Yemi Oyediran is the director of the must-watch documentary “King of Them All: The Story of King Records” presently airing on PBS. Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/yemi-oyediran/id1316200737?i=1000737576785 https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/9ff4fb19-54d4-41ae-ae7a-8a6f8d3dafa8/episodes/0197154e-0fe1-4421-896b-a1b595ce0db7/the-bob-lefsetz-podcast-yemi-oyediran

I co-manage Herb Alpert and want to thank you for your piece today.  So thrilled that you enjoyed the show and were willing to spread the good word. When Herb decided to do this tour in honor of the 60th anniversary of Whipped Cream and his 90th year on this mortal coil, he wanted it […]

“Walk My Walk” went to number one! And the media couldn’t stop talking about it. Musicians are freaking out about it. And my inbox is filling up about it. And there’s no story here. The truth is Breaking Rust’s AI song “Walk My Walk” sold digital singles, which are weighted artificially high in the “Billboard” […]

The sixties weren’t only the Beatles and Vietnam. I was reminded of this on Saturday night. Who didn’t own “Whipped Cream & Other Delights”? Who didn’t like Herb Alpert? The aforementioned Beatles triumphed alongside the Southern California trumpeter, but a dividing line between the two was not there. Herb was not part of what came […]