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Bob Krasnow, the Glossary

Robert Alan Krasnow (July 20, 1934 – December 11, 2016) was an American record label executive and entrepreneur who had a long and successful career in the music industry.^[1]

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Anita Baker

Anita Denise Baker (born January 26, 1958) is an American singer-songwriter.

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Arthur Lee (musician)

Arthur Taylor Lee (born Arthur Porter Taylor; March 7, 1945 – August 3, 2006) was an American musician, singer and songwriter who rose to fame as the leader of the Los Angeles rock band Love.

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Asylum Records

Asylum Records is an American record label, founded in 1971 by David Geffen and partner Elliot Roberts. Bob Krasnow and Asylum Records are Elektra Records.

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Ben Sidran

Ben Hirsh Sidran (born August 14, 1943) is an American jazz and rock keyboardist, producer, label owner, and music writer.

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Beverly Hills, California

Beverly Hills is a city located in Los Angeles County, California, United States.

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Billboard (magazine)

Billboard (stylized in lowercase since 2013) is an American music and entertainment magazine published weekly by Penske Media Corporation.

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Blue Thumb Records

Blue Thumb Records was an American record label founded in 1968 by Bob Krasnow and former A&M Records executives Tommy LiPuma and Don Graham.

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Bootsy Collins

William Earl "Bootsy" Collins (born October 26, 1951) is an American bass guitarist, singer-songwriter, and record producer.

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Brooklyn Academy of Music

The Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) is a multi-arts center in Brooklyn, New York City.

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Buddah Records

Buddah Records (later known as Buddha Records) was an American record label founded in 1967 in New York City.

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Captain Beefheart

Don Van Vliet (born Don Glen Vliet; January 15, 1941 – December 17, 2010) was an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and visual artist best known by the stage name Captain Beefheart.

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Chaka Khan

Yvette Marie Stevens (born March 23, 1953), better known by her stage name Chaka Khan, is an American singer.

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Clifton Chenier

Clifton Chenier (June 25, 1925 – December 12, 1987), was an American musician known as a pioneer of zydeco, a style of music that arose from Creole music, with R&B, blues, and Cajun influences.

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Dan Hicks (singer)

Daniel Ivan Hicks (December 9, 1941 – February 6, 2016) was an American singer-songwriter and musician, and the leader of Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks.

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David Thomas Mason (born 10 May 1946) is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist from Worcester, who first found fame with the rock band Traffic, and went on to play and record with many notable pop and rock musicians, including Paul McCartney, George Harrison, the Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Michael Jackson, David Crosby, Graham Nash, Steve Winwood, Fleetwood Mac, Delaney & Bonnie, Leon Russell, and Cass Elliot.

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Decca Records

Decca Records is a British record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis.

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Dee Snider

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Discogs

Discogs (short for discographies) is a database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases.

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Elektra Records

Elektra Records (or Elektra Entertainment) is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group, founded in 1950 by Jac Holzman and Paul Rickolt.

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Ellis Island

Ellis Island is a federally owned island in New York Harbor, situated within the U.S. states of New Jersey and New York.

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Funkadelic

Funkadelic was an American funk rock band formed in Plainfield, New Jersey in 1968 and active until 1982.

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Gábor Szabó

Gábor István Szabó (March 8, 1936 – February 26, 1982) was a Hungarian-American guitarist whose style incorporated jazz, pop, rock, and Hungarian music.

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George Benson

George Washington Benson (born March 22, 1943) is an American jazz fusion guitarist, singer, and songwriter.

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Gerry Rafferty

Gerald Rafferty (16 April 1947– 4 January 2011) was a Scottish singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer.

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Hamilton, Ontario

Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian province of Ontario.

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History of the Jews in Russia

The history of the Jews in Russia and areas historically connected with it goes back at least 1,500 years.

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Hollywood Records

Hollywood Records is an American record label of the Disney Music Group.

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Hugh Masekela

Hugh Ramapolo Masekela (4 April 1939 – 23 January 2018) was a South African trumpeter, flugelhornist, cornetist, singer and composer who was described as "the father of South African jazz".

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Ike & Tina Turner

Ike & Tina Turner were an American musical duo consisting of husband and wife Ike Turner and Tina Turner.

