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Richard Totoian, National Promotion Man for A & M Records goes to Toronto in 1974 to meet and greet George Harrison. There he also meets Bob Dylan. Dale and Kevin enjoy listening.
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Rich's Favorite Band: The Who
Rich told us that when Keith Moon set him behind his drums during the show, Keith kept turning around yelling exuberantly, "Richie, Richie, Richieee!" |
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Richard Totoian, National Promotion Man for Columbia Records discovers SANTANA.
Always an entertaining storyteller with great recall of detail! A tale of courage... when Clive Davis passed on the new band brought to him by Rich, Rich did not let the rejection rest. www.daleallenproductions.com |
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Richard Totoian and Iris Dillon worked as Promoters at A & M Records. Iris hosts her Gumbo Conversations podcast and is producing a fabulous series of interviews with the folks that brought us the music! Here, she interviews Rich. In this episode, Rich talks about his boyhood in Fresno and then, being hired as a young man to handle seating at The Rainbow Ballroom, he meets Miles Davis and other legends of jazz. So begins his desire to make his living in the music industry.
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Richard Totoian begins working with RCA Records and goes to Lake Tahoe to see one of the label's artists, Harry Belafonte.
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Richard Totoian on Peter Frampton
Richard speaks on when he was A&M Record's Director of National FM Promotion as Peter Frampton's career was emerging onto the world stage. Richard was instrumental in getting the double "Frampton Comes Alive" album released. Friendship comes full cirlce during Peter's Farewell tour in 2019. Kevin Totoian and Dale Allen enjoy listening. DaleAllenProductions.com |
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Richard Totoian, A & M National Promotion Director FM, speaks about the very beginning of free-form FM radio in San Francisco at the A & M Convention in 1978. This is the audio of his crowd-pleasing speech.
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Richard talks about his advancement from Salesman to Promotion Man in the music business.
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"Dick from Decca"
Richard Totoian tells of his first job as young adult: Salesman for Decca Records. Kevin and Dale enjoy listening. |
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Richard Totoian reflects on Herb Alpert, Jerry Moss, Marshall Blondstein, Harold Childs, Heavy Lenny Bronstein and Peter Rudge from his A & M Promotion days. Iris Dillon former A & M Top Forty Promoter, Kevin Totoian and Dale Allen listen and enjoy - on a very windy March day in 2021!
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Rich talks about the San Francisco scene in the early 60s. The Grateful Dead band plays for the first time at Fugazi Hall. All the promotion people were friends and shared promo tickets to shows. Pam Burns was the only female in promotions and advises Rich to accept Clive Davis’s invitation to dinner. Rich meets Barbra Streisand at Enrico’s Restaurant.
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Born storyteller, Rich Totoian, National Promotion Man talks about Bill Graham (and a letter he wrote to Clive Davis about Bill). He talks about The Filmore West and Jazz Epic, Albert King. Rich tells the story to Iris Dillon via Zoom, and Kevin and Dale at home. Iris is working on series about people in the record business in its 60s/70s heyday.
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