Larry Uttal

Lawrence Uttal (December 2, 1921 – November 25, 1993)

music business executive who led the Madison Records, Bell and Private Stock

He was born in New York City.

R&B market in the late 1960s with distribution deals for such leading producers as Papa Don Schroeder, Allen Toussaint, and Thom Bell. He issued records by rock and pop musicians such as The Box Tops, The 5th Dimension, David Cassidy, The Partridge Family and Tony Orlando, and set up several subsidiary labels including Philly Groove.^[5]

The Bell, Amy and Mala labels were bought by

In 1978, Uttal closed Private Stock and moved to London, England, where he worked in the film industry. After returning to New York, he worked in the

Gay Men's Health Crisis organization and the National Gay and Lesbian Caucus.^[2]

He died in New York in 1993, aged 71, from AIDS.[2]^[7] The musician Jai Uttal^[2] is his son and his daughter Jody Uttal (also known as Jody Uttal-Gold) was a cofounder of Rock the Vote and director of corporate videos.^[8]^[9]^[10]

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