Jerry Moss, leading figure in the music industry who co-founded A&M Records with Herb Alpert – obituary
‘I knew how to make records, but I didn’t know what to do with them,’ said Herb Alpert. ‘Jerry did. He sure did’
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‘I knew how to make records, but I didn’t know what to do with them,’ said Herb Alpert. ‘Jerry did. He sure did’
American record company executive who co-founded the A&M label with the trumpeter Herb Alpert
Jerry Moss, a music industry giant who co-founded A&M Records with Herb Alpert and rose from a Los Angeles garage to the heights of success with hits by Alpert, the Police, the Carpenters and hundreds of other performers, has died at 88. Moss, inducted with Alpert into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in…
Jerry Moss, a music industry giant who co-founded A&M Records with Herb Alpert, has died at age 88.
He and partner Herb Alpert presided over one of the music industry's most successful independent labels, releasing such blockbuster albums as Carole King's “Tapestry” and Peter Frampton's “Frampton Comes Alive!”