ROCK and Roll Hall of Famer Seymour Stein has died following a battle with cancer.
The music titan, who discovered legends such as Madonna, passed away in Los Angeles on Sunday, his daughter said.
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Stein also signed talents such as The Pretenders and The Cure.
His daughter Mandy Stein told the Hollywood Reporter that Seymour gave her the “ultimate soundtrack.”
She paid homage to his “wicked sense of humor,” adding: “I am beyond grateful for every minute our family spent with him, and that the music he brought to the world impacted so many people’s lives in a positive way.”
Stein founded the label Sire Records in 1967 alongside Richard Gottehrer.
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He revealed that he signed Madonna as he “believed” in the DJ Mark Kamins.
Stein believed that Kamins was the “greatest DJ” at the time.
He added: “So I gave him some money to bring me an artist and the third or fourth thing he brought me was Madonna. And yes, I was very involved in the beginning.
“Then I realized, ‘This woman is smarter than all of us. Just get out of her way.’”
Stein revealed he came across Madonna when he heard one of her demo tapes in the early 1980s.
He wrote in his memoir Siren Song: “I liked Madonna´s voice, I liked the feel, and I liked the name, Madonna. I liked it all and played it again.”
Stein was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2005 and was the first person to receive Billboard’s Icon Award in 2012.
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