Images from the launch of Jerry Brandt's memoir, It's a Short Walk From Brooklyn, if You Run. The event took place at 320 West 37 Street in Manhattan. Among the history making musicos attending were Hayden Wayne and Marlowe B. West, who toured with the Glam Rock legend Jobriath.

Brandt has vivid and compelling stories about his journey from working class Brooklyn to William Morris where he headed the music division and represented Sam Cooke, The Beach Boys, Sonny & Cher, The Rolling Stones, Muhammad Ali, Chubby Checker, discovered Carly Simon and brought the Rolling Stones to the United States. He also managed the career of Jobriath, the world's first openly gay rock star.

Contemporaneous with his management work, Brandt also opened, owned, and managed major music venues such as The Electric Circus (1967), the The Ritz, The Palladium and Spo-Dee-O-Dee, a Blues Club. In 1970 he left the Electric Circus and moved to Los Angeles. Where Brandt opened the Paradise Ballroom with Legendary Financier Bernie Cornfeld. In 1992, Brandt opened the Italian restaurant "Italica" at 220 East 46th St. with Ron Delsener, Robin Leach, and Bob Krasnow.

Images from the launch of Jerry Brandt's memoir, It's a Short Walk From Brooklyn, if You Run. The event took place at 320 West 37 Street in Manhattan. Among the history making musicos attending were Hayden Wayne and Marlowe B. West, who toured with the Glam Rock legend Jobriath.

Brandt has vivid and compelling stories about his journey from working class Brooklyn to William Morris where he headed the music division and represented Sam Cooke, The Beach Boys, Sonny & Cher, The Rolling Stones, Muhammad Ali, Chubby Checker, discovered Carly Simon and brought the Rolling Stones to the United States. He also managed the career of Jobriath, the world's first openly gay rock star.

Contemporaneous with his management work, Brandt also opened, owned, and managed major music venues such as The Electric Circus (1967), the The Ritz, The Palladium and Spo-Dee-O-Dee, a Blues Club. In 1970 he left the Electric Circus and moved to Los Angeles. Where Brandt opened the Paradise Ballroom with Legendary Financier Bernie Cornfeld. In 1992, Brandt opened the Italian restaurant "Italica" at 220 East 46th St. with Ron Delsener, Robin Leach, and Bob Krasnow.

Sam Cooke's camera at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio.

Images from the launch of Jerry Brandt's memoir, It's a Short Walk From Brooklyn, if You Run. The event took place at 320 West 37 Street in Manhattan. Among the history making musicos attending were Hayden Wayne and Marlowe B. West, who toured with the Glam Rock legend Jobriath.

Brandt has vivid and compelling stories about his journey from working class Brooklyn to William Morris where he headed the music division and represented Sam Cooke, The Beach Boys, Sonny & Cher, The Rolling Stones, Muhammad Ali, Chubby Checker, discovered Carly Simon and brought the Rolling Stones to the United States. He also managed the career of Jobriath, the world's first openly gay rock star.

Contemporaneous with his management work, Brandt also opened, owned, and managed major music venues such as The Electric Circus (1967), the The Ritz, The Palladium and Spo-Dee-O-Dee, a Blues Club. In 1970 he left the Electric Circus and moved to Los Angeles. Where Brandt opened the Paradise Ballroom with Legendary Financier Bernie Cornfeld. In 1992, Brandt opened the Italian restaurant "Italica" at 220 East 46th St. with Ron Delsener, Robin Leach, and Bob Krasnow.

Images from the launch of Jerry Brandt's memoir, It's a Short Walk From Brooklyn, if You Run. The event took place at 320 West 37 Street in Manhattan. Among the history making musicos attending were Hayden Wayne and Marlowe B. West, who toured with the Glam Rock legend Jobriath.

Brandt has vivid and compelling stories about his journey from working class Brooklyn to William Morris where he headed the music division and represented Sam Cooke, The Beach Boys, Sonny & Cher, The Rolling Stones, Muhammad Ali, Chubby Checker, discovered Carly Simon and brought the Rolling Stones to the United States. He also managed the career of Jobriath, the world's first openly gay rock star.

