I gotta read Stiffed. I read the book Tommy James from the shondells wrote:
Morris Levy is involved in both stories. But yeah, some kid that got fired from sweeping floors continuing to show up and get a shot at working with big-time artists...you didn't get those kinds of second chances unless you knew or were related to someone with some influence. Probably be liable to get your ass beat and thrown out. Jimmy presents it in an aw shucks way but it's not hard to read between the lines.
All these guys were plugged in with the Italian families "back home" which is NYC...jimmy iovine is from Brooklyn...so is walter tetnikoff who ran cbs/sony/def jam ...tommy mottola from the bx.....along with Freddie demann from bk they all crossed paths with the Original Gangsta of the Music publishing game Morris Levy who is the GLUE that binds all these associations together and the notorious Franceze family which made the Music Industry a mobsters paradise...
Jimmy Iovine wasn't able to secure these positions without being "vouched" for by the "family" .....especially if it was MCA related



Pt 4. Em the GOAT.