Berle Adams
Berle Adams (* as Beryl Adasky, June 11, 1917 in Chicago , † August 25, 2009 in Los Angeles ) was an American record and television producer. He was one of the founders of Mercury Records . He later was a senior executive at MCA .
Adams already worked as an agent for local bands as a student, worked as an insurance agent during the time of the Great Depression before he worked for General Artists Corporation (GAC) and looked after Louis Jordan , among others . He then founded his own agency and his own music publisher (Champagne Music, Preview Music). He founded Mercury Records in Chicago in 1945, along with Irving Green and Arthur Talmadge . There they had success in the early years with hits by Frankie Laine ( That's my desire ) and Vic Damone ( I have but one heart ). In the late 1940s, he left Mercury and moved to Los Angeles , where he was Kay Starr's agent and was hired by MCA in 1950, with whom he stayed for twenty years and did TV and appearances in Las Vegas for Hollywood and TV stars like Dinah Shore , Jack Benny , Alfred Hitchcock , Rosemary Clooney was. He produced TV shows such as This is your life , the For Show , The Jack Benny Program , Colgate Comedy Hour and Queen for a day and founded the international TV division of MCA and the record division Universal Records . In 1962 they acquired Decca Records . In 1971 he left MCA and went to the William Morris Agency, where he founded the sports division. He also founded BAC, which represented American TV producers internationally. Among other things, he represented the Emmy Awards internationally.
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| SURNAME | Adams, Berle |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American record producer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 11, 1917 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chicago |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 25, 2009 |
| Place of death | los Angeles |