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“Virtually every R&B record made in New Orleans between the late 40s and the early 70s was engineered by Cosimo Matassa.”

The best part? He went back to being a pilot.

Simply, Dystel was not a writer, but had an eye for great writing.

Born in Paris, Schiffrin was the son of a book publisher who had to flee the Nazis. The family settled in the United States, and André followed in his father’s footsteps: in 1961 he became the managing director of publishing at Pantheon Books, which was established in 1942 by several Europeans who fled the Nazis … Read more

Gershenz started collecting music albums when he was 16.

Siebert was the first woman to hold a seat on the New York Stock Exchange.

As a child growing up in Los Angeles, ‘Midge’ Richardson was an “extra” in more films than she can remember (believed to be more than 100), so she thought she would like to be an actress. “I think when we got into high school, we got a little more sensible about it,” she said, and … Read more

Mensing came up with better ways do drop water on wildfires.

Glazer and his partner invented Mr. Coffee.

Kordek stepped in when a game designer was sick, and became a legendary game designer.