This week marks the 40th anniversary of Madonna’s self-titled debut album. The Detroit-born, New York City-made legend was cutting her teeth at the clubs when her song “Everybody” had taken off in the early Eighties — and its success eventually helped get her signed by Sire’s Seymour Stein. When Madonna was released on July 27, 1983, it would set off a slow burn that would eventually scorch every corner of the pop culture world.
Six months after releasing the album, Madonna was beginning to see her singles like “Burning Up” and...
Six months after releasing the album, Madonna was beginning to see her singles like “Burning Up” and...
- 7/27/2023
- by Brittany Spanos
- Rollingstone.com
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Remember a time, not terribly long ago, when you were tasked with gobbling up a list of books by the end of summer? Imagine this reading list as a grown-up version of that — minus any back-to-school jitters. From Pulitzer-winning memoirs to music tell-alls and full-belly laugh essays, these books are sure to match a range of interests and tastes. Below, check out the best reads — released over the...
Remember a time, not terribly long ago, when you were tasked with gobbling up a list of books by the end of summer? Imagine this reading list as a grown-up version of that — minus any back-to-school jitters. From Pulitzer-winning memoirs to music tell-alls and full-belly laugh essays, these books are sure to match a range of interests and tastes. Below, check out the best reads — released over the...
- 5/23/2023
- by Liz Doupnik
- Rollingstone.com
The Pretenders are back with a new album, Relentless, Chrissie Hynde and company’s first LP in three years.
“I enjoy seeing the various meanings and origins of a word,” Hynde said of the album title in a statement. “And I liked the definition: ‘showing no abatement of intensity.’ So when it came to an album title, it seemed fitting. You know…to keep doing it. I think anyone in a band is constantly questioning if they should keep going. It starts as a youthful pursuit and eventually, it makes you wonder,...
“I enjoy seeing the various meanings and origins of a word,” Hynde said of the album title in a statement. “And I liked the definition: ‘showing no abatement of intensity.’ So when it came to an album title, it seemed fitting. You know…to keep doing it. I think anyone in a band is constantly questioning if they should keep going. It starts as a youthful pursuit and eventually, it makes you wonder,...
- 5/11/2023
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Madonna has shared a powerful tribute to late record executive Seymour Stein, the man who signed her and “changed my world”.
Sire Records co-founder Stein, who also signed the Talking Heads, and the Ramones, died on Sunday (2 April) aged 80. He had been treated for cancer.
On Monday (3 April), Madonna wrote that she was “weeping” as she shared a photo series of her and Stein over the years, writing how she was “eternally grateful” for him taking a chance on her.
“Seymour Stein Has Left Us! I need to catch my breath,” she wrote. “He was one of the most influential men in my life!! He changed and shaped my world.”
Madonna recalled the first time she was offered an introduction to meet Stein, saying: “I couldn’t get the words: ‘Hell yes!’ out of my mouth fast enough!
“Unfortunately,” she explained, “Seymour was in the hospital for a heart ailment,...
Sire Records co-founder Stein, who also signed the Talking Heads, and the Ramones, died on Sunday (2 April) aged 80. He had been treated for cancer.
On Monday (3 April), Madonna wrote that she was “weeping” as she shared a photo series of her and Stein over the years, writing how she was “eternally grateful” for him taking a chance on her.
“Seymour Stein Has Left Us! I need to catch my breath,” she wrote. “He was one of the most influential men in my life!! He changed and shaped my world.”
Madonna recalled the first time she was offered an introduction to meet Stein, saying: “I couldn’t get the words: ‘Hell yes!’ out of my mouth fast enough!
“Unfortunately,” she explained, “Seymour was in the hospital for a heart ailment,...
- 4/4/2023
- by Isobel Lewis
- The Independent - Music
The cause of Fleetwood Mac star Christine McVie’s death has been disclosed.
McVie died on 30 November 2022. The news was revealed by her family in a statement, saying the 79-year-old died “passed away peacefully at hospital following a short illness”.
The singer-songwriter’s death certificate has now revealed that she died of a ischaemic stroke.
This occurs when the brain’s blood supply is either interrupted or reduced.
The document says that McVie had previously been diagnosed with “metastatic malignancy of unknown primary origin”.
This means that cancer had spread in her body, but the tumour had been undetected. Cancer is listed as a secondary cause of death on the certificate.
McVie, who was born Christine Perfect, joined Fleetwood Mac in 1970 after marrying bassist John McVie, and left after 28 years in 1998. She returned in 2014.
