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Seymour Stein’s footprint in rock ‘n’ roll loomed large, and while it was always clear to his daughter, Mandy Stein, it was perhaps most evident in her own…

Seymour Stein, founder of Sire Records who helped launched the careers of Madonna, Talking Heads and many others, has died at age 80.

A champion of punk and new wave, his label helped break Talking Heads, the Replacements, Dead Boys, the Smiths, the Pretenders, the Saints, and many others

Seymour Stein, the brash, prescient and highly successful founder of Sire Records who helped launched the careers of Madonna, Talking Heads and many others, dies aged 80.

Stein's Sire label was home to iconic punk and new wave acts the Ramones, Talking Heads and the Pretenders, and, most famously, to pop singer Madonna.

Seymour Stein, founder of Sire Records who helped launched the careers of Madonna, Talking Heads and many others, has died at age 80.

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His most lucrative discovery happened in the early 1980s, when he heard the demo tape of a little known singer-dancer from the downtown New York club scene, Madonna.

Seymour Stein, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member who was co-founder of Sire Records and former vice president at Warner Bros. Records has died.

The Rock Hall inductee was also the founder of Sire Records and signed Talking Heads, the Ramones and the Pretenders.