Morris Levy (born Moishe Levy; August 27, 1927 – May 21, 1990) was an American entrepreneur in the fields of jazz clubs, music publishing, and the independent record industry. Levy was cofounder and owner of Roulette Records, founding partner of the Birdland jazz club and the Roulette Room. He was a prominent subject of investigations into ...

2022年7月1日 · Morris Levy died in 1990 shortly before he was to begin a 10-year prison sentence following his conviction in an extortion case that included members of the Genovese and DeCavalcante crime families. The fact that he was friends with several high-profile mob figures was never in dispute.

2016年3月10日 · This biography tells the story of one of the most notorious figures in the history of popular music, Morris Levy (1927-1990). At age nineteen, he cofounded the nightclub Birdland in Hell's Kitchen, which became the home for a new musical style, bebop.

1988年10月29日 · Morris Levy--longtime president of New York-based Roulette Records and one of the most colorful and influential figures in the U.S. record industry--was sentenced to 10 years in prison Friday and...

1986年7月20日 · On a map of the $4-billion-a-year record business, Roulette Records and its president, Morris Levy, would show up as a speck. In operation for 30 years, the tiny New York-based company rarely...

1990年5月23日 · American record label owner, and music businessman. Born: 27 August 1927 in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. Died: 23 May 1990 in Ghent, Columbia County, New York, USA.

1990年5月23日 · Morris Levy, an owner of record companies and nightclubs who was under a Federal sentence of 10 years in prison on an extortion conviction, died of liver cancer on Monday at his home in Ghent,...

2024年9月29日 · Morris Levy (27 August 1927 21 May 1990) was an American jazz club, music publishing, and independent record industry entrepreneur, widely known as the founder and owner of Roulette Records and the owner of the Birdland jazz club and the Roulette Room.

This book—an in-depth biography of Morris Levy, a legendary music business figure with reputed “mob ties” —is long overdue. We seem to have a collective fascination for scoundrels, thugs and gangsters.

1990年5月28日 · Morris Levy, 62, who owned the jazz nightclub Birdland and whose record company produced such hits in the 1950s as “Why Do Fools Fall in Love” and “Peppermint Twist.” Levy’s Birdland, named...