Going Platinum: Kiss, Donna Summer, and How Neil Bogart Built Casablanca Records

Going Platinum: Kiss, Donna Summer, and How Neil Bogart Built Casablanca Records

By Brett Ermilio and Josh Levine

The first full account of the life of legendary music producer Neil Bogart, who founded Casablanca Records and made the top acts of music's defining genres of the 1970s: disco (Donna Summer, Village People), stadium rock (KISS), and funk (Parliament). Written by his close nephew, who draws extensively on family archives and anecdotes, the book will.

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Publisher: Lyons Press
Publish Date: 07/01/2019
Pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9781493040445
ISBN-10: 1493040448
Language: English

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The first full account of the life of legendary music producer Neil Bogart, who founded Casablanca Records and made the top acts of music's defining genres of the 1970s: disco (Donna Summer, Village People), stadium rock (KISS), and funk (Parliament). Written by his close nephew, who draws extensively on family archives and anecdotes, the book will capture all the glitz and glamour of Bogart's empire of excess.

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Brett Ermilio was born in Brooklyn, New York, but his immediate family transplanted to Southern California when his uncle, Neil Scott Bogart, hit it big in the music business.

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Brett Ermilio was born in Brooklyn, New York, but his immediate family transplanted to Southern California when his uncle, Neil Scott Bogart, hit it big in the music business. Brett received the Sherill C. Corwin screenwriting award for Best Screenplay for his script entitled Jacob. He attended the University of California, Santa Barbara and California State University, Northridge, graduating with a Bachelor's Degree in History.

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