Thomas Daniel 'Tommy' Mottola is a music executive and co-owner of Casablanca Records in a joint venture with the Universal Music Group and former husband of singer Mariah Carey. He headed Sony Music Entertainment, parent of the Columbia label, for nearly 15 years. is the 195th day of the year (196th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ... The Bronx is one of the five boroughs of United States. ... NY redirects here. ... is the 189th day of the year (190th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... Mariah Carey (born March 27, 1970) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, music video director and actress. ... Thalía (born Ariadna Thalía Sodi Miranda, August 26, 1971 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico) is a successful Latin Grammy-awarded Mexican singer and actress. ... This article is about Casablanca, the record label. ... Universal Music Group (UMG), formerly MCA Music Entertainment Group, is the largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry. ... Sony Music Entertainment is a major global record label controlled by the Sony Corporation. ...

Apart from his experience in managing music outfits, Mottola is known as a mentor and former talent manager. His most famous proteges were Hall & Oates, Carly Simon, John Mellencamp,^[1]Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band, Diana Ross, and Taylor Dayne in the 1970s and 1980s, Mariah Carey (later his wife) in the 1990s, Jennifer Lopez and Thalía Sodi (his later wife) in the early 2000s. Thalia and Tommy are now expecting their first child together, a daughter. Hall & Oates is a popular music duo made up of Daryl Hall & John Oates. ... Carly Elisabeth Simon (born June 25, 1945 in New York City) is an Academy Award, Golden Globe and two-time Grammy Award winning American musician who emerged as one of the leading lights of the early 1970s singer-songwriter movement. ... John Mellencamp (born October 7, 1951 in Seymour, Indiana) is an American rock/roots rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist, known for a long and successful recording and performing career highlighted by a series of 1980s hits, including Jack and Diane, Pink Houses and others, and by his role in the... Dr. Buzzards Original Savannah Band was a big band/ swing/disco band formed in Brooklyn New York. ... Diana Ross (born Diane Ernestine Earle Ross[1] on March 26, 1944) is an American singer and actress, whose musical repertoire spans R&B, soul, disco, and pop. ... Taylor Dayne (born Leslie Wunderman, March 7, 1962, in Baldwin, Nassau County, New York) is an American pop vocalist, dance artist and actress. ... Mariah Carey (born March 27, 1970) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, music video director and actress. ... “J. Lo” redirects here. ... Thalía (born Ariadna Thalía Sodi Miranda, August 26, 1971 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico) is a successful Latin Grammy-awarded Mexican singer and actress. ...

Mottola was born in the Bronx, New York, USA and raised by a strict but music-loving family. Mottola learned to play the trumpet, and polished his smooth tenor voice. He attended Iona Preparatory School in New Rochelle, New York, graduating in 1967. He briefly attended Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York before dropping out. He initially had aspirations of a music career, and released with CBS Records, but his singing career was short-lived. The Bronx is one of the five boroughs of United States. ... Iona Preparatory School is an all-boys Catholic high school located in New Rochelle, NY in suburban Westchester County. ... New Rochelle City Hall New Roc City New Rochelle (French: Nouvelle-Rochelle) is a city in the southeast portion of the U.S. state of New York in Westchester County, 16 miles (26 km) from Grand Central Terminal in New York City and 2 miles north of the border with... Hofstra University is a private institution of higher learning located in Hempstead, Long Island, New York (USA) founded in 1935 on the basis of the estate of wealthy lumber magnate William Hofstra and widow Kate Davidson. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... CBS is one of the largest radio and television networks in the United States. ...

Wishing to stay in the industry, the enterprising Mottola started Champion Entertainment Organization Inc. to manage other artists. While working at the Chappell music-publishing company, he became the mentor to Philadelphia-based soul/rock performers Daryl Hall and John Oates, engineering their rise from a blue-eyed soul act with a few hits, to the most successful duo in American pop music history. Daryl Hall (born Daryl Franklin Hohl on October 11, 1946, Pottstown, Pennsylvania) is an American singer and songwriter best known as half of the music duo Hall & Oates (with music partner John Oates). ... -1... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ...