The musician was behind a number of the band’s biggest hits, including “Everywhere”, “Little Lies...
McVie died on 30 November 2022. The news was revealed by her family in a statement, saying the 79-year-old died “passed away peacefully at hospital following a short illness”.
The singer-songwriter’s death certificate has now revealed that she died of a ischaemic stroke.
This occurs when the brain’s blood supply is either interrupted or reduced.
The document says that McVie had previously been diagnosed with “metastatic malignancy of unknown primary origin”.
This means that cancer had spread in her body, but the tumour had been undetected. Cancer is listed as a secondary cause of death on the certificate.
McVie, who was born Christine Perfect, joined Fleetwood Mac in 1970 after marrying bassist John McVie, and left after 28 years in 1998. She returned in 2014.
The musician was behind a number of the band’s biggest hits, including “Everywhere”, “Little Lies...
- 4/4/2023
- by Jacob Stolworthy
- The Independent - Music
Madonna has shared a powerful tribute to late record executive Seymour Stein, the man who signed her and “changed my world”.
Sire Records co-founder Stein, who also signed the Talking Heads, and the Ramones, died on Sunday (2 April) aged 80. He had been treated for cancer.
On Monday (3 April), Madonna wrote that she was “weeping” as she shared a photo series of her and Stein over the years, writing how she was “eternally grateful” for him taking a chance on her.
“Seymour Stein Has Left Us! I need to catch my breath,” she wrote. “He was one of the most influential men in my life!! He changed and shaped my world.”
Madonna recalled the first time she was offered an introduction to meet Stein, saying: “I couldn’t get the words: ‘Hell yes!’ out of my mouth fast enough!
“Unfortunately,” she explained, “Seymour was in the hospital for a heart ailment,...
Sire Records co-founder Stein, who also signed the Talking Heads, and the Ramones, died on Sunday (2 April) aged 80. He had been treated for cancer.
On Monday (3 April), Madonna wrote that she was “weeping” as she shared a photo series of her and Stein over the years, writing how she was “eternally grateful” for him taking a chance on her.
“Seymour Stein Has Left Us! I need to catch my breath,” she wrote. “He was one of the most influential men in my life!! He changed and shaped my world.”
Madonna recalled the first time she was offered an introduction to meet Stein, saying: “I couldn’t get the words: ‘Hell yes!’ out of my mouth fast enough!
“Unfortunately,” she explained, “Seymour was in the hospital for a heart ailment,...
- 4/3/2023
- by Isobel Lewis
- The Independent - Music
When Madonna first met Seymour Stein back in the Eighties, it was under unusual circumstances. Normally, when a record label executive expresses interest in a budding, early-career artist, meetings about their future and potential partnership in the industry take place in glossy high-rise buildings. But an eager 24-year-old Madonna met the Sire Records founder, who died Sunday at age 80, while he was propped up in a hospital bed.
Madonna recalled their first meeting in a moving tribute post shared one day after Stein’s death.
Seymour Stein Has Left Us!
Madonna recalled their first meeting in a moving tribute post shared one day after Stein’s death.
Seymour Stein Has Left Us!
- 4/3/2023
- by Larisha Paul
- Rollingstone.com
Usher left a lot of fans disappointed after tricking them into thinking Beyoncé would be joining him on stage.
The R&b star was performing at Dreamville Festival in Raleigh, North Carolina, on Saturday, 1 April.
Halfway through the set, the singer told the crowd: “You know, I don’t know if you guys listened to some of the interviews that I did before we decided to do this show, but as promised, I said I would have a special surprise for you tonight, ladies and gentlemen.
“You guys wanna know what that surprise is? Ladies and gentlemen, without further adieu, put your hands together for the one, the only, Beyoncé.”
While the crowd erupted into cheers, the My Boo singer waited, pretending to check backstage for the singer before announcing: “April Fools’.”
The trick divided fans on Twitter, some of whom called it the “best” April Fools’ prank ever while...
The R&b star was performing at Dreamville Festival in Raleigh, North Carolina, on Saturday, 1 April.
Halfway through the set, the singer told the crowd: “You know, I don’t know if you guys listened to some of the interviews that I did before we decided to do this show, but as promised, I said I would have a special surprise for you tonight, ladies and gentlemen.
“You guys wanna know what that surprise is? Ladies and gentlemen, without further adieu, put your hands together for the one, the only, Beyoncé.”
While the crowd erupted into cheers, the My Boo singer waited, pretending to check backstage for the singer before announcing: “April Fools’.”
