Said a family member of the beloved former head of EMI: “His seven grandchildren were the center of his life. Along with his table at Rao’s.”
After beginning in a band called The Ivy Three — which performed the 1960 hit, “Hey, Yogi” — he became a songwriter for industry vet Don Kirshner, along with famed tunesmiths Gerry Goffin and Carole King. But, a pal joked that Koppelman was, “the worst songwriter in [Kirshner’s] stable,” so he wound up instead running Kirshner’s Aldon Music at age 24.Charles Koppelman and wife Gerri at a Friars Club gala for Tony Bennett.
An industry insider told us, “He chose all the songs and helped make her a pop music superstar by finding a more modern sound and pairing her with artists like Donna Summer, Barry Gibb and Neil Diamond.”Koppelman ran Martha Stewart's business after he exited EMI.
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