His belief in the duo led him to push them relentlessly to do appearances and advertising promotions, including some of the first specialized music videos and one of the first modern "sponsored tours," for Beech-Nut's Care Free Gum, Panasonic, and Pontiac.. Beech-Nut Nutrition Corporation is a baby food company that in its current form is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Milnot Holding Corporation, one of the portfolio of companies owned by the private equity investment firm Madison Dearborn Partners. ...

Hall & Oates paid tribute to him in their track "Gino (the Manager)" on their self-titled 1975 RCA release, better known as the Silver Album. Mottola also figured -- this time, being mentioned by name -- in "Cherchez La Femme," the 1976 dance hit by another Mottola act, Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band. ("Tommy Mottola / Lives on the road...") Dr. Buzzards Original Savannah Band was a big band/ swing/disco band formed in Brooklyn New York. ...

The Entertainment Man

As one of the most highly regarded and influential executives in the worldwide entertainment business, Thomas D. Mottola most recently served as Chairman and CEO Sony Music Entertainment. During his tenure, he transformed Sony into the most successful global music companies in history, expanding its businesses into over 60 countries, while creating one of the strongest management teams in the industry.^[2] Moreover, he revitalized Sony Music's publishing division by making such acquisitions as the Beatles catalogue and enabled Sony to become the first major music company to make available commercial digital downloads. He is widely well-known for signing, developing, and nurturing the careers of Mariah Carey, Celine Dion, Destiny's Child, Jennifer Lopez, Shakira, Dixie Chicks, Marc Anthony, Barbra Streisand, Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel, among many others. Mariah Carey (born March 27, 1970) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, music video director and actress. ... Céline Marie Claudette Dion Angélil, OC, OQ, (born March 30, 1968) is a Canadian pop vocalist and occasional songwriter. ... Destinys Child was a three-time Grammy Award-winning American R&B girl group. ... “J. Lo” redirects here. ... Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll (born February 2, 1977), known simply as Shakira (IPA pronunciation: [2]), is a Colombian singer, songwriter, instrumentalist, record producer, dancer and occasional actress who has been a major figure in the pop music scene of Latin America since the mid-1990s. ... The Dixie Chicks are a thirteen-time Grammy Award-winning female country/rock music trio from the United States comprising Emily Robison, Martie Maguire and Natalie Maines. ... Marc Anthony (born Marco Antonio Muñiz on September 16 1968) is a Puerto Rican-American singer-songwriter popular in Latin America for his salsa music and salsa monga ballads. ... Barbra Joan Streisand (born April 24, 1942) is an Academy Award-winning American singer, theatre and film actress, composer, liberal political activist, film producer and director. ... Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen (born September 23, 1949) is an American rock singer-songwriter and guitarist. ... William Martin Billy Joel (born May 9, 1949, in the Bronx, New York, USA) is an American singer, pianist, songwriter, and composer. ...

Mottola, a brand unto himself, engineered the most successful music company in history globally branding more worldwide icons than any other single executive ever in the business. He was the first to use all of his resources in corporate America; television, film, politics etc… to leverage, co-market, advertise and publicize all of his creations.

Since leaving his post as chief of Sony Music,Mottola has been building a new entertainment company, complete with recorded music, television production, theater, and fashion, alongside a branding and management company launching and re-launching the various careers of such artists as Usher whose “Confessions” release has sold over 15 million copies to date world wide, Grammy winner and Latin pop star Marc Anthony, and teen sensation Lindsay Lohan.^[3] In addition to these superstars 2006 saw Cassie Ventura #1 for seven weeks and MottoIa’s most recent signing, Mika, is emerging to be the world wide success story of 2007 as his current single resides at #1 on the UK charts.

