Seymour Stein is an entrepreneur in the music industry whose career spans from the 50s onwards. He was the former president of Sire Records and vice president of Warner Bros. Records. He is currently reviving his old independent label, Sire, after 2 years as president of Elektra Records. Sire Records was an American record label. ... Warner Bros. ... Elektra Records was a record label started in 1950 by Jac Holzman and Paul Rickholt, who both invested $300. ...
Seymour Stein is also the name of a song by the Scottish musical group Belle and Sebastian. Belle & Sebastian is a Scottish twee pop band formed in Glasgow in January 1996 under the aegis of a training scheme and music business course. ...
SeymourStein is an entrepreneur in the music industry whose career spans from the 1950s onwards.
SeymourStein is the subject of a song (named after him) by the Scottish musical group Belle and Sebastian.
Stein is sometimes credited with coming up with the name of the "New Wave" genre of music, which he used as an alternative to the term "punk", which he found derogative.
Stein's hobby was the charts, and he asked permission to make a hand copy of every chart dating back to his birth year.
Stein's diligence impressed the industry people who came into the Billboard offices, and by the age of 16, after working as a chart compiler for Billboard, the young boy was working for Syd Nathan at King Records in Cincinnati.
Stein is credited as having brought the British group Fleetwood Mac to America, as well as the Climax Blues Band and Focus.
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