Legendary Label Executive Joe Smith Dead at 91

Following his time at Warner Bros., he became chairman of Elektra/Asylum Records in 1975 for eight years.

After taking a break from music labels, he was named president/CEO of Capitol-EMI, until his retirement in 1983. that the family atmosphere that had dominated his decades in the industry had been replaced by a corporate, business-first mentality. “Fifteen years ago we might have blithely gone ahead and done what we thought was right musically.

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Joe Smith, Former Label Head at Warner Bros., Elektra and Capitol, Dies at 91Joe Smith, whose four decades in the music business included heading Warner Bros. in the 1960s and ’70s, Elektra in the ’70s and ’80s and Capitol in the late 1980s and ’90s, has died at 91, multipl…
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