Madonna pays tribute to Seymour Stein: “He changed and shaped my world”
nme.comMadonna has paid tribute to Seymour Stein – the legendary music executive responsible for launching her career along with many other influential acts – following the Sire Records co-founder’s death.Stein passed away at his home in Los Angeles on Sunday (April 2), after a battle with cancer.
He was 80 years old. In a lengthy, emotional tribute shared on Instagram, Madonna reflected on how Stein altered the direction of her life by signing her to Sire in 1982.“Seymour Stein has left us!
I need to catch my breath. He was one of the most influential men in my life,” she wrote. “He changed and shaped my world.” Madonna went on to recount the story of how she and Stein met, explaining how, in the early 1980s, DJ Mark Kamins played a demo of her song ‘Everybody’ one night at the now-closed New York nightclub Danceteria.“The club was packed.
An A&R man from Sire records was there – Michael Rosenblatt,” she wrote. “He heard the music and asked me if he could bring me to meet his boss Seymour Stein.
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