The trick divided fans on Twitter, some of whom called it the “best” April Fools’ prank ever while...
- 4/3/2023
- by Tom Murray
- The Independent - Music
Seymour Stein, the founder of Sire Records who launched the recording careers of Madonna, the Ramones, Talking Heads and the Pretenders, died Sunday of cancer in Los Angeles. He was 80.
His death was announced by his daughter Mandy Stein.
In a tribute posted today on Instagram, Madonna called Stein “one of the most influential men in my life,” adding, “Anyone who knew Seymour knew about his passion for music and his impeccable taste. He had an ear like no other! He was Intense – wickedly funny – a little bit crazy And deeply intuitive.”
Read her entire post below.
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A hugely influential force on the American pop and rock music scene since the 1970s,...
His death was announced by his daughter Mandy Stein.
In a tribute posted today on Instagram, Madonna called Stein “one of the most influential men in my life,” adding, “Anyone who knew Seymour knew about his passion for music and his impeccable taste. He had an ear like no other! He was Intense – wickedly funny – a little bit crazy And deeply intuitive.”
Read her entire post below.
Related Story Hollywood & Media Deaths In 2023: Photo Gallery & Obituaries Related Story Sharon Acker Dies: Veteran Film ('Point Blank') And TV ('Perry Mason') Actress Was 87 Related Story Mark Russell Dies: PBS Piano-Playing Political Satirist Was 90
A hugely influential force on the American pop and rock music scene since the 1970s,...
- 4/3/2023
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Seymour Stein, the co-founder of Sire Records, died on Sunday (2 April) at the age of 80.
The infuential record executive, who signed Madonna, Talking Heads, and the Ramones, had been treated for cancer.
Stein founded the Sire record label aged 24 and had a penchant for signing artists with an edge and a voice that refused to be silenced.
He found and nurtured an impressive array of new talent throughout his career, including The Pretenders, Ice T, The Smiths, Depeche Mode and Aphex Twin, before retiring in 2018 at the age of 75.
Born Seymour Steinbigle on 18 April 1942, Stein always had a passion for music, writing in his autobiography that he knew he wanted to be in the music business since the age of nine.
By the age of 16, he was working for Billboard, before starting his record label in 1966 with producer and songwriter Richard Gottehrer. The label was acquired by Warner Bros in...
The infuential record executive, who signed Madonna, Talking Heads, and the Ramones, had been treated for cancer.
Stein founded the Sire record label aged 24 and had a penchant for signing artists with an edge and a voice that refused to be silenced.
He found and nurtured an impressive array of new talent throughout his career, including The Pretenders, Ice T, The Smiths, Depeche Mode and Aphex Twin, before retiring in 2018 at the age of 75.
Born Seymour Steinbigle on 18 April 1942, Stein always had a passion for music, writing in his autobiography that he knew he wanted to be in the music business since the age of nine.
By the age of 16, he was working for Billboard, before starting his record label in 1966 with producer and songwriter Richard Gottehrer. The label was acquired by Warner Bros in...
- 4/3/2023
- by Gabby Colvin
- The Independent - Music
Seymour Stein’s footprint in rock ‘n’ roll loomed large, and while it was always clear to his daughter, Mandy Stein, it was perhaps most evident in her own career as a music documentarian, when she realized how intermeshed her father’s legacy was in the history of music.
“When I first started making films, I discovered a whole world about my dad. My first documentary was on these blues musicians from North Hill country, Mississippi, and I started playing him some of the music and he was like, ‘Oh, that’s Mississippi Joe Callicott,’” she recalled Sunday. “And I didn’t even realize that he had a record label called Blue Horizon where he had signed Fleetwood Mac with Peter Green, and just his knowledge and his experience, it was just everlasting.”
Stein shared special moments and memories of Stein with The Hollywood Reporter on Sunday, the day the...
“When I first started making films, I discovered a whole world about my dad. My first documentary was on these blues musicians from North Hill country, Mississippi, and I started playing him some of the music and he was like, ‘Oh, that’s Mississippi Joe Callicott,’” she recalled Sunday. “And I didn’t even realize that he had a record label called Blue Horizon where he had signed Fleetwood Mac with Peter Green, and just his knowledge and his experience, it was just everlasting.”
Stein shared special moments and memories of Stein with The Hollywood Reporter on Sunday, the day the...
- 4/3/2023
- by Mesfin Fekadu
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Seymour Stein, the legendary music executive who cofounded Sire Records where he signed the Ramones, Madonna, and Talking Heads, died Sunday in Los Angeles after a long battle with cancer, a spokesperson for his family confirmed to Variety. He was 80.
