Jerry Moss, co-founder of A&M Records and Rock Hall of Fame member, dies at 88
With Herb Alpert, Moss presided over one of the industry's most successful independent labels with hits by the Carpenters, the Police, Janet Jackson, Carole King, Janet Jackson and hundreds of others.
Jerry Moss, a music industry giant who co-founded A&M Records with Herb Alpert and rose from a Los Angeles garage to the heights of success with hits by Alpert, the Police, the Carpenters and hundreds of other performers, has died at 88.
Moss, inducted with Alpert into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2006, died Wednesday at his home in Bel Air, Calif., according to a statement released by his family. He died of natural causes, his widow Tina told The Associated Press.
"They truly don't make them like him anymore and we will miss conversations with him about everything under the sun," the statement
