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03.04.2023 / 00:19

Seymour Stein, Legendary Music Exec Who Signed Madonna and Talking Heads, Dies at 80

Chris Morris Music ReporterSeymour Stein, whose Sire Records launched Madonna’s career and signed such early punk rock and new wave icons as the Ramones and Talking Heads, has died, a spokesperson for his family has confirmed to Variety. The cause of death was not immediately clear, although he had been in unsteady health for several years. He was 80. Though Stein’s imprint, which he co-founded in New York in 1966, enjoyed major-label distribution, he approached the record business with an independent’s zeal, and took a multitude of risks on unproven, often underground talent that paid off on the charts. Depeche Mode, Ice-T, Lou Reed, the Pretenders, the Smiths, the Cure, Seal, the Replacements, Aphex Twin and many more artists released some of their greatest music on Sire, whether via a direct signing or a licensing deal. A well-curated mixtape of Sire releases from the ‘80s and ‘90s is like the soundtrack to an era.

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14.09.2022 / 23:37

Richard Gottehrer on Hit Songwriting, Producing Blondie and the Go-Go’s, and 25 Years of the Orchard

Jem Aswad Senior Music Editor There’s a good chance that you’ve never heard the name Richard Gottehrer — but there’s an equally good chance that if you’re even a casual music fan, you know something, or several things, he’s done very well. As a songwriter in the early ‘60s, he co-wrote such hits as “I Want Candy,” “My Boyfriend’s Back” and “Sorrow.” As a producer, he helmed classic albums by Blondie, the Go-Go’s, Richard Hell, Joan Armatrading, the Raveonettes and the Dum Dum Girls among many others. As an artist, he formed a short-lived group called the Strangeloves with songwriting/producing partners Jerry Goldstein and Bob Feldman that nonetheless racked up several hit singles (including the original “I Want Candy”). As an executive, he co-founded Sire Records with Seymour Stein in 1966, and 30 years later, he co-founded the Orchard with Scott Cohen. Now owned by Sony Music, that company is one of the world’s largest distributors of independent music.

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09.07.2020 / 06:08

'Tough Negotiator' Pegi Cecconi Talks Working With Rush and Her Best Deals Ahead of Juno Honor

TORONTO — "If Sharon Osbourne and Seymour Stein had an offspring, it would be Pegi Cecconi," says her long-time co-worker Meg Symsyk, who will be presenting the self-appointed "Queen of F--king Everything" with the 2020 Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award at the Juno gala dinner and awards in Saskatoon, SK, on March 14. Named after the late co-founder of the long defunct industry trade RPM Weekly and co-founder of the Juno Awards, the award recognizes indiv

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25.06.2020 / 17:55

'The Most Curious Music Man': Read Seymour Stein's A2IM Lifetime Achievement Award Acceptance Speech

Seymour Stein was recently virtually presented the 2020 A2IM Lifetime Achievement Award for his trailblazing co-founding of Sire Records, where he signed such acts as the Talking Heads, the Ramones, the Pretenders, and Depeche Mode before going on to sign artists like Madonna and Ice-T when he was affiliated with Warner Music.Earlier in his career, he worked at such legendary indie labels as Syd Nathan’s King Records, which put out James Brown’s first records; as well as Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller and George Goldner’s Red Bird Records, which brought the world the Shangri-Las and the Dixie Cups among others.In a video before presenting the award, Sire co-founder Richard Gottehrer cited Stein as bridging the "music industry that grew up in

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