MORRIS LEVY
Morris Levy (August 27, 1927 – May 21, 1990) was an American music industry executive, widely known as the founder and owner of Roulette Records, owner of the Birdland jazz club and Roulette Room. At the peak of his businesses, Levy owned more than 90 companies employing 900 people, including record pressing plants, tape-duplicating plants, a distribution company, a prominent New England chain of 81 record stores (Strawberries), and numerous record labels. He was convicted in 1990 on extortion charges from an FBI investigation into the alleged infiltration of organized crime into the record business — and died after losing his appeal and two months before he was scheduled to report to prison. (More from Wikipedia)
Milan is among the most enigmatic figures in 1960’s rock music; he recorded under a number of other names and also wrote and produced songs for a number of obscure bands. Along the way he worked with several well-known figures in popular music, including the notorious music mogul Morris Levy of Roulette Records; Artie Kornfeld, the “father of Woodstock”; and Melanie’s husband, manager and producer, Peter Schekeryk.
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Sugar Hill Records is an early hip hop label that was founded in 1979 by the married couple of Joe Robinson and Sylvia Robinson plus Milton Malden, with financial backing by Morris Levy of Roulette Records.
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