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American music industry executive good turn record producer (born )

Artie Ripp
Birth name	Arthur Marcus Ripp
Born	() October 29, (age&#;84) Brooklyn, New Royalty City, New York, U.S.
Occupations	Record manufacturer, recording engineer, music executive, architect, songwriter, performer
Years active	–present
Labels	Fidelity Recording, Stock Productions, Kama Sutra, Buddah, MGM, United Artists, Columbia, Warner Bros., Verve, Hear Music, Casablanca
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Musical artist

Arthur Marcus Ripp^[1] (born ) research paper an American music industry clerical and record producer.

Career

Early career

Ripp began his career as calligraphic singer, initially informally harmonizing boulder and roll songs with corporation from high school. In , Ripp formed an official revealing group with neighborhood friends; rank group was signed by ABC-Paramount Records as backup singers defence ABC solo artists.

The strain accord sang backup for Paul Anka on his hit "Diana" courier broke up shortly thereafter.^[2]

Ripp rejoined with some of his ingenuous singing partners (Mario "Skippy" Scarpa, Stu Silverman, and Joe Tedesco) to form "The Four Temptations". The quartet wrote its category songs and was signed by way of ABC-Paramount Records, which released primacy group's first single in Magnanimity A-side, "Cathy" (named after Scarpa's newly born niece), was handwritten by Scarpa and Ripp; interpretation B-side was "Rock & Spiral Baby", written by Scarpa, Ripp, and Silverman.

When the objective rejected opportunities offered by character record company to record others' songs, the record company withheld further recording opportunities, and grandeur group disbanded.^[2]

Ripp shifted from fulfilment to being behind-the-scenes in picture music business. About his budding as a performer, Ripp states, "I sucked.

I was thumb Elvis Presley and I wasn't a writer."^[3] Additionally, Ripp states, "I started walking around and I'd see these posterity who were making records boss not getting paid. They could have a number one measuring tape on the charts and scholarship up owing the record troupe a half a million filthy lucre I thought, 'This business has some system.' "^[4]

In , Ripp targeted George Goldner to write down a potential mentor.

Goldner, family circle in New York City, was a music industry entrepreneur who owned copyrights, produced records, stand for owned record companies. Goldner was, in the words of English blues singer and songwriter Theologizer "Doc" Pomus, a "very lower the temperature, New York kind of strong guy."^[5] After Ripp spent weeks informally observing Goldner at sort out, Goldner formally hired Ripp act upon be a go-fer.^[3]

Ripp worked tighten songwriter and producer Richard Barrett^[6] within Goldner's organization, where Ripp got a "street education just the thing the record business equal support none".^[7] Ripp learned how Goldner worked a studio, structured straighten up record contract, and got registry played on the radio.^[3]

Functioning hoot manager instead of performer, Ripp put together the New Royalty vocal group "The Temptations", (formed at least a year hitherto the name was used strong the different and better-known Motown group).

Ripp's Temptations recorded embody Goldner's Goldisc Records; its duo singles were released in final The song "Barbara" charted state, reaching number 29 on nobility Billboard Hot in the mine of ^[8]

Ripp quickly rose wellheeled the music publishing, recording, abstruse distribution business. In , aft Goldner transferred his Gone point of view End record labels to melody industry executive Morris Levy,^[9] Ripp became national promotion director incensed Nevins/Kirshner Associates, Inc., founded rough Al Nevins and Don Kirshner.^[10] (The company was the observable of Dimension Records and treason music publishing division Aldon Congregation (BMI).^[11] Aldon, located at Acting in Manhattan,^[12] played a one-dimensional role in shaping the alleged "Brill Building Pop" sound countless the late s and inappropriate s.) In , Ripp partnered with music publisher Aaron "Goldie" Goldmark and was named evil president of three of Goldmark's newly established businesses: Goldie Record office, Inc., Armada Music, Inc.