Stein cofounded the Sire imprint in 1966, where he also signed the Pretenders, Echo and the Bunnymen, and Soft Cell. Artists including Depeche Mode, Ice-T, the Cure, the Replacements, Everything But the Girl, My Bloody Valentine, Ride, and more released some of their greatest work on Sire. In 1983, he helped...
Stein cofounded the Sire imprint in 1966, where he also signed the Pretenders, Echo and the Bunnymen, and Soft Cell. Artists including Depeche Mode, Ice-T, the Cure, the Replacements, Everything But the Girl, My Bloody Valentine, Ride, and more released some of their greatest work on Sire. In 1983, he helped...
- 4/3/2023
- by Althea Legaspi
- Rollingstone.com
Seymour Stein, the esteemed music executive who co-founded Sire Records and played a pivotal role in signing legendary artists including Madonna and Talking Heads, as well as many others, has died at the age of 80.
According to Variety, Stein passed away on Sunday, April 2nd, following a long battle with cancer.
Stein grew up in Brooklyn, New York, and during his teenage years, he got his start in the music industry working for King Records and Billboard magazine.
In 1966, at the age of 24, Stein co-founded Sire Records with Richard Gottehrer. Initially, the label focused on signing and promoting British acts, such as Climax Blues Band, Renaissance, and Fleetwood Mac’s early blues rock lineup, but it would soon expand its horizons to include artists from various genres.
In the mid-1970s, Stein took notice of the emerging punk rock scene in New York City. At the forefront of this movement were bands like The Ramones,...
According to Variety, Stein passed away on Sunday, April 2nd, following a long battle with cancer.
Stein grew up in Brooklyn, New York, and during his teenage years, he got his start in the music industry working for King Records and Billboard magazine.
In 1966, at the age of 24, Stein co-founded Sire Records with Richard Gottehrer. Initially, the label focused on signing and promoting British acts, such as Climax Blues Band, Renaissance, and Fleetwood Mac’s early blues rock lineup, but it would soon expand its horizons to include artists from various genres.
In the mid-1970s, Stein took notice of the emerging punk rock scene in New York City. At the forefront of this movement were bands like The Ramones,...
- 4/3/2023
- by Consequence Staff
- Consequence - Music
Seymour Stein, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member who was the co-founder of Sire Records, the former vice president at Warner Bros. Records and, many years ago, began his storied career in the music industry at The Hollywood Reporter sister publication Billboard, has died.
His daughter, filmmaker Mandy Stein, told THR that her father died Sunday morning in Los Angeles from cancer.
Stein signed such music legends as Madonna and The Ramones at Sire. But when he was just a teenager, he began working as an assistant to Tommy Noonan, then head of charts at Billboard, where Stein sat in on meetings to decide which new records to review and helped to compile the then just-launched Hot 100.
“I was just 16, working at Billboard after school. From the time I was 9 years old, I knew I wanted to be in the music business,” he said in an interview published...
His daughter, filmmaker Mandy Stein, told THR that her father died Sunday morning in Los Angeles from cancer.
Stein signed such music legends as Madonna and The Ramones at Sire. But when he was just a teenager, he began working as an assistant to Tommy Noonan, then head of charts at Billboard, where Stein sat in on meetings to decide which new records to review and helped to compile the then just-launched Hot 100.
“I was just 16, working at Billboard after school. From the time I was 9 years old, I knew I wanted to be in the music business,” he said in an interview published...
- 4/3/2023
- by Ashley Iasimone, Billboard
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Last week, Fleetwood Mac’s Christine McVie walked back comments to the BBC that the band might tour again, but without Stevie Nicks or John McVie. As she told Rolling Stone, it was a “cheeky answer” to a question about the band’s future and not necessarily true.
But for anyone who’s worked with Fleetwood Mac, the ride has never been an easy one; just ask Mike Vernon, whose British label, Blue Horizon, released the first Mac music back in the late Sixties. As Vernon recalls, guitarist and founder...
But for anyone who’s worked with Fleetwood Mac, the ride has never been an easy one; just ask Mike Vernon, whose British label, Blue Horizon, released the first Mac music back in the late Sixties. As Vernon recalls, guitarist and founder...
- 2/25/2021
- by David Browne
- Rollingstone.com
Belle and Sebastian had big plans for 2020, starting with a long-awaited trip to Los Angeles to record a new album with engineer and producer Shawn Everett (Weezer, the Killers, the War on Drugs). When the pandemic ruled that out, the Scottish sovereigns of indie pop settled in and looked for something else to do.
