Jerry Moss, the 'M' of A&M Records, is dead at 88
Jerry Moss, who with trumpeter Herb Alpert founded A&M Records, which at its peak from the 1960s to the 80s was an independent powerhouse behind
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Jerry Moss, who with trumpeter Herb Alpert founded A&M Records, which at its peak from the 1960s to the 80s was an independent powerhouse behind
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…
In partnership with Herb Alpert, he turned a small independent label into a powerhouse with a roster full of superstars.
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!”