound engineering, and songwriting. In 2018, he secured a Grammy nomination for his contributions to the album "Everywhere Is Some Where" by K.Flay.
Tommy English (producer) | Introduction
Tommaso Marra (born January 20, 1977 in Rome, Italy), best known as Tommyknocker, is a Hardcore producer and DJ.
Tommyknocker (producer) | Introduction
Thomas F. Valando (March 1, 1916 – February 14, 1995) was a Broadway producer and owner of a New York City music publishing company, Tommy Valando Publishing Group, Inc. Valando played a role in the emergence of BMI songwriters on the Broadway scene. In the early 1950s, he was responsible for composer Jerry Bock getting onto Broadway with the score for "Catch a Star". In 1964, he introduced John Kander and Fred Ebb who became a prominent songwriting team. Valando's company published the scores to such Broadway shows as:
Tommy Valando | Introduction
Lynch was one of the first employees hired by Tommy Boy founder Tom Silverman. She was named president of Tommy Boy in 1993. She signed and managed Queen Latifah and De La Soul, and played a key role in the development of the careers of various artists and executives, including RZA, Dante Ross, Naughty by Nature, House of Pain, Soulsonic Force, Digital Undergound, 808 State, and Prince Paul. She developed the label’s clothing line and produced its popular compilation albums. About the huge 1991 hit "O.P.P." by Naughty by Nature, Lynch recalled: "Tommy Boy always did well with acts that had something different about them.
Monica Lynch | Tommy Boy Records
In fact, he founded a record label at the time, named "Artomax", which was financed by local singer Chucho Avellanet and local producer Tomás Figueroa.
Tony Croatto | The Haciendo Punto years
However, producer George Martin felt that "Tip of My Tongue" still needed some work, and it was eventually given to Tommy Quickly to record.
Ask Me Why | Recording
At first, Tommy James and "his" Shondells played straightforward rock and roll, but soon became involved in the budding bubblegum music movement although Tommy disputes this saying that "bubblegum" producers Jerry Kasenetz and Jeffry Katz approached their record company run by Morris Levy looking for songwriting jobs who spurned them, they went elsewhere and became successful with such bands as 1910 Fruitgum company which is where the name "bubblegum" came from. Tommy rejects this label for his music and had nothing to do with them. In early 1967 songwriter Ritchie Cordell gave them the No. 4 hit "I Think We're Alone Now" and the No.
Tommy James and the Shondells | Tommy James and the Shondells
Posts held at the following record companies since 1994;
Nick Raphael | Career progression
Francini made recordings with various orchestras and for a number of different record labels including:
Enrique Mario Francini | Discography
The release of "Invincible" was preceded by a dispute between Michael Jackson and Sony Music Entertainment. Jackson had expected the licenses to the masters of his albums to revert to him sometime in the early 2000s, after which he would be able to promote the material however he pleased and keep the profits; however, clauses in the contract set the revert date years into the future. Jackson discovered that the attorney who had represented him in the deal had also been representing Sony. He was also concerned that for years Sony had been pressuring him to sell his share in its music catalog venture; he feared that Sony might have had a conflict of interest, since if Jackson's career failed, he would have had to sell his share of the catalog at a low price.
Sony Music | Michael Jackson and Tommy Mottola
He was occasionally active as a performer in the 1970s (e.g., with Art Pepper in 1974), but increasingly concentrated on his amplifier manufacturing business, Polytone Musical Instruments, which was based in North Hollywood, California. He and Joe Pass co-founded Polytone Records in 1987.
Tommy Gumina | Introduction
In the 1980s, Martell was head of the imprint label CBS Associated Records, which was part of the E/P/A label group (Epic/Portrait/Associate). Martell continued his work with Ozzy Osbourne at CBS Associated Records, and signed The Fabulous Thunderbirds,Electric Light Orchestra, Joan Jett, and Henry Lee Summer amongst others to the label.
Tony Martell | Career
Thomas 'Tommy' Crossan Press is a South African international lawn bowler.
Tommy Press | Introduction
In June 2019, he signed a co-publishing deal with Warner/Chappell Music.
Turbo (record producer) | Career
He played in many local bands until around 1980, when he started working in New York studios. While working in Manhattan, he joined the band Tom Dickie and the Desires, managed by Tommy Mottola, manager of Hall & Oates. Impressed by Curry's work, Mottola asked him to record with Hall & Oates on their album "Private Eyes". He subsequently toured with Hall & Oates until 1986.
Mickey Curry | Early career
Like many of his contemporaries, Mottola started out learning to play the banjo and then took up the guitar. He had his first guitar lessons from his father. He toured with an orchestra led by George Hall in 1936, marking the beginning of his professional life. His first recordings were duets with guitarist Carl Kress. In 1945 he collaborated with accordionist John Serry Sr. in a recording of "Leone Jump" for Sonora Records (MS-476-3) which was played in jukeboxes throughout the U.S. His only charted single as a soloist was "This Guy's in Love with You", which reached No. 22 on the "Billboard" magazine Easy Listening Top 40 in the summer of 1968.
Tony Mottola | Career
The following are part of Antonio Paoli's discography:
Antonio Paoli | Discography
He then spent two years working as an independent promoter before working in promotion and artist development at several other record labels, including MCA Nashville Records, DreamWorks Nashville and Universal Music Nashville.
Scott Borchetta | Early career
He is currently a senior vice president of A&R at ADA Music, the independent distribution company owned by the Warner Music Group. He also serves as senior vice president of A&R for the newly re-activated Asylum Records.
Dante Ross | Career
His long discography includes big names of the music business such as Modern Talking, Fun Factory, David Tavaré, Matthias Reim. Here is a selection of his works:
Ambrogio Crotti | Discography