“Personally speaking, I probably adapt better than most folk,” says singer Stuart Murdoch, calling from his Glasgow home after a long walk in inclement weather. He says his experience with chronic fatigue syndrome for much of...
“Personally speaking, I probably adapt better than most folk,” says singer Stuart Murdoch, calling from his Glasgow home after a long walk in inclement weather. He says his experience with chronic fatigue syndrome for much of...
- 12/9/2020
- by Simon Vozick-Levinson
- Rollingstone.com
In the Netflix biopic “The Dirt,” Pete Davidson of “Saturday Night Live” fame portrays A&R exec Tom Zutaut, the man who signed Motley Crue to Elektra and Guns N’ Roses to Geffen, while veteran character actor David Costabile is manager Doc McGhee. They follow in a long and illustrious line of label executives portrayed on screen, ranging from critical and box-office hits like “Ray” and “La Bamba” to lesser-seen music pics like “Cbgb” and “The Runaways.” Here’s our list of 10 of the most memorable:
1. Steven Coogan as Tony Wilson (“24 Hour Party People”). Coogan’s brilliant portrayal of the Manchester icon and Factory Records founder in Michael Winterbottom’s 2002 film also includes great turns from Paddy Considine as Rob Gretton, the manager of Joy Division and New Order who passed away in 1999, and “Lord of the Rings” star Andy Serkis as Martin Hannett, the noted producer and Factory partner...
1. Steven Coogan as Tony Wilson (“24 Hour Party People”). Coogan’s brilliant portrayal of the Manchester icon and Factory Records founder in Michael Winterbottom’s 2002 film also includes great turns from Paddy Considine as Rob Gretton, the manager of Joy Division and New Order who passed away in 1999, and “Lord of the Rings” star Andy Serkis as Martin Hannett, the noted producer and Factory partner...
- 3/25/2019
- by Roy Trakin
- Variety Film + TV
Sire Records co-founder Seymour Stein — who signed and released albums by Madonna, the Ramones, Talking Heads, Depeche Mode, the Smiths, the Pretenders, and many others — will be leaving Warner Music Group after four decades with the company, it was announced Wednesday. The announcement was made in tandem with Stein receiving the Recording Academy’s Trustees Award on Saturday night at the organization’s Special Merit Awards ceremony and tribute concert in Los Angeles. Last year, Rani Hancock was named president of Sire, which was acquired by Warner in 1978, and will helm the label going forward.
“I’ve enjoyed much of my time at Warner’s, but in truth I long for my indie roots and the greater independence that I experienced back in the ‘70s, ‘80s, and ‘90s,” Stein (pictured above with David Byrne and Madonna) said in making the announcement. “So the time has come to move on to...
“I’ve enjoyed much of my time at Warner’s, but in truth I long for my indie roots and the greater independence that I experienced back in the ‘70s, ‘80s, and ‘90s,” Stein (pictured above with David Byrne and Madonna) said in making the announcement. “So the time has come to move on to...
- 7/18/2018
- by Jem Aswad
- Variety Film + TV
Seymour Stein is indisputably one of the greatest A&R men in music-business history: As chief of Sire Records, which he cofounded with Richard Gottehrer in 1966, he presided over a label that for decades had not only massive hits — from Madonna, Talking Heads, Depeche Mode, Seal and others — but also acts that may not have had multiplatinum sales but shaped the sound of the last quarter of the 20th century: the Ramones, Lou Reed, the Pretenders, the Smiths, the Cure, the Replacements, Aphex Twin and so many more. A well-curated mixtape of Sire releases from the ‘80s and ‘90s is like the soundtrack to an era.
Yet Stein’s career stretches back to the 1950s: He began at Billboard and soon moved over to Syd Nathan’s King Records — home of James Brown — and several other gigs before cofounding Sire. And he’s still at it: He remains Sire’s...
Yet Stein’s career stretches back to the 1950s: He began at Billboard and soon moved over to Syd Nathan’s King Records — home of James Brown — and several other gigs before cofounding Sire. And he’s still at it: He remains Sire’s...
