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Article: Koppelman, Charles
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Charles Koppelman
Record company executive
For the Record
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Created World
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s Largest Publishing Company
An Influential Force in Music
Promoted to EMI
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s Chairman/CEO
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Music industry mogul Charles Koppelman didn
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t always have a popular philosophy. Starting as a musician in the late 1950s, Koppelman always believed in the music side of the music business, when many of his contemporaries focused on the business. His direction and determination made him one of the most powerful men in music.
Koppelman joined the band Ivy Three while he attended Adelphi University in Long Island, New York. With his friend and future business partner, Don Rubin, the Ivy ...