from Michael ObermanRon Oberman 8/28/1943 to 11/21/2019
Ron started as a copyboy at age eighteen in 1961. He quickly moved to the position of dictationist. From 1964 to 1967, Ron wrote the weekly Top Tunes column in addition to general assignment reporting.
In 1967, Ron went to work at Mercury Records in Chicago as Director of Publicity. Later, Ron became VP of A & R (artists and repertoire) at Columbia Records. After a long stint at Columbia, Ron became Executive VP of A & R at MCA Records. When he retired from MCA, Ron played poker. Ron passed peacefully in his sleep in Reno, NV.
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from allaccess.com
Legendary COLUMBIA WEST COAST A&R exec RON OBERMAN has passed away. During his storied career OBERMAN helped shape the careers of artist like DAVID BOWIE, BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, THE BANGLES, TOAD THE WET SPROCKET, WARRANT, WILDERNESS ROAD, MARTIKA and many others.
OBERMAN had been suffering from dementia for the last decade. Details on services are pending.
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from TimesofIsrael.com
David Bowie didn’t start his first trip to the United States with a drug-filled party or a wild show, but instead with a quiet evening at the home of a Maryland Jewish family.
The now-iconic English rocker had just released the album “The Man Who Sold the World,” which built on the success of his popular “Space Oddity” album in Europe. But he wasn’t yet a household name in the States when his first US tour was set to kick off in January 1971.
Bowie’s North American publicist, Ron Oberman of Mercury Records, invited him to stay at his parents in Silver Spring for a night before setting out to play shows in cities from New York to Los Angeles.
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