Roulette Records Mafia
Jun 03, 2016 James' tempestuous relationship with Roulette lasted eight years, from 1966 to 1974. His dealings with the company later became the subject of an autobiography, “Me, the Mob, and Music,” a book which detailed the dark underbelly of the record industry. Morris Levy, head of Roulette Records, sitting in his office, 1969. IMG0317 Surveying his new home, Luciano gazes off the deck of the ship as it arrives along the coast of Sicily to his ancestral birth place of Lecara Friddi.
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- Canterino was one of the go-betweens for Levy and the feigning crazy “Chin” Gigante. The FBI speculated that Levy’s Roulette Records was a laundry for Giganate and the Genovese organization’s dirty money. What was it all about? Levy files suit for Lennon appropriating a line from Chuck Berry’s song You Can’t Catch Me in Come Together.
- Likewise, Corky Vastola also became hooked into Roulette Records, a major Manhattan-based record label. For years, he listed his occupation as that of “talent agent” for Mecca Records. He also listed employment as a talent “scout”, concert promoter, and songwriter.
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