Jerry Moss Dies: A&M Records Co-Founder Was 88
deadline.comJerry Moss, who co-founded A&M Records with Herb Alpert more than 60 years ago and helped build it into one of the most successful independent record labels in history, died today in Los Angeles.
He was 88. His family shared the news in a statement to the Associated Press. Named for its co-founder, the artist-focused A&M Records was launched in 1962 and has boasted such hitmaking and influential acts as The Police, Quincy Jones, The Carpenters, Carole King, Styx, Janet Jackson, Peter Frampton, The Go-Go’s, Supertramp, Rita Coolidge, Joe Cocker, Sheryl Crow, Bryan Adams, Humble Pie, The Tubes, Oingo Boingo, Cat Stevens/Yusuf, Nazareth and, of course, Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass.
Billy Preston had a pair of No. 1 singles for the label with “Will It Go Around in Circles” and “Nothing From Nothing” in the mid-1970s.
The label’s story was told in Mr. A & Mr. M: The Story of A&M Records, a two-part documentary that aired on Epix in 2021.
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