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Phil Gernhard : record man / Bill DeYoung.

by DeYoung, William Leonard, 1958-

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University Press of Florida, 2018.

781.66092 G376p

Gernhard, Phil.

Sound recording executives and producers -- United States -- Biography.

9780813056777 (hardcover)

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xi, 193 p. : ill. ; 24 cm

Includes discography (p. 163-170), bibliographical references (p. 171-188) and index.

Rosebud -- All shook up -- Oh won't you stay -- I want more -- In the nick of time, a hero arose -- Sopwith camel time -- Can you tell me where he's gone -- Someday soon -- Introducing Lobo -- You fool, you fool -- Let your love flow -- Lookin' for a hit -- You either drag or you get drug -- If you're going through hell -- A safe place.

"A go-getting, red-headed college kid eager to break into the music business, Phil Gernhard produced a handful of singles for South Carolina doo-wop group Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs. One of these songs, Stay, reached number one on the charts in 1960. Gernhard was just 19 years old. Phil Gernhard, Record Man is the story of a self-made music mogul who created nearly fifty years' worth of chart-topping songs. From a tiny office and studio in Florida, he co-wrote the Royal Guardsmen's Snoopy vs. the Red Baron, America's fastest-selling single of 1966. He revived the career of singer Dion DiMucci with the ballad Abraham, Martin and John -a million seller. He discovered and produced hit records for Lobo, Jim Stafford, and the Bellamy Brothers. Through a long collaboration with music business icon Mike Curb, he launched to fame many others, including country superstars Tim McGraw and Rodney Atkins. In Nashville and Los Angeles, Phil Gernhard was a legend. Yet Gernhard's private life was crumbling. He battled physical and emotional demons that he simply couldn't overcome, struggling with alcoholism, drug addiction, and a bad past with his father. He filed for his fourth divorce just months before taking his own life in 2008. Through interviews with Gernhard's musicians, business partners, family members, and ex-wives, Bill DeYoung offers an intimate portrait of a brilliant yet troubled man who channeled his talent, ego, and ambition into the success of others. A true record man, Gernhard did it all. He lived to make records into gold, to make unknowns into stars, and above all, to make music."--Publisher's description.

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