Mo Ostin, R.I.P.

[mjzee]

Mo Ostin, the music executive who helped transform Warner Bros. Records into one of the most admired music labels in the world and who earned respect and lasting allegiance from musicians from Los Angeles to London for his artist-friendly philosophy, died on Sunday. He was 95.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/mo-ostin-executive-who-transformed-warner-bros-into-revered-record-label-dies-at-95/ar-AA10bINW

 

[medjuck]

Sinatra tried to buy Verve Records! ?  And I didn't realize that Ostin had been mentored by GRanz. 

[mjzee]

3 hours ago, medjuck said:

And I didn't realize that Ostin had been mentored by GRanz. 

I think that helps explain how Ella wound up on Reprise.

[BFrank]

This was a pretty interesting Obit, too

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/01/arts/music/mo-ostin-dead.html

[GA Russell]

RIP.

Here is a book about Mo Ostin.

SONIC BOOM: The Impossible Rise of Warner Bros. Records from Hendrix to Fleetwood Mac to Madonna to Prince

by Peter Ames Carlin

$7.95

https://www.hamiltonbook.com/sonic-boom-the-impossible-rise-of-warner-bros.-records-from-hendrix-to-fleetwood-mac-to-madonna-to-prince-hardbound