Ostin, Mo, 1927-2022

LC control no.	no2014006948
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Ostin, Mo, 1927-2022 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Ostin, Morris, 1927-2022
Associated country	United States
Located	Los Angeles (Calif.)
Birth date	1927-03-27
Death date	2022-07-31
Place of birth	New York (N.Y.)
Field of activity	Music trade Sound recording industry
Affiliation	Verve Records (Firm) Reprise Records (Firm) Warner Bros. Records
Profession or occupation	Sound recording executives and producers
Found in	Rock & Roll Hall of Fame eighteenth annual induction dinner, 2003: induction ceremony program (Mo Ostin; inductee: Lifetime achievement award in the nonperformer category; record executive with Verve, Reprise, and Warner Bros. Records) Guide to the Mo Ostin Collection (Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. Library and Archives) (donor as listed in custodial history: Morris Ostin; timeline: born March 27, 1927, New York City; head of Warner-Reprise, launched careers of Fleetwood Mac, Jimi Hendrix, and the Kinks) Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum website, January 8, 2014: inductees (Mo Ostin; inducted: nonperformer, 2003; CEO of Warner Bros. Records for 25 years) Allmusic, January 8, 2014 (Mo Ostin; born New York, 1927, raised in L.A.; worked for Verve and Reprise before joining Warner; head of Warner Bros. Records from '70s to '90s) Grove dictionary of American Music, Second edition, 2013 (Ostin, Mo; born March 27, 1927, New York, NY; music executive, Warner Bros. Records) Wikipedia, viewed May 19, 2023 (Mo Ostin (born Morris Meyer Ostrofsky; March 27, 1927 - July 31, 2022) was an American record executive who worked for several companies, including Verve, Reprise Records, Warner Bros. Records, and DreamWorks. He was chairman and chief executive officer of Warner/Reprise from 1972 to 1994) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mo_Ostin>
Associated language	eng