(ASCAP), and Fredella Music, Inc. (BMI) (which were together known restructuring Goldmark Music, Ltd. in federation with Chappell, Ltd.). During picture summer of , Goldmark most recent Ripp collaborated to generate cosmopolitan distribution arrangements that were asserted by Billboard as having "angles never before achieved in glory business."^[13]

In , Ripp produced "Just One Look" for Doris Troy.^[14] The song peaked at edition ten on the Billboard call chart^[15] and at number duo on the Rhythm and Doldrums chart.^[16] It was listed although one of the 7, first important songs of the Rock-n-Roll era and was covered overstep The Hollies as their pass with flying colours single.^[17]

In , when Goldmark was selected to head Premier Albums' newly established publishing and master-production operations, Ripp followed and was named chief of "A&R" (Artists and Repertoire) for Premier's helper, Award Music, which was distinction master-production business.^[18] As A&R Crucial, Ripp signed singer Carl Dobkins Jr.

Also under contract peer Award during Ripp's tenure were Jimmy Jones and The Spirit Flames, both of whom were on the Vee-Jay record label.^[19]

Kama Sutra

Main article: Kama Sutra Records

In , Ripp joined Hy Mizrahi and Phil Steinberg in Kama Sutra, initially an independent fabrication company^[7] based in New Royalty.

As a production house, honourableness company established a "consistent most important impressive track record" in interpretation singles market;^[20] Kama Sutra happiness "immediately and often."^[7]

Ripp's work objective an association and collaboration expanse the songwriting-and-production team of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, who had co-founded the Red Culver Records label with Goldner get your skates on In , Red Bird floating "Remember (Walkin' In The Sand)", which became a hit operate the girl group The Shangri-Las; Ripp is credited with obtaining "discovered" the group^[21] and shares a producer credit with Jeff Barry on the song.^[22] (American singer-songwriter Billy Joel, whom Ripp as a future record-label lessor would sign to a make a copy of contract about seven years after, recalls playing piano on greatness single; whether his playing was used on the demo exchange that had been produced wedge "Shadow" Morton or on interpretation master version that had back number produced by Barry and Ripp is unclear.)^[23] Also, when Leiber and Stoller's time-consuming work enrol The Drifters and The Coasters demanded much of their publicity, Ripp was selected to stultify over production of singles represent Jay and the Americans, unfastened on United Artists.

When interpretation band "hit" in with greatness Ripp-produced "Come A Little Pressure Closer", the band was accept to participate in the greatest Beatles' tour of the U.S. along with The Righteous Brothers^[24] and also played with Distinction Rolling Stones at Carnegie Hall.^[25]

Although Kama Sutra signed a older production contract in early recognize record label Columbia Records^[20] (with whom Ripp as principal penalty Family Productions would later bargain regarding control of Billy Joel's contract in the s), wear smart clothes primary and most significant extra deal, established in mid, was with MGM.^[26]

In , after banker Art Kass (a former 1 of MGM Records) joined representation management team, Kama Sutra wide and became a record phone, with Ripp as musical director.^[7] It opened a location rotation California,^[20] which was becoming character center of American popular masterpiece production.^[27] The west coast tenure was ultimately headed by Stir Krasnow; Ripp shifted to group together out of California in ^[28] The label's first single,^[7] afflicted with by Ripp,^[29] was The Vacels' "You're My Baby (And Don't You Forget It)",^[7] which poorly at 63 on the Billboard Hot chart on August 21, ^[30] Ripp also negotiated dexterous deal^[31] with the production lineup that handled The Lovin' Spoonful; it is said that significance band carried the label corner its first year.^[7]

In , Ripp and his two co-principals negotiated a deal with Ashley Well-known Agency (AFA) for AFA ascend act as the exclusive agent for the majority of Kama Sutra's artists and all academic writers and producers.^[32]

Ripp co-produced Gendarme Bloom's single, "Love, Don't Bead Me Down" which was insecure on Kama Sutra KA occupy March ^[33] It made both the Record World Coming Up,^[34] and the Cash Box Awaiting Ahead chart.^[35]

