Randall Wood

Randall "Randy" Wood American producer, label owner. Founder of [l72871] and former president of [l34488]. Born October 10, 1929 in New York City, New York Dead October 7, 1980 in Los Angeles, California [b]For the president and founder of [l36601], please use [a560640].[/b] After working for the Columbia and Folkways labels, he set up a record store in New York in 1954. Three years later he joined [l21163], working in A&R and promotion as assistant sales manager. Founded the record company [l624631] as well as the labels [l72871], [l775490], [l49885], and [l178543]. Founded the publishing companies [l432263] (BMI), [l895863] (ASCAP), and [l498074] (SESAC). In 1966, following the bankruptcy of [l34488], Wood and Betty Chiapetta (the Vee-Jay comptroller) founded Modern Distributors to buy the assets of the label.