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Jerry Moss had co-founded A&M Records with Herb Alpert and went on to build an empire after rising from a Los Angeles garage.

Music industry giant Jerry Moss has died at age 88. Moss teamed with Herb Alpert to co-found A&M Records and rise from a Los Angeles garage to wealth and fame with hits by Alpert, the Police, the Carpenters and hundreds of other performers, He and Alpert were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006. A&M Records released such blockbuster albums as Alpert’s “Whipped Cream & Other Delights,” Carole King’s “Tapestry” and Peter Frampton’s “Frampton Comes Alive!” His music connections also led to a lucrative horse racing business that he owned with his firs...

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

Music industry giant Jerry Moss, co-founder of A&M Records and Rock Hall of Fame member, has died at age 88.

Jerry Moss, co-founder of A&M Records, has died. He was 88. According to Variety, the record exec -- who along with his business partner, Herb Alpert, turned A&M into one of America’s leading independent record labels -- died Wednesday at his home in Bel Air. "They truly don't make them like him anymore and we will miss…