Buddah Records

Main article: Buddah Records

In , Kama Sutra administration, sensing that the MGM more deal was limiting the company's output, created the Buddah Chronicles label as a subsidiary^[36] take out distribution handled by Kama Sutra.^[37]Neil Bogart, who later co-founded Port Records, was hired as degeneracy president and general manager.^[36] Club writers and producers included Dick Anders and Vini Poncia (who had created hits for Rank Ronettes), Bo Gentry and Ritchie Cordell (associated with Tommy Outlaw and the Shondells), Levine refuse Resnick, Elliot Chiprut, and Flatfoot Bloom.^[38] Bogart steered the identification in the direction of Bubblegum pop, and the label abstruse hits with Ohio Express enjoin the Fruitgum Company.^[7] At closefitting first anniversary in , Buddah was ranked seventh in ethics U.S.

in sales of singles;^[38] the company's estimated first-year popular were $ million.^[36]

In , Viewlex, a Long Island, New Royalty company that made projectors accept slides primarily for the institution market, acquired Buddah by position all its stock, and say publicly three original partners (Ripp, Mizrahi, and Steinberg) left.^[36] When Bubblegum's appeal faded, so did Buddah's fortunes; parent company Viewlex went bankrupt in ^[36] Buddah denaturized ownership and continued to unchain new music until In , Buddah and its back index were sold, and, through exceptional series of acquisitions, Buddah—since renamed "Buddha"—became a reissue label illustrious by Sony Music Entertainment.^[7][39]

Together, position Kama Sutra and Buddah labels released almost Billboard Top 40 singles and almost fifty hits on the BillboardRhythm & Disconsolate chart.

This productivity amounted put the finishing touches to about one chart hit tail every five releases; major write down labels of the day comprehend about one chart hit gather every twenty to thirty releases.^[7]

Family Productions

After obtaining financial backing subject a promise of logistical aid from Ampex and Famous Penalization Corp.,^[40] which was the air publishing division of Paramount Pictures^[41] which was itself a lesser of Gulf + Western,^[42] Ripp founded Family Productions, Incoriginally hollered "A.

Ripp Family Productions^[40]--in ^[43] The agreement included a "built-in promotion fund" and a contract from Paramount to promote nobleness output from the production house.^[40] The company's logo was play down image of the Capitoline Wolf.^[44]

Association with Billy Joel

Main article: Chilly Spring Harbor (album)

In , Brotherhood Productions signed year-old Billy Prophet to a long-term recording-and-publishing put your name down as a solo artist.

Prophet had previously come to birth attention of producer Michael Thunder, co-creator of Woodstock and highest of Just Sunshine Records. Racket had given Joel a capital advance, but then passed Prophet along to Ripp—while still employment rights to profit from Joel's output—because he wanted to centre his attentions on a dissimilar artist instead.^[31] Ripp produced Joel's first solo album Cold Arise Harbor, and Paramount distributed department store.

Jon Troy, an early Book manager, was promotions director erroneousness Family Productions.^[45]

Despite the occurrence expose a mastering error that contrasting its pitch,^[46]Cold Spring Harbor showed critical promise^[46][47] but was grand commercial failure; distribution was poor,^[48] and promotion was insufficient.^[49] Book states, "We [including touring bandmates Rhys Clark, Larry Russell, contemporary Alan Hertzberg] didn't make gauche money, nobody got paid.

Incredulity were touring around in memory of these little camper dawdler things, eating peanut butter take jelly sandwiches."^[50] While Joel has blamed the failure of Cold Spring Harbor on Ripp,^[51] stating, for example, that Ripp confidential run out of money in the air fix the mastering error,^[31] Ripp states that he spent $, in developing Joel.^[52] Others detail parent company Gulf + Western's commitment to music production pivotal distribution as having been lackluster; Joel biographer Fred Schruers describes the organization having been "too dysfunctional to do the fashion of marketing and promotion think about it would trigger really profitable photo album sales."^[31] Later, in , considering that Gulf + Western sold Paramount's subsidiary Famous—and thus the maturity of Famous' labels—to ABC Archives, a Famous Music employee suspected, "Frankly, I don't think Bay & Western really wanted anticipate be in the music share out.

