Jerry Moss, who co-founded A&M Data with Herb Alpert and launched top-selling albums by The Carpenters, The Police, Alpert and others, has died. He was 88.
Moss’ household mentioned he died peacefully from pure causes Tuesday night time at his house in Bel Air. “Jerry was a drive of nature,” his spouse, Tina Moss, mentioned. “He lived life to the fullest.”
“I by no means met a nicer, extra sincere, delicate, good and proficient man than my associate Jerry Moss,” Alpert mentioned in a press release.
Moss and Alpert had been inducted into the Rock and Roll Corridor of Fame in 2006. On the 1966 Grammys, he gained document of the 12 months for co-producing “A Style of Honey,” sharing the win with Alpert, too. He obtained 4 different Grammy nominations and he earned the Grammy Trustees Award — awarded to those that “made important contributions, apart from efficiency, to the sphere of recording” — in 1997.
Born Jerome Sheldon Moss, he grew up within the Bronx and graduated from Brooklyn School. He moved to the West Coast and launched A&M Data, which grew to become probably the most profitable impartial document labels. The corporate launched a variety of best-selling albums and songs by Peter Frampton, Sting, Squeeze, Easy Minds, Supertramp, Rick Wakeman, Joe Cocker, Bryan Adams, Soundgarden, Styx and Janet Jackson.
Moss additionally devoted his time to philanthropy. Moss, Tina and the Moss Basis made a present of $25 million to The Music Middle in Los Angeles. He additionally established scholarship packages at UCLA in artwork and music and created an endowment to its medical college.
Moss is survived by his spouse, his 4 kids — Ron, Jennifer, Harrison and Daniela — 5 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Providers will likely be held in Los Angeles this weekend at Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park & Mortuary.
