Co-founder of the legendary Casablanca Records, and author of the fascinating and definitive book on the on the story of the meteoric rise and fall of the legendary music company Casablanca Records, And Party Every Day: The Inside Story of Casablanca Records. Larry Harris, shares the real inside story of the meteoric rise and sudden crash of the record label. He describes the brilliant, yet inevitably doomed Neil Bogart, founder of Casablanca, and his groundbreaking marketing and promotional concepts. The story of Casablanca is one of a business rise to the top, based on real talent, innovation, perception being reality, and marketing genius. Known as the label of KISS, Donna Summer, and disco, Casablanca used marketing concepts that were ahead of their time. The definitive, and ultimate insider story of 1970s icon Casablanca Records, provides critical lessons for all types of businesses today.
Larry Harris is my internet radio show guest on Blog Business Success; hosted live on BlogTalkRadio.
The show airs live on Tuesday, March 2, at 8:00 pm Eastern Time; 5:00 pm Pacific Time.
Co-founder of the legendary Casablanca Records, and author of the fascinating and definitive book on the on the story of the meteoric rise and fall of the legendary music company Casablanca Records, And Party Every Day: The Inside Story of Casablanca Records. Larry Harris, shares the real inside story of the meteoric rise and sudden crash of the record label. You will learn:
* How an innovative and growing company failed
* Why cash flow management is critical to business success
* How handling growth of a company properly is critical
* How the music industry operated in the 1970s and how it has changed
Larry Harris (photo left) was born in Brooklyn, New York and attended the New York Institute of Technology and graduated with a BFA in Communications. He began working for Buddah/Kama Sutra Records in the summer of 1971 as the New York Promotions Man and in 1973 joined Neil Bogart in founding Casablanca Records. Larry became Executive Vice President and Managing Director of the company in 1976 and left Casablanca in the summer of 1979.
Larry currently oversees The Talk Connection, a public relations company designed to use talk radio and magazine format radio in the exposure of musicians, authors, games, films, and other products. He has worked on projects for DirecTV, Universal Music Group, Warner Bros. Records, Higher Octave Music, Atlantic Records, NBC-TV, among many others.
My book review of And Party Every Day: The Inside Story of Casablanca Records by Larry Harris with Curt Gooch and Jeff Suhs.
My written Q and A author interview with Larry Harris.
Listen live on Tuesday at 8:00 pm Eastern, 5:00 pm Pacific time.
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Let's talk with co-founder of the legendary Casablanca Records, and author of the fascinating and definitive book on the on the story of the meteoric rise and fall of the legendary music company Casablanca Records, And Party Every Day: The Inside Story of Casablanca Records. Larry Harris, as he shares the real inside story of the meteoric rise and sudden crash of the record label. He describes the brilliant, yet inevitably doomed Neil Bogart, founder of Casablanca, and his groundbreaking marketing and promotional concepts. The story of Casablanca is one of a business rise to the top, based on real talent, innovation, perception being reality, and marketing genius. Known as the label of KISS, Donna Summer, and disco, Casablanca used marketing concepts that were ahead of their time. The definitive, and ultimate insider story of 1970s icon Casablanca Records, provides critical lessons for all types of businesses today on Blog Business Success Radio.
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