- 6/14/2018
- by Variety Staff
- Variety Film + TV
Music industry figure Danny Fields – who knew Andy Warhol and the Velvet Underground – is a wry raconteur full of spit and vinegar in this engaging documentary
Danny Fields is one of those mysterious figures in the music industry you often see in black and white band photographs grinning away with his arms around the talent, too hip-looking to be a venue manager, too square to be a dealer. Turns out, he’s an interesting character, a wry raconteur full of spit and vinegar even now in his late 70s, who has had a varied music business career, and who was canny about keeping recordings of conversations , which enrich this documentary by Brendan Toller. A hyper-smart, gay, Jewish boy from Queens who studied law at Harvard, he became a music journalist and was the guy who reported in the Us that John Lennon had said the Beatles were bigger than Jesus.
Danny Fields is one of those mysterious figures in the music industry you often see in black and white band photographs grinning away with his arms around the talent, too hip-looking to be a venue manager, too square to be a dealer. Turns out, he’s an interesting character, a wry raconteur full of spit and vinegar even now in his late 70s, who has had a varied music business career, and who was canny about keeping recordings of conversations , which enrich this documentary by Brendan Toller. A hyper-smart, gay, Jewish boy from Queens who studied law at Harvard, he became a music journalist and was the guy who reported in the Us that John Lennon had said the Beatles were bigger than Jesus.
- 1/26/2017
- by Leslie Felperin
- The Guardian - Film News
This weekend marks the limited and VOD release of God Help the Girl, a musical from Stuart Murdoch, best known as the lead singer of Belle and Sebastian. God Help the Girl, which emerged out of a musical side project for Murdoch, follows three friends who start a band during a summer in Glasgow. It has, yes, been described as “twee,” a word now practically synonymous with Belle and Sebastian.
Belle and Sebastian’s music—cheery melodies paired with vivid, often melancholy lyrics—often feels cinematic, thanks to the band’s knack for weaving intricate mini-stories. In that way, it...
Belle and Sebastian’s music—cheery melodies paired with vivid, often melancholy lyrics—often feels cinematic, thanks to the band’s knack for weaving intricate mini-stories. In that way, it...
- 9/5/2014
- by Esther Zuckerman
- EW - Inside Movies
Since Arcade Fire released Reflektor last Monday, the Canadian indie rockers have dominated the music spotlight with reviews, both glowing and snarky, of their latest record. Now, Annie Clark of St. Vincent is adding to the Reflektor hype with an album review for The Talkhouse, a site that provides a platform for artists to comment on music of their peers. Clark comments on all the parts of the album that inspired her most recent Google searches—which range from items like “Is Seymour Stein still alive?” to “porno.” Despite her tongue-in-cheek remarks, Clark ends her review with praise for Reflektor, what...
- 11/7/2013
- Pastemagazine.com
Linda Keith lent a young blues player a guitar belonging to her boyfriend, Keith Richards – and the rest is history. In a rare interview, she tells her story
Rock'n'roll has had many pivotal moments, but few are as clear cut as when Linda Keith, a 20-year-old British Vogue model and blues fanatic, lent a virtually unknown Jimi Hendrix a white Fender Stratocaster, the instrument that would become forever entwined with the guitarist's legendary and unsurpassed technique.
One person rightfully aggrieved by this gesture was the guitar's owner and Linda's boyfriend of three years, Keith Richards. Richards, then on the Rolling Stones' 1966 tour of the Us, wasn't going to get his guitar or his striking, dark-haired girlfriend back – she had made it her mission to launch Hendrix's career. But he and Brian Jones did write the song Ruby Tuesday about her – "Goodbye Ruby Tuesday/ Who could hang a name on you?...
Rock'n'roll has had many pivotal moments, but few are as clear cut as when Linda Keith, a 20-year-old British Vogue model and blues fanatic, lent a virtually unknown Jimi Hendrix a white Fender Stratocaster, the instrument that would become forever entwined with the guitarist's legendary and unsurpassed technique.
One person rightfully aggrieved by this gesture was the guitar's owner and Linda's boyfriend of three years, Keith Richards. Richards, then on the Rolling Stones' 1966 tour of the Us, wasn't going to get his guitar or his striking, dark-haired girlfriend back – she had made it her mission to launch Hendrix's career. But he and Brian Jones did write the song Ruby Tuesday about her – "Goodbye Ruby Tuesday/ Who could hang a name on you?...
- 9/14/2013
- by Edward Helmore
- The Guardian - Film News
Washington, Feb uary 17: DJ and producer Mark Kamins, who dated and discovered Madonna before she signed a record deal, has died. He was 57.
Reports say Kamins, who had allegedly been struggling with heart problems for the past few months, suffered a "massive coronary" in Guadalajara, Mexico, where he has been teaching.