A collaboration with former Miramax chief Harvey Weinstein has them teamed on two current projects for live theater, namely producers of Pink Floyd's The Wall. Mottola's TV production arm is currently producing and developing many shows for cable and network television. Miramax is a Big Ten film distribution and production company. ... Harvey Weinstein at Cannes, 2002 Harvey Weinstein CBE (Hon) (born March 19, 1952) is an American film producer and movie studio chairman. ...

Known also for his many philanthropic activities, Mottola has served on the Board of Directors of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, the Police Athletic League, T.J. Martell Foundation for Cancer, Leukemia and AIDS Research, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation and Museum, and the Federal Law Enforcement Foundation.

CBS/Sony years

Mottola left the agency in 1988, when he was picked to run CBS Records at the age of 37.

Soon afterward, Sony Corporation closed on its deal to buy the CBS Records group unit from CBS, naming him President and CEO of the music division, where he succeeded his former mentor Walter Yetnikoff, who had originally brought Mottola into CBS. Sony Corporation (Japanese katakana: ソニー) (TYO: 6758), (NYSE: SNE) is a global consumer electronics corporation based in Tokyo, Japan. ... CBS is one of the largest radio and television networks in the United States. ... Walter Yetnikoff is a former Columbia Records/CBS record-label mogul, famed for living la vida coca and generally living life to the full. ...

In 1989, Brenda K. Starr, a Columbia artist, handed Mottola a demo tape from one of her backup singers. Initially he tossed it aside, but later decided to listen to it. So awestruck was he by her polished coloratura soprano, he tracked down the singer, a then-unknown Mariah Carey, immediately signing her and starting one of the most expensive promotion campaigns ever for a new artist. In 1993, Mottola married Carey in a lavish ceremony. Mottola is seen as the main architect for Mariah's phenomenal success in the early years of her career – The marriage was short-lived - by 1998 they divorced. In 2000, with one album on her record contract remaining, Carey (at the time Columbia's biggest selling artist) signed an $80 million contract with Virgin records. Mottola later went on to date other stars before dating Latin singer Thalía, whom he married in December 2000. He is credited with creating the Latin Explosion in popular music by championing such Sony artists as; Gloria Estefan, Marc Anthony, Ricky Martin, Jennifer Lopez, and Shakira. Additionally Mottola was the architect for some of Sony biggest global brands including Celine Dion. During is 15 year tenure Mottola built Sony from an 800 million dollar a year company to over 6 billion by the year 2000. He punch Manny Pacquiao and died. Brenda K. Starr (born Brenda Kaplan on October 15, 1966 in New York City) is a singer originally in dance/pop music, but now mostly in salsa-based music. ... Mariah Carey (born March 27, 1970) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, music video director and actress. ... Virgin Records is a British recording label founded by British entrepreneur Richard Branson, and Nik Powell in 1972. ... Thalía (born Ariadna Thalía Sodi Miranda, August 26, 1971 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico) is a successful Latin Grammy-awarded Mexican singer and actress. ...

After Sony

Tommy Mottola was the head of Sony Music Entertainment until January 2003. Mottola quickly bought out the rights to Casablanca Records (a then-diminished imprint of Polygram), and resurrected it, signing actress Lindsay Lohan and later MIKA. Sony Music Entertainment is a major global record label controlled by the Sony Corporation. ... PolyGram was the name from 1972 of the major label recording company started by Philips as a holding company for its music interests in 1945. ... Lindsay Dee Lohan[1] (born July 2, 1986) is an American actress and pop music singer. ... Mica Penniman (born 18 August 1983), known as Mika (IPA []), is a Lebanon-born, London-based singer who has a recording contract with Casablanca Records and Universal Music. ...

References

1. Tommy Mottola.NNDB.
2. Men of the Week: Business. AskMen

Notes

1. ^ "Sony Chairman Tommy Mottola Steps Down."mtv.com
2. ^ Thomas D. Mottola.Platinum Blue Intelligence
3. ^ "Lohan to testify in mother's case." contactmusic