Fall Conferences Review
Independent Music Award Winners Honored
Alligator's Bruce
Iglauer Wins Mickey Granberg Award
Emcee Chris Morris,
Billboard Magazine |
The 11th Annual Independent Music Awards were presented at
a luncheon on October 12, which was emceed by Billboard's Chris Morris. Winners of the
'95-'96 Indie Best Seller Awards were announced, along with the Mickey Granberg Award,
named for NARM's former Executive VP, that recognizes sustained leadership, support and
promotion of the independent music community. The recipient was Alligator Records' Bruce
Iglauer.
Bruce Iglauer, Alligator Records, accepted the Mickey Granberg Award from NARM
President Pamela Horovitz at the Saturday afternoon luncheon.
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Iglauer's career reads like a movie script about how the
record business used to be. He started out in music retail in Chicago, then moved into the
label arena. In the 70s, he recorded Hound Dog Taylor, and sold the record out of the
trunk of his car.
"Your devotion to recording and preserving the best of
the Blues, Gospel and R&B is world-renowned," said NARM President Pamela
Horovitz.
A crowning moment came in 1990 with the 20th Anniversary
Alligator Records compilation.
"As wonderful as your success and Alligator's has
been, you saw the need to nurture those without the background or knowledge of what it
takes to make a record, and get it to market," she added.
In 1971, Iglauer was a founding member of NAIRD, and has
served on its Board of Trustees ever since. He has been a strong advocate of the First
Amendment, with an impeccable reputation for maintaining high ethical standards in his
dealings with artists.
In eloquent acceptance remarks, Iglauer expressed his deep
appreciation for being selected for the Award. His emotional and heartfelt recollections
of the role music has played in both the highs and lows of his personal and professional
life truly moved the audience.
Indie Best Seller Awards
Winners
Front Row (l. to r.): Ramsey Jabbar,
Director of Sales, TVT, accepting for Best Selling Soundtrack Recording and Best Selling
Alternative Recording, Mortal Kombat Soundtrack; Tim Meadows, National Accounts
Manager, Walt Disney, accepting for Best Selling Children's Recording, Classic Disney
Vol. 1: 60 Years of Musical Magic and Best Selling World Music Recording, The
Lion King: Rhythm of the Pride Lands by Lebo M; Tomica Wright, VP A&R, Ruthless,
accepting for Best Selling Single of the Year, Ruthless/Relativity's "Tha
Crossroads" by Bone Thugs-N-Harmony and Best Selling Rap Recording, Best Selling
R&B Recording, and Best Selling Recording of the Year, Ruthless/Relativity's E.
1999 Eternal by Bone Thugs-N-Harmony; Alan Becker, VP Product Development, RED Dist.,
accepting for Best Selling Hard Music Recording, Epitaph's ...And Out Come The Wolves
by Rancid; and Jim Parham, National Director Sales, Tommy Boy, accepting for Best Selling
Dance Recording, "1,2,3,4 (Sumpin' New)" by Coolio.
Back Row (l. to r.): Bryan Hadley, VP,
Intersound, accepting for Best Selling Gospel Recording, WEB/Intersound's Broken
by William Becton & Friends; Larry Howell, VP Sales, INDI South Central, accepting for
Best Selling New Age Recording, American Gramaphone's Christmas In The Aire by
Mannheim Steamroller; Tommy Couch, Jr., Director, A&R, Malaco, accepting for Best
Selling Blues Recording, Good Love! by Johnnie Taylor; Del Costello, General
Manager, JVC, accepting for Best Selling Jazz Recording, Jazzmasters 2 by Paul
Hardcastle; and Mark Wheeler, Director of Sales & Marketing, Rounder, accepting for
Best Selling Country Recording, Now That I Found You: A Collection by Alison
Krauss.
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