Contemporaneous with his management work, Brandt also opened, owned, and managed major music venues such as The Electric Circus (1967), the The Ritz, The Palladium and Spo-Dee-O-Dee, a Blues Club. In 1970 he left the Electric Circus and moved to Los Angeles. Where Brandt opened the Paradise Ballroom with Legendary Financier Bernie Cornfeld. In 1992, Brandt opened the Italian restaurant "Italica" at 220 East 46th St. with Ron Delsener, Robin Leach, and Bob Krasnow.

Images from the launch of Jerry Brandt's memoir, It's a Short Walk From Brooklyn, if You Run. The event took place at 320 West 37 Street in Manhattan. Among the history making musicos attending were Hayden Wayne and Marlowe B. West, who toured with the Glam Rock legend Jobriath.

Brandt has vivid and compelling stories about his journey from working class Brooklyn to William Morris where he headed the music division and represented Sam Cooke, The Beach Boys, Sonny & Cher, The Rolling Stones, Muhammad Ali, Chubby Checker, discovered Carly Simon and brought the Rolling Stones to the United States. He also managed the career of Jobriath, the world's first openly gay rock star.

Contemporaneous with his management work, Brandt also opened, owned, and managed major music venues such as The Electric Circus (1967), the The Ritz, The Palladium and Spo-Dee-O-Dee, a Blues Club. In 1970 he left the Electric Circus and moved to Los Angeles. Where Brandt opened the Paradise Ballroom with Legendary Financier Bernie Cornfeld. In 1992, Brandt opened the Italian restaurant "Italica" at 220 East 46th St. with Ron Delsener, Robin Leach, and Bob Krasnow.

Images from the launch of Jerry Brandt's memoir, It's a Short Walk From Brooklyn, if You Run. The event took place at 320 West 37 Street in Manhattan. Among the history making musicos attending were Hayden Wayne and Marlowe B. West, who toured with the Glam Rock legend Jobriath.

Brandt has vivid and compelling stories about his journey from working class Brooklyn to William Morris where he headed the music division and represented Sam Cooke, The Beach Boys, Sonny & Cher, The Rolling Stones, Muhammad Ali, Chubby Checker, discovered Carly Simon and brought the Rolling Stones to the United States. He also managed the career of Jobriath, the world's first openly gay rock star.

Contemporaneous with his management work, Brandt also opened, owned, and managed major music venues such as The Electric Circus (1967), the The Ritz, The Palladium and Spo-Dee-O-Dee, a Blues Club. In 1970 he left the Electric Circus and moved to Los Angeles. Where Brandt opened the Paradise Ballroom with Legendary Financier Bernie Cornfeld. In 1992, Brandt opened the Italian restaurant "Italica" at 220 East 46th St. with Ron Delsener, Robin Leach, and Bob Krasnow.

Images from the launch of Jerry Brandt's memoir, It's a Short Walk From Brooklyn, if You Run. The event took place at 320 West 37 Street in Manhattan. Among the history making musicos attending were Hayden Wayne and Marlowe B. West, who toured with the Glam Rock legend Jobriath.

Brandt has vivid and compelling stories about his journey from working class Brooklyn to William Morris where he headed the music division and represented Sam Cooke, The Beach Boys, Sonny & Cher, The Rolling Stones, Muhammad Ali, Chubby Checker, discovered Carly Simon and brought the Rolling Stones to the United States. He also managed the career of Jobriath, the world's first openly gay rock star.

Contemporaneous with his management work, Brandt also opened, owned, and managed major music venues such as The Electric Circus (1967), the The Ritz, The Palladium and Spo-Dee-O-Dee, a Blues Club. In 1970 he left the Electric Circus and moved to Los Angeles. Where Brandt opened the Paradise Ballroom with Legendary Financier Bernie Cornfeld. In 1992, Brandt opened the Italian restaurant "Italica" at 220 East 46th St. with Ron Delsener, Robin Leach, and Bob Krasnow.

Images from the launch of Jerry Brandt's memoir, It's a Short Walk From Brooklyn, if You Run. The event took place at 320 West 37 Street in Manhattan. Among the history making musicos attending were Hayden Wayne and Marlowe B. West, who toured with the Glam Rock legend Jobriath.

