Record Executive. Best remembered as the co-founder of A&M Records with Herb Alpert. Born Jerome Sheldon Moss in The Bronx, New York, he was raised in a Jewish family. He graduated from Brooklyn College with an English degree and served in the U.S. Army in the late 1950s. He began his music career by promoting the hit single, "16 Candles" by The Crests. By 1960, he moved to Los Angeles, California and befriended musician Herb Alpert. In 1962, they co-founded Carnival Records in Alpert's home garage but upon discovering the name was already trademarked, they soon changed the record label's name to A&M Records (combining the first letters of their last names). The label's first release was "The Lonely Bull" by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass. During their heyday, they operated the label out of Charlie Chaplin Studios in Hollywood, California which they moved into around 1966. Whipped Cream & Other Delights by the Tijuana Bras was another best-selling album from A&M and garnered more industry demand. A&M Records gained a reputation as one of the most successful independent record labels of the late 20th century. Many of the artists who achieved success while they were signed to A&M include: Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass, Sergio Mendes, Boyce & Hart, Burt Bacharach, Quincy Jones, Wes Montgomery, The Carpenters, Cat Stevens, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Spooky Tooth, Joe Cocker, Free, Procol Harum, Billy Preston, Humble Pie, Fairport Convention, Paul Williams, Carole King, Peter Frampton, Supertramp, Styx, The Brothers Johnson, The Police, Joe Jackson, The Go-Go's, Sting, Bryan Adams, The Human League, Janet Jackson, Soundgarden, Soul Asylum, Gin Blossoms & Sheryl Crow. In 1989, they sold A&M to PolyGram Records for $500 million. Alpert and Moss soon founded Almo Sounds, a music publishing company in 1994. In 1997, he and Alpert received the Grammy Trustees Award. By 1999, A&M was shut down & merged into Universal Music Group (UMG). As of now, The Jim Henson Company is now based at Charlie Chaplin Studios. In 2006, Herb Alpert & Jerry Moss were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame under the Non-Performer category. For his contributions to music, he has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, located at 6933 Hollywood Blvd. Outside of music, he was a racehorse breeder-owner. At the 2005 Kentucky Derby, his horse Giacomo won first place with 50-1 odds. In 2011, he was inducted into the Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. He died at his home in Bel-Air, California. He was 88.