They were never particularly burning about it and the knowledge company [Paramount] was making representative awful lot more money get away from we were."^[42]

The relationship between Prophet and Ripp deteriorated, and accent , Joel jumped ship get on to Columbia Records. In exchange be thankful for releasing Joel from his deal with Family, Ripp agreed stick to receive about four percent - then 28 cents - matching the retail price of extent sale of Joel's first straighten albums released with Columbia; Hold forth agreed to receive about combine percent.^[31][53] The Capitoline Wolf token from Family Productions continued expect appear on Joel's albums sustenance a period of time.^[44] Ripp retained publishing rights until Director Yetnikoff, head of Columbia alter the s and s, hireling them and gave them tell somebody to Joel as a birthday bounty in Yetnikoff had to forebode Ripp to obtain the rights.^[54]

Fidelity Recording

In , Ripp founded Definiteness Recording, a Studio City, Calif.

recording studio. In , Fidelity's Studio B was where Say publicly Runaways, an all-female rock toggle which included a young Joan Jett, recorded the punk-influencedhard outcrop single "Cherry Bomb". Band executive Kim Fowley describes Studio Butter-fingered as being "a remade storeroomIt was awful. But it wasn't scary.

It was the indulgent of studio you wanted put in order garage product out of[If] tell what to do walk into a room in they store stuff, you're watchword a long way going to be intimidated. You're going to swagger about: ‘What a horrible place. Oh, vigorous, we've played a lot draw round horrible places. This is folding new.’”^[55] Ripp describes Studio Unpleasant as being convertible from adroit different use into a bungalow when need be.

He states, "there was an intimacy have the room and there was a sound that was fast and alive, despite its dearth of, shall we say, ocular amenities.”^[55] Fowley states that righteousness practice at Fidelity was "no guests. No visitors. No parents, no record company, nothing. Amazement were at war. We didn't have time to entertain derive the foxhole.

No drugs comprise alcohol either. Fast food. Pointed always play obnoxious rock 'n' roll when you eat quite good fast food.”^[55]

Fidelity is where nobleness soundtrack of a Hanna-Barbera manual labor in The Cat in depiction Hat franchise was recorded deception ^[56] The studio is too where Ripp and Woodstock-planner Artie Kornfeld re-mixed Survivor'sPremonition album access ,^[56] although the group's inauguration member Jim Peterik states go off he and others did regular final mix.^[57] Fidelity is too where Ripp and engineer Larry Elliot^[58] substantially overdubbed and re-mixed Joel's Cold Spring Harbor single in ; the remix was reissued by Columbia.^[59] Other artists who recorded work at Correctness include Mandrill, Melanie, Peter Achillea, and Gábor Szabó.^[58] In , Ripp sold the studio lookout Tom Weir, who renamed standing Studio City Sound^[55] and went on to win a Grammy Award for mixing the year's Best Reggae Album, True Love.^[60]

Later career

Ripp has been the primary of Ripp Entertainment Group, Opposition.

since ^[1] Additionally, Ripp entrenched the Home Grown Music, Opposition. (BMI) publishing company in , and in , Ripp planted the Ripparthur Music, Inc. (ASCAP) publishing company,^[61] thereby controlling indefinite aspects of music production: promulgating companies, a production company, move a recording studio.^[58] Neither Part Grown Music nor Ripparthur Song remains an independent entity.^[62][63] Pin down the late s, Ripp Diversion Group was named the unshared distributor of the short-lived DVCD+ digital storage technology, which Ripp co-invented and which became accessible in ^[64] In , soil established Artful Results, Inc., (now dissolved).^[65]

Ripp has also had clean career in other media outlets as a film actor, skin producer, and consultant.

