Charles Koppelman, a veteran music executive whose career spanned four decades before he became a top executive at Martha Stewart and Steve Madden’s companies, died Friday at the age of 82. The new…
, a veteran music executive whose career spanned four decades before he became a top executive at Martha Stewart and Steve Madden’s companies, died Friday at the age of 82. The news was posted on social media his son Brian, showrunner of “Billions,” and daughter Jenny Koppelman Hutt. No official cause of death was given, but Brian wrote, “He spent his last days surrounded by those he loved the most.
In 1971 he joined what was then CBS’s music division in a role that spanned both records and its publishing division, April/Blackwood Music. As national director of A&R for Davis’ Columbia Records, he signed or worked closely with such artists as Billy Joel, Dave Mason, Janis Ian and Journey. The company launched in 1989 and was an almost immediate smash success with hits by Katrina and the Waves, Wilson Phillips, Technotronic and even the soundtrack album to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise — not to mention Vanilla Ice, one of the biggest commercial successes of the era.
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