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Jac Holzman

Jac Holzman (born September 15, 1931) is an American music businessman, the founder, chief executive officer and head of record label Elektra Records and Nonesuch Records. Bob Krasnow and Jac Holzman are American music industry executives and Elektra Records.

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James Brown

James Joseph Brown (May 3, 1933 – December 25, 2006) was an American singer, dancer and musician.

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John F. Kennedy

John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), often referred to as JFK, was an American politician who served as the 35th president of the United States from 1961 until his assassination in 1963.

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John Mayall

John Brumwell Mayall (29 November 1933 – 22 July 2024) was an English blues and rock musician, songwriter and producer.

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John Reid (music manager)

John Reid (born 9 September 1949) is a music manager, known for being the manager and former partner of singer Elton John, as well as for managing the British rock band Queen.

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Kama Sutra Records

Kama Sutra Records was started in 1964 by Arthur "Artie" Ripp, Hy Mizrahi and Phil Steinberg as Kama Sutra Productions, a production house.

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King Records (United States)

King Records was an American label founded in 1943 by Syd Nathan in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States.

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Kraftwerk

Kraftwerk ("power plant") are a German electronic band formed in Düsseldorf in 1970 by Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider.

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Lenny Waronker

Lenny Waronker (born October 3, 1941) is an American record producer and music industry executive.

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Loma Records

Loma Records was an American subsidiary record label of Warner Bros. Records managed by Bob Krasnow, and later by Russ Regan.

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Los Angeles

Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the most populous city in the U.S. state of California.

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Los Angeles Times

The Los Angeles Times is a regional American daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California in 1881.

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Love (band)

Love is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1965.

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Marc Bolan

Marc Bolan (born Mark Feld; 30 September 1947 – 16 September 1977) was an English guitarist, singer-songwriter and poet.

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March of Dimes

March of Dimes is a United States nonprofit organization that works to improve the health of mothers and babies.

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Mark-Almond

Mark–Almond was a jazz-influenced English pop group of the 1970s and early 1980s, sometimes also called The Mark-Almond Band.

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Mo Ostin

Mo Ostin (born Morris Meyer Ostrofsky; March 27, 1927 – July 31, 2022) was an American record executive who worked for several companies, including Verve, Reprise Records, Warner Bros. Records, and DreamWorks. Bob Krasnow and Mo Ostin are American music industry executives.

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Music executive

A music executive or record executive is a person within a music company, in particular, a record label who works in senior management and makes executive decisions over the label's artists.

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Music industry

The music industry refers to the individuals and organizations that earn money by writing songs and musical compositions, creating and selling recorded music and sheet music, presenting concerts, as well as the organizations that aid, train, represent and supply music creators.

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New York City Center

New York City Center (previously known as the Mecca Temple, City Center of Music and Drama, and the New York City Center 55th Street Theater) is a performing arts center at 131 West 55th Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenues in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City.

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Nonesuch Records

Nonesuch Records is an American record company and label owned by Warner Music Group, distributed by Warner Records (formerly Warner Bros. Records), and based in New York City. Bob Krasnow and Nonesuch Records are Elektra Records.

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Nordoff–Robbins music therapy

The Nordoff–Robbins approach to music therapy is a method developed to help children with psychological, physical, or developmental disabilities.

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Parody

A parody is a creative work designed to imitate, comment on, and/or mock its subject by means of satirical or ironic imitation.

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Paul Taylor Dance Company

Paul Taylor Dance Company is a modern dance company, formed by dancer and choreographer Paul Taylor (1930—2018).

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Phaser (effect)

A phaser is an electronic sound processor used to filter a signal by creating a series of peaks and troughs in the frequency spectrum.

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Phil Upchurch

Philip Upchurch (born July 19, 1941) is an American jazz and blues guitarist and bassist.

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Public Image Ltd

Public Image Ltd (abbreviated and stylized as PiL) are an English post-punk band formed by lead vocalist John Lydon (previously, as Johnny Rotten, lead vocalist of Sex Pistols), guitarist Keith Levene (a founder member of The Clash), bassist Jah Wobble, and drummer Jim Walker in May 1978.

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Krasnow

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