David Levine (Entertainment Executive) | |
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 Levine in 2000 | |
| Occupation(s) | President, promark Music and Television |
| Website | https://www.promarkMusic.com |
David Levine is an entertainment executive.
David Levine (Entertainment Executive) | |
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| Levine in 2000 | |
| Occupation(s) | President, promark Music and Television |
| Website | https://www.promarkMusic.com |
David Levine is an entertainment executive.
Levine was born in Montreal. [1] At the start of his career, he was a news broadcaster in Toronto. In the 1970s, he worked at CKGM and CKEY. After several years in this field, he joined Vickers and Benson Advertising in Canada as the director of promotion. Soon thereafter, he became the General Manager of Vickers and Benson’s Analytical Communications, Inc.[ citation needed ]
In the 1970s, Levine established promark in Canada as a promotions agency. [2]
In 1977, Promark landed the contract to promote a daredevil called "The Human Fly". [3] [4] This project allowed the company to enter into the entertainment industry and the U.S. market. Levine sold the property to Marvel Comics, who turned it into a comic book superhero.[ citation needed ] Toy rights were sold to Mattel Toys. [1]
In 1978, the Toronto Star described Levine as "a hype artist, a media manipulator, an advertising wizard, a hustler, an exaggerator" working in the "underbelly of the entertainment business". [5]
In the same year, 1978, Levine established Talisman Records. [6] After the release of one single, "Pretty Girls" by Lisa Dal Bello, and one album, he sold Talisman Records to Capitol Records. [7] While promoting Dal Bello, he secured a promotional tie-in with Revlon. [8]
A short time later, he formed Hot Vinyl Records and signed Patsy Gallant [9] and Dwayne Ford to the label. [10]
Since at least 2001, Levine was involved in TV syndication. [11] [12]
Fly by Night is the second studio album by the Canadian rock band Rush, released on February 14, 1975, by Mercury Records. It was the first Rush album to showcase elements of progressive rock for which the band has become known. It was also the first to feature lyricist and drummer Neil Peart, who replaced original drummer John Rutsey the previous summer just prior to the band's first North American tour. Peart took over as Rush's primary lyricist, and the abundance of fantastical and philosophical themes in his compositions contrasted greatly with the simpler hard rock of the band's debut album.
Caress of Steel is the third studio album by Canadian rock band Rush, released on September 24, 1975, by Mercury Records. It marked a development in the group's sound, moving from the blues-based hard rock style of their debut towards progressive rock. However, the shift proved to be a commercial and critical nadir for Rush as the album's darker sound and fantastical compositions initially failed to find an audience and confused some of the band's peers, while poor sales put the band in danger of being dropped by Mercury. Despite being more positively viewed by the band's fans in retrospect, Ultimate Classic Rock noted that the album is still considered "the black sheep of their catalog".
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Triumph was a Canadian hard rock band formed in 1975 that was popular in the late 1970s and the 1980s, building on its reputation and success as a live band. Between its 16 albums and DVDs, it has received 18 gold and nine platinum awards in Canada and the United States. It was nominated for multiple Juno Awards, including the 'Group of the Year Award' in 1979, 1985, 1986, and 1987. It was inducted into the Canadian Music Industry Hall of Fame in 2007, into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in 2008, and into Canada's Walk of Fame in 2019.
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Gregory Gallant, better known by his pen name Seth, is a Canadian cartoonist. He is best known for his series Palookaville and his mock-autobiographical graphic novel It's a Good Life, If You Don't Weaken (1996).
Lisa Dal Bello, also known as Dalbello, is a Canadian musician. She released three albums in the pop and pop/rock genre in her late teens, from 1977 through 1981 under her full name. In 1984, she re-emerged as Dalbello, with an edgier brand of alternative rock.
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Robert Francis Xavier Sillerman was an American businessman and media entrepreneur. Sillerman was the owner of a range of television and radio stations during the 1970s and 1980s, In 1993 he formed SFX Broadcasting, and then built SFX Entertainment—a concert and stage performance promoter that was sold to Clear Channel in 2000 for $4.4 billion. He refounded SFX Entertainment in 2012 as a promoter of electronic music festivals; that company is now known as LiveStyle. He is also the founder of Viggle and the namesake of The Sillerman Center for the Advancement of Philanthropy at Brandeis University. Once on the Forbes 400 list, he also briefly owned the WLAF's New York/New Jersey Knights.
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