A source close to Kamins has confirmed his death to Billboard, the Huffington Post reported.
Kamins took Madonna under his wing in 1982, passing her demo on to Sire Records executive Seymour Stein, who quickly signed her. He also produced her single "Everybody."
Kamins, who is survived by his son,.
Reports say Kamins, who had allegedly been struggling with heart problems for the past few months, suffered a "massive coronary" in Guadalajara, Mexico, where he has been teaching.
A source close to Kamins has confirmed his death to Billboard, the Huffington Post reported.
Kamins took Madonna under his wing in 1982, passing her demo on to Sire Records executive Seymour Stein, who quickly signed her. He also produced her single "Everybody."
Kamins, who is survived by his son,.
- 2/17/2013
- by Diksha Singh
- RealBollywood.com
DJ and producer Mark Kamins, who discovered Madonna before she signed a record deal, has died. He was 57.
A source close to Kamins confirmed his death to Billboard. According to reports, he suffered a "massive coronary” in Guadalajara, Mexico, where he has been teaching. Kamins had allegedly been struggling with heart problems for the past few months.
Kamins took Madonna under his wing in 1982, passing her demo on to Sire Records executive Seymour Stein, who quickly signed her. The rest, of course, is now pop music history. Kamins, who also produced her single “Everybody," was also the first in a line of high-profile Madonna romances.
In a statement to The Hollywood Reporter, Madonna says:
"I'm very sorry to hear about Marks death. I haven't seen him for years but if it weren't for him, I might not have had a singing career. He was the first DJ to play my...
A source close to Kamins confirmed his death to Billboard. According to reports, he suffered a "massive coronary” in Guadalajara, Mexico, where he has been teaching. Kamins had allegedly been struggling with heart problems for the past few months.
Kamins took Madonna under his wing in 1982, passing her demo on to Sire Records executive Seymour Stein, who quickly signed her. The rest, of course, is now pop music history. Kamins, who also produced her single “Everybody," was also the first in a line of high-profile Madonna romances.
In a statement to The Hollywood Reporter, Madonna says:
"I'm very sorry to hear about Marks death. I haven't seen him for years but if it weren't for him, I might not have had a singing career. He was the first DJ to play my...
- 2/16/2013
- by Leigh Blickley
- Huffington Post
Yes, another set of pics from Andre 3000's Jimi Hendrix project. Don't worry, we won't post them all, but I thought these were particularly crips and clear (unlike past sets) and they show him along with his co-star Hayley Atwell. Atwell plays Linda Keith who met Hendrix in 1966, as the then girlfriend of Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards; they became quick friends as she was impressed with his music, and introduced him to Rolling Stones' manager Andrew Loog Oldham and later, producer Seymour Stein. In these images, they are said to be shooting a scene in which Hendrix and Keith are accosted by policemen as they strolled down a street, and a bit of...
- 6/27/2012
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
The biggest roadblock to getting a biopic about a musician made is clearing the rights to the (usually expensive) songs and pleasing the estate. If the artist in question is still alive, the process can be made slightly easier, but if not, projects can drag in develop as everyone involved tries to find common ground to meet on financially and creatively. Which leads us to "All Is By My Side," the long, long brewing Jimi Hendrix pic with Andre 3000 in the lead that, out of nowhere, was announced earlier this week as gearing up to start shooting in a matter of weeks. We wondered if this might mean Experience Hendrix were on board with the movie too -- turns out, they're not.
In a statement to the Wall Street Journal, the company says it “has made it known many times in the past that no such film, were it to...
In a statement to the Wall Street Journal, the company says it “has made it known many times in the past that no such film, were it to...
- 5/10/2012
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Considering how long this has been in development, and the number of similar projects that have fallen by the wayside including a mooted Paul Greengrass directed biopic, and a fictional road trip style movie, we figured the Andre 3000 starring Jimi Hendrix movie was not going to happen. Hell, even as far back as 2008 the actor/rapper himself said, "The funny thing with the biopics [is their uncertainty], I mean, it’s the same thing with ‘Hendrix.’ It’s kinda like, until you are on set doing it you can’t say what’s going on, because everybody wants to do the movie, but there are so many things that go into a biopic.” Well, it looks like the movie is actually going ahead.
Titled "All Is By My Side," the film is gearing up start lensing in three weeks in Ireland, with a six week production schedule mapped out. John Ridley, the writer behind "Three Kings,...
Titled "All Is By My Side," the film is gearing up start lensing in three weeks in Ireland, with a six week production schedule mapped out. John Ridley, the writer behind "Three Kings,...
