Seymour Stein

Seymour Steinbigle (April 18, 1942 – April 2, 2023), known professionally as Seymour Stein, was an American entrepreneur and music executive. He co-founded Sire Records and was vice president of Warner Bros. Records. With Sire, Stein signed bands that became central to the new wave era of the 1970s and 1980s, including The Ramones,Talking Heads, and The Pretenders; he signed Madonna as well. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2005.

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An haifi Stein a Birnin New York .  A matsayinsa na dalibi mai shekaru 13 na makarantar sakandare, ya yi aiki a matsayin magatakarda a mujallar masana'antar kiɗa ta Billboard, yana taimakawa shugaban labaran Billboard Tommy Noonan . Tare sun taimaka wajen bunkasa Billboard Hot 100, wanda aka ƙaddamar a watan Agusta 1958. 

Mai mallakar King Records Syd Nathan ya kusanci Stein don yin aiki a gare shi a Cincinnati, Ohio. Mahaifin Stein ya kasance mai shakka, amma Sarki ya gaya masa "Ɗanka yana da shellac a cikin jijiyoyinsa. Ɗanka yana da kyau ga abu ɗaya da abu ɗaya kawai, kuma hakan yana cikin kasuwancin rikodin. Idan ba ku bar shi ya shiga kasuwancin kiɗa ba, zai ƙare yana isar da jaridu har tsawon rayuwarka. Idan ba ka so hakan a kan lamirinka ba, za ka bar shi ya zo tare da ni don bazara" Stein ya fara aiki a matsayin mai ba, yana aiki a can na shekaru biyu a matsayin mai shiga kamfanin a 1961

Homesick, ya koma New York a 1963 don yin aiki ga Herb Abramson, amma wannan ba shi da tsawo, ya dauki watanni uku kawai. Daga nan sai ya zama mataimakin mai ba da labari George Goldner, wanda ya kafa Red Bird Records tare da marubuta Jerry Leiber da Mike Stoller a 1963.

Yana aiki a can a cikin Ginin Brill, ya zama abokantaka tare da mai gabatar da rikodin FGG Productions Richard Gottehrer . Ganin cewa dangantakar da ke tsakanin Goldner da Leiber da Stoller suna raguwa, sai ya yanke shawarar fara sabon kamfani. Ya kafa Sire Productions a 1966 tare da Gottehrer, kowannensu yana saka hannun jari na dala dubu goma a cikin sabon kamfanin,  wanda ya haifar da kafa Sire Records. A wannan shekarar, Stein ya sami damar sanya hannu kan Jimi Hendrix, yana yabonsa saboda kayan aikinsa na asali, amma daga ƙarshe ya yanke shawarar yin hakan bayan ya ga Hendrix ya fashe guitar dinsa a wani lokaci kuma ya yi jayayya da abokinsa, Linda Keith, a lokuta masu zuwa.

The label initially concentrated on licensing European releases with little success, until Dutch progressive rock band Focus had an international hit with the 1973 single "Hocus Pocus". Gottehrer left the label in 1974 to concentrate on production; Stein then focused on checking new acts in the New York clubs and on his wife's recommendation arranged for the Ramones to do a showcase, signing them in 1975. Other signings soon followed including Talking Heads, Richard Hell &amp; the Voidoids, the Pretenders in 1980, and foreign punk acts The Rezillos and The Saints. Stein signed Madonna from his hospital bed after hearing her track "Everybody" in 1982. Other acts signed by Sire include The Replacements, Depeche Mode, The Smiths, The Cure, Ice-T, Brian Wilson, Ministry, The Undertones, and Echo &amp; the Bunnymen.

Irin wannan shine tasirin Stein wajen sanya hannu da inganta sabon nau'in kiɗa wanda wani lokacin ana yaba masa da ya zo da sunan a matsayin madadin kalmar "punk", wanda ya sami raini. Da yake gaskata cewa amfani da kalmar zai haifar da tallace-tallace mara kyau ga ayyukan Sire waɗanda suka buga wa kulob din CBGB na New York akai-akai, ya ƙaddamar da kamfen ɗin "Kada ku kira shi Punk" wanda aka tsara don maye gurbin kalmar da "sabon raƙuman ruwa". An yi amfani da wannan kalmar a baya don komawa ga motsi na fim na New Wave na Faransa na shekarun 1960.

Stein ya kasance shugaban Sire Records da mataimakin shugaban Warner Bros. Records har sai da ya sanar da ritaya a ranar 18 ga Yuli, 2018.  Ya sami yarjejeniyar tallace-tallace da rarrabawa daga 1976 zuwa 1994 kuma daga Afrilu 2003 har zuwa lokacin da ya yi ritaya. An shigar da shi cikin Rock da Roll Hall of Fame a ranar 14 ga Maris, 2005, a karkashin rukunin nasarar rayuwa. A ranar 9 ga Yuni, 2016, an girmama Stein tare da lambar yabo ta Richmond Hitmaker a Songwriters Hall of Fame . 

Stein ta auri mai gabatar da kiɗa kuma mai kula da dukiya Linda Stein (1945-2007) kuma tare ma'auratan suna da 'ya'ya mata biyu, Samantha wacce ta mutu sakamakon ciwon daji na kwakwalwa a 2013 tana da shekaru 40 da kuma darektan fim Mandy Stein. Sun sake aure a kan yarjejeniyar abokantaka a ƙarshen shekarun 1970s; bai sake yin aure ba. An haife shi Bayahude  kuma ya fito a fili a matsayin ɗan luwaɗi a cikin 2017.  Stein ya wallafa tarihin kansa, Siren Song: My Life in Music, a cikin 2018.

Stein ya mutu daga ciwon daji a gida a Los Angeles a ranar 2 ga Afrilu, 2023, yana da shekaru 80. 
Rukuni:Mutuwan 2023
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1942