Biography
Gary LeMel earned greater recognition for his work behind the scenes as a music industry executive than for his own performances. He launched his career in entertainment as vice president of Jerry Weintraub’s Management III, then spent time at First Artists Music, where Warner Bros. recruited him to oversee the scores for Barbra Streisand’s A Star Is Born and The Main Event; the former’s soundtrack proved especially lucrative, moving more than six million units inside the United States. After holding the post of senior VP at Neil Bogart’s Boardwalk Company, he joined Columbia Pictures in 1983 and guided a string of blockbuster albums that included The Big Chill, Ghostbusters, Against All Odds, and St. Elmo’s Fire. In 1986 he returned to Warner Bros., rising through the ranks to head its music division and shepherding further successes such as The Bodyguard, Singles, and Space Jam. On occasion LeMel also stepped forward as a jazz vocalist, releasing the albums Romancing the Screen in 1994 and the Bobby Darin tribute Moonlighting in 1999. Lost In Your Arms reached stores during the summer of 2001.
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