- 5/7/2012
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Are Madonna and her new label home Interscope a good fit? Can she and Lady Gaga exist on the same roster? As rumored for several weeks, the Material Girl has signed with Jimmy Iovine’s label followed the end of her 25-year career on Warner Bros. (first through Seymour Stein’s Sire Records). Today, both the New York Post and Billboard report confirmation of the deal from unnamed sources. The Post says it is a 3-album deal, the first of which will be her 2012 album. Additionally, Madonna has her already existing multi-facted pact with Live Nation that includes touring and merchandise. We'll...
- 12/15/2011
- Hitfix
Guitarist Mikko “Linde” Lindström of Finnish love metallers Him has revealed to Attention Deficit Delirium that the band is currently working on music for the follow-up to 2010′s “Screamworks: Love In Theory And Practice”. He said, “I am very proud of the material so far and look forward to sharing our new music with you!” It was revealed in March of this year that Him had parted ways with Sire/Warner Music after a six-year partnership that produced three albums. Seymour Stein, founder of Sire Records, said at the time, “It was a pleasure working with Him, and we’re very proud to have been their partners for the last six years....
- 9/19/2011
- by nperez
- ShockYa
On this day 53 years ago in Bay City, Michigan, pop royalty was born in the form of Madonna Louise Ciccone, the third child of Silvio Ciccone and her namesake mother, Madonna Louise Fortin Ciccone.
Madonna’s rise to stardom is legendary. She briefly attended the University of Michigan on a dance scholarship before dropping out to move to New York City in late 1977. She famously arrived in NYC with just $35 in her pocket and worked briefly at a Dunkin’ Donuts before taking on odd jobs as a backup dancer and model (which came back to bite her in the butt after she got famous and some nude pics taken in ’78 were published in Penthouse and Playboy in ’85).
She was playing in a NYC-based band with an ex-boyfriend when a demo landed in the hands of then-Sire Records founder Seymour Stein, who famously signed Madonna to the label from his hospital...
Madonna’s rise to stardom is legendary. She briefly attended the University of Michigan on a dance scholarship before dropping out to move to New York City in late 1977. She famously arrived in NYC with just $35 in her pocket and worked briefly at a Dunkin’ Donuts before taking on odd jobs as a backup dancer and model (which came back to bite her in the butt after she got famous and some nude pics taken in ’78 were published in Penthouse and Playboy in ’85).
She was playing in a NYC-based band with an ex-boyfriend when a demo landed in the hands of then-Sire Records founder Seymour Stein, who famously signed Madonna to the label from his hospital...
- 8/16/2011
- by John Mitchell
- MTV Newsroom
Madonna's religiously sexual photo shoot for Interview magazine hits newsstands on May 11.
Posing in lingerie with a crucifix pressed to her lips, the Material Girl tells the magazine how she ended up getting signed.
"Seymour Stein is the person who signed me and gave me my first record deal, which was my only record deal. I stayed at Warner Bros. until five minutes ago. He listened to my demo. He was in the hospital, and...
Posing in lingerie with a crucifix pressed to her lips, the Material Girl tells the magazine how she ended up getting signed.
"Seymour Stein is the person who signed me and gave me my first record deal, which was my only record deal. I stayed at Warner Bros. until five minutes ago. He listened to my demo. He was in the hospital, and...
- 5/4/2010
- Extra
Blue Horizon, the blues label responsible for the release of early Fleetwood Mac material, is being resurrected for the 21st century. The British label was founded in 1966 by Mike Vernon but had stopped putting out albums by the early ’70s, and now, 40 years later, Seymour Stein and Richard Gottehrer (the founders of Sire, the label who signed Madonna and The Ramones) are bringing the classic imprint back....
- 2/3/2010
- Pastemagazine.com
LONDON -- Former longtime chairman of Warner Music U.K. Rob Dickins received the Music Industry Trusts' Award, regarded as the U.K. music industry's top award, at a charity dinner Tuesday night. Rod Stewart, whose hits working with Dickins included "Downtown Train", "Rhythm of My Heart", and "The Motown Song", presented the award and performed three songs. Ahmet Ertegun, of Atlantic Records, who received the award three years ago, sent a video tribute as did Seymour Stein, founder of Sire Records, and DreamWorks' David Geffen, who said: "You're the best record executive I ever met." Other video tributes came from artists Dickins has recorded over the years including Madonna, Cher, R.E.M., Mick Hucknall from Simply Red, and a roster of top recording executives.
- 10/23/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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