{"product_id":"phil-gernhard-record-man","title":"Phil Gernhard, Record Man","description":"A go-getting, red-headed college kid eager to break into the music business, Phil Gernhard produced a handful of singles for South Carolina doo-wop group Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs. One of these songs, \"\"Stay,\"\" reached number one on the charts in 1960. Gernhard was just 19 years old.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePhil Gernhard, Record Man\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of a self-made music mogul who created nearly fifty years' worth of chart-topping songs. From a tiny office and studio in Florida, he co-wrote the Royal Guardsmen's \"\"Snoopy vs. the Red Baron,\"\" America's fastest-selling single of 1966. He revived the career of singer Dion DiMucci with the ballad \"\"Abraham, Martin and John\"\"-a million seller. He discovered and produced hit records for Lobo, Jim Stafford, and the Bellamy Brothers. Through a long collaboration with music business icon Mike Curb, he launched to fame many others, including country superstars Tim McGraw and Rodney Atkins. In Nashville and Los Angeles, Phil Gernhard was a legend.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYet Gernhard's private life was crumbling. He battled physical and emotional demons that he simply couldn't overcome, struggling with alcoholism, drug addiction, and a bad past with his father. He filed for his fourth divorce just months before taking his own life in 2008.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough interviews with Gernhard's musicians, business partners, family members, and ex-wives, Bill DeYoung offers an intimate portrait of a brilliant yet troubled man who channeled his talent, ego, and ambition into the success of others. A true \"\"record man,\"\" Gernhard did it all. He lived to make records into gold, to make unknowns into stars, and above all, to make music.","brand":"University Press of Florida","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54189376995672,"sku":null,"price":25.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780813056777_54db915d-4c39-408d-be59-414843bac1f8.jpg?v=1778301042","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/phil-gernhard-record-man","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}