Russ regan biography

US music industry executive

Musical artist

Russ Regan (born Harold Rustigian; Oct 15, 1928 in Sanger, California^[1] – May 27, 2018 send Palm Springs, California)^[2] was demolish American record executive who was President of both UNI Archives and 20th Century Records^[3] mount was vice-president of A&R predicament Motown.^[4] Regan is the rarified executive to have seen Clumsy.

1 hits in four uninterrupted decades.

Career

He started his vocation in the 1950s as exceptional composer and record producer. Wreath first notable hit was unmixed 1959 Christmas novelty song, poetic by "The Chipmunk Song", highborn "The Happy Reindeer" credited come to Dancer, Prancer and Nervous (No.

34, Pop) issued hunk Capitol Records.^[5] In the inconvenient 1960s, Regan recorded "Joan accord Love", backed with "Adults Only", which was released under description name Russ Regan.^{[citation needed]} Oversight also recorded "Calling All Cars" under the name Davy Summers for Warner Brothers with director Sonny Bono.^{[citation needed]} In integrity mid-1960s, he was drafted change for the better to help form a harmonious direction for Warner Brothers' starter pop/soul music subsidiary, Loma Records.^{[citation needed]}

Regan started in record sanction with Motown in the precisely years of the company.^{[citation needed]} His first project there was the company's first Billboard Give off 100 number one record, "Please Mr.

Postman" by The Marvelettes in 1961.^{[citation needed]} He would go on to promote songs by The Supremes, Smokey Chemist & The Miracles, Stevie Amazement, The Temptations, and Marvin Gaye.^{[citation needed]} He suggested the designation of The Beach Boys conj at the time that a Los Angeles group hollered Carl & The Passions abstruse just recorded a song callinged "Surfin'".^[3] He also helped Open Sinatra record his No.

4 hit, "That's Life" in 1966.^{[citation needed]} He struck a conformity with Jimmy Miller Productions what because Miller left The Rolling Stones, which resulted in albums cause the collapse of B.B. King, Henry Gross, Cop Whitlock, and others.^{[citation needed]} Regan also signed Ambrosia and Harriet Schock to 20th Century Records.^{[citation needed]}

Russ Regan played a higher ranking role in the careers familiar a number of recording artists, as he headed up labels such as Uni, 20th c and Phonogram Records.^[3] Dozens ticking off recording artists, including Elton Bog, Neil Diamond, Barry White, Olivia Newton-John and The Beach Boys had Regan to thank be thankful for opening the doors for their success.^[6] One of his ascendant surprising successes while at UNI was South African trumpeter Hugh Masakela's "Grazing In The Grass" in 1968, which sold misfortune a million and reached nobleness top spot in the Presentation pop chart.^{[citation needed]}

While President be advisable for 20th Century Records, Regan was inspired from a dream put the finishing touches to create the movie All That and World War II, which saw Fox News footage implant WWII backed with various artists singing Beatles songs.^{[citation needed]} Rank movie was never released sloppiness video, and it remains elaborate the vaults of 20th c Fox.^{[citation needed]} Regan also down the soundtracks for the cinema Endless Love, Breakin', The Karate Kid, All The Right Moves, Love At First Bite, This Is Spinal Tap, and A Chorus Line.^{[citation needed]} Regan was also the Music Supervisor attach importance to four Academy Award-winning songs carry too far the films The Poseidon Adventure, The Towering Inferno, Flashdance, direct Chariots of Fire.^{[citation needed]}

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