Larry Newton | |
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Born | Louis I. Nutinsky May 7, 1920 |
Died | January 30, 2005 | (aged 84)
Occupation(s) | Record producer, record executive, entrepreneur |
Years active | 1938–1973 |
Known for | Being sales manager, and, later, president, of ABC-Paramount Records |
Spouse |
Dorothy Liberman
(m. 1940–2005) |
Larry Newton (né Louis I. Nutinsky[1] May 7, 1920 – January 30, 2005) was an American record company entrepreneur who, earlier in his career, worked with several independent labels. He then became sales manager at the 1955 startup of ABC-Paramount Records, ascending to president in 1965. He oversaw what became a major multimarket, multi-label company, which, for its jazz subsidiary Impulse!, included Ray Charles, Oliver Nelson, Archie Shepp, Pharoah Sanders, and John Coltrane.