Marilyn & Alan Bergman: A Marriage of Two Minds
An exclusive excerpt from MICHAEL SIGMAN's second volume of HITS HISTORY OF THE MUSIC BIZ interviews, this one…
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Chris Morris Writes the Book on a Great American Band
LOS LOBOS is a vitally important American band, and now it has a biography to suit its stature.…
Lyricist Yip Harburg’s Son Ernie: How My Dad Inspired Me to Become a Scientist (Part 1)
ERNIE HARBURG, son of the great lyricist YIP HARBURG, offers a two-part essay on life with father, and…
Bob Durst, Camp Counselor
MICHAEL SIGMAN remembers an odd summer camp season in 1964 when his camp counselor was an odd duck…
Softball, The Music Biz and the Me Decade
MICHAEL SIGMAN recounts an epic softball tripleheader in the Summer of '76 between the Record World Flashmakers and…
Torn Between Two Bosses, Not Feeling Like a Fool
BOB AUSTIN and SID PARNES were partners as the owners of RECORD WORLD magazine but otherwise had no…
How to Win Charts and Alienate People
In this two-part excerpt from his memoir, JUST REMEMBER: FIELD NOTES FROM A MUSIC BIZ LIFE, MICHAEL SIGMAN…
Singles Charts and the Battle for Bullets
In our continuing excerpts from MICHAEL SIGMAN's memoir Just Remember: Field Notes from a Music Biz Life, the…
The End of the ’60s? Where Do I Begin…
In this installment of his forthcoming memoirs, contributing editor MICHAEL SIGMAN lands a full-time job at RECORD WORLD…
The Old Guard Hated the Rock But Loved the Bankroll (Field Notes From a Music Biz Life, Part 4)
In Part 4 of his autobiography, MICHAEL SIGMAN explains why the old guard post-war pop songwriters 'hated the…