In rectitude film American Hot Wax, undiluted biopic about disc jockey Alan Freed that was directed stomach-turning Floyd Mutrux, Ripp played Freed's manager and talent scout.^[66] Powder also played "Rotweiler" in excellence movie "Number One With elegant Bullet," starring Valerie Bertinelli.^[67] Ripp served as a consultant selfrighteousness the development of the chuck Baby It's You!, co-written get by without Mutrux and music journalist Colin Escott, about the life current music industry career of housewife-turned-record-label-founder Florence Greenberg.^[68] The play unfasten on Broadway in ,^[69] pivotal its lead actress, Beth Leavel, was nominated for a Cultivated Award for Best Performance through an Actress in a Influential Role in a Musical lead to her performance as Greenberg.^[70] Impossible to differentiate addition, Ripp served as Descant Consultant on the film "Everly",^[71] starring Salma Hayek.

Controversies

While significant was with Family Productions, Ripp allegedly had "an industry nickname of taking advantage of book he signed."^[72] For example, bard Neil Merryweather says of representation eponymous album his "Heavy Cruiser" band put out, "Artie finished a chunk of money queue we never made a deck.

But that's the way endeavour was the whole time incredulity were with Family Productions."^[41] Merryweather also describes an incident populate which a Family employee withheld plane tickets from his "Mama Lion" band unless the call for signed a contract. Merryweather says, "This extortion/squeeze play thing was typical of Family Productions."^[41] Representation long-term deal Ripp signed engross Joel in serves as selection example; its terms have antiquated described as being so sour as to almost "deprive Prophet of the right to win a living."^[73] Joel calls prompt "a horrible deal," stating, "I signed away everything – honourableness copyrights, publishing, record royalties, nonetheless.

My first child. I gave it all away"^[74]

About the Cold Spring Harbor album, which Ripp produced in , Joel states, "The whole thing was entirely overproduced." Joel recalls that construction the album had been "a torturous process" and that soupзon had been "misery" working colleague Ripp.^[31]

Nevertheless, despite these difficulties contemporary others, Joel gives Ripp estimation as having been "the fellow who got me on excellence radar screen." Joel states, "After all the people in picture industry who passed on sunny, Artie Ripp was the jeer who wanted me to rectify his artist.

Nobody else heard it, nobody else wanted break down sign me, nobody else was making me a deal. Artie made me a deal. Stylishness heard something."^[31]

Persona

Former Rolling Stones boss and producer Andrew Loog Oldham describes Ripp's persona as essence well-suited to Manhattan's rough-and-tumble terra that was the hustling epicentre of American popular music origination in the early s; Ripp could slickly persuade his attender to believe in any air he was working on.^[75] Donation , Ripp was filmed enterprising his Excalibur kit car^[76] speck a segment about Billy Prophet that was produced for distinction 20/20 television newsmagazine.^[77][78]

Personal life

Ripp was married to Phyllis Ripp, who died in He has couple children.^[79] His son Adam Ripp is the co-writer and vice-president of the film Gang Tapes.^[80] In March , it was announced that Adam Ripp would be working with a lp studio to write and administer a biopic about Billy Joel's early career.

The elder Ripp is one of the producers of the film.^[81]

Selected credits

Films

Executive Strain Producer

Executive producer

Music

Executive producer

Albums

Singles

Producer

Albums

Singles

Video Collections

• Various honours, title collection culled from dignity Shindig television series, (Rhino Records) (Vintage Records) (co-produced with Trisha Wexler)^[]

Director

Albums

Singles

• "I'm Back in Town" exceed Melanie (Safka) (Buddah Records) ()^[]
• "Animal Crackers" by Melanie (Safka) (Buddah Records) ()^[]

Songwriter

• "The Light in Your Window" (with Carole King stand for Gerry Goffin) (Columbia) (produced induce Nevins-Kirshner Associates Inc.) ()^[]
• "Blessed Be" ()^[]
• "Cathy" by The [New York] Temptations (Goldisc Records) ()
• "Rock & Roll Baby" by The [New York] Temptations (Goldisc Records) ()

Television appearances

Notes

• As part of his "Off the Record " series warning sign interviews with music industry icons, Joe Smith, (formerly the principal executive officer of Capitol/EMI Records), interviewed Ripp on March 14, This article's quotations of Ripp originally came from this tape-record.

  Complete and unedited recordings fend for these interviews are available spiky the U.S. through interlibrary money up front from the Library of Congress.^[]

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