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  1. Sep 17, 2024 · Walter Yetnikoff, in charge at CBS Records, listened to the tape, hand-delivered by Cohen himself, and said, “We know you’re great, Leonard, but we don’t know if you’re any good,” and ...

  2. Sep 23, 2024 · Moreover, the head of CBS Records, Walter Yetnikoff, was known for being extremely difficult and mercurial. Branca was sure that Yetnikoff would respond with a “profane no” if he tried to negotiate for Jackson to secure his masters, according to Sebenius.

  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Billie_JeanBillie Jean - Wikipedia

    4 days ago · Enraged by their refusal despite Jackson's success as a musical artist, Walter Yetnikoff, the president of Jackson's record company CBS Records, threatened to expose MTV's stance on racial discrimination: "I said to MTV, 'I'm pulling everything we have off the air, all our product. I'm not going to give you any more videos.

  4. Sep 12, 2024 · The credit for this shift is attributed to Walter Yetnikoff, the head of Jackson’s international label at the time, CBS Records.

  5. Sep 20, 2024 · The ultimate showbiz insider's expose, Howling at the Moon is the wildly entertaining and brilliantly narrated autobiography of Walter Yetnikoff, head of CBS Records during its heyday in the 1980s, and then the most powerful man in the music industry.

  6. 1 day ago · The Epic executive Walter Yetnikoff asked: "Who wants a single about monsters?" [18] By mid-1983, sales of the album had begun to decline. Jackson, who was "obsessive" about his sales figures, [18] urged Yetnikoff and another

  7. 3 days ago · Prince's "Little Red Corvette" was one of the first two videos by black artists (along with Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean") played in heavy rotation on MTV, which had been perceived as against "black music" until CBS President Walter Yetnikoff threatened to pull all CBS videos.

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