Brandt has vivid and compelling stories about his journey from working class Brooklyn to William Morris where he headed the music division and represented Sam Cooke, The Beach Boys, Sonny & Cher, The Rolling Stones, Muhammad Ali, Chubby Checker, discovered Carly Simon and brought the Rolling Stones to the United States. He also managed the career of Jobriath, the world's first openly gay rock star.

Contemporaneous with his management work, Brandt also opened, owned, and managed major music venues such as The Electric Circus (1967), the The Ritz, The Palladium and Spo-Dee-O-Dee, a Blues Club. In 1970 he left the Electric Circus and moved to Los Angeles. Where Brandt opened the Paradise Ballroom with Legendary Financier Bernie Cornfeld. In 1992, Brandt opened the Italian restaurant "Italica" at 220 East 46th St. with Ron Delsener, Robin Leach, and Bob Krasnow.

Images from the launch of Jerry Brandt's memoir, It's a Short Walk From Brooklyn, if You Run. The event took place at 320 West 37 Street in Manhattan. Among the history making musicos attending were Hayden Wayne and Marlowe B. West, who toured with the Glam Rock legend Jobriath.

Brandt has vivid and compelling stories about his journey from working class Brooklyn to William Morris where he headed the music division and represented Sam Cooke, The Beach Boys, Sonny & Cher, The Rolling Stones, Muhammad Ali, Chubby Checker, discovered Carly Simon and brought the Rolling Stones to the United States. He also managed the career of Jobriath, the world's first openly gay rock star.

Contemporaneous with his management work, Brandt also opened, owned, and managed major music venues such as The Electric Circus (1967), the The Ritz, The Palladium and Spo-Dee-O-Dee, a Blues Club. In 1970 he left the Electric Circus and moved to Los Angeles. Where Brandt opened the Paradise Ballroom with Legendary Financier Bernie Cornfeld. In 1992, Brandt opened the Italian restaurant "Italica" at 220 East 46th St. with Ron Delsener, Robin Leach, and Bob Krasnow.

Images from the launch of Jerry Brandt's memoir, It's a Short Walk From Brooklyn, if You Run. The event took place at 320 West 37 Street in Manhattan. Among the history making musicos attending were Hayden Wayne and Marlowe B. West, who toured with the Glam Rock legend Jobriath.

Brandt has vivid and compelling stories about his journey from working class Brooklyn to William Morris where he headed the music division and represented Sam Cooke, The Beach Boys, Sonny & Cher, The Rolling Stones, Muhammad Ali, Chubby Checker, discovered Carly Simon and brought the Rolling Stones to the United States. He also managed the career of Jobriath, the world's first openly gay rock star.

Contemporaneous with his management work, Brandt also opened, owned, and managed major music venues such as The Electric Circus (1967), the The Ritz, The Palladium and Spo-Dee-O-Dee, a Blues Club. In 1970 he left the Electric Circus and moved to Los Angeles. Where Brandt opened the Paradise Ballroom with Legendary Financier Bernie Cornfeld. In 1992, Brandt opened the Italian restaurant "Italica" at 220 East 46th St. with Ron Delsener, Robin Leach, and Bob Krasnow.

Images from the launch of Jerry Brandt's memoir, It's a Short Walk From Brooklyn, if You Run. The event took place at 320 West 37 Street in Manhattan. Among the history making musicos attending were Hayden Wayne and Marlowe B. West, who toured with the Glam Rock legend Jobriath.

Brandt has vivid and compelling stories about his journey from working class Brooklyn to William Morris where he headed the music division and represented Sam Cooke, The Beach Boys, Sonny & Cher, The Rolling Stones, Muhammad Ali, Chubby Checker, discovered Carly Simon and brought the Rolling Stones to the United States. He also managed the career of Jobriath, the world's first openly gay rock star.

Contemporaneous with his management work, Brandt also opened, owned, and managed major music venues such as The Electric Circus (1967), the The Ritz, The Palladium and Spo-Dee-O-Dee, a Blues Club. In 1970 he left the Electric Circus and moved to Los Angeles. Where Brandt opened the Paradise Ballroom with Legendary Financier Bernie Cornfeld. In 1992, Brandt opened the Italian restaurant "Italica" at 220 East 46th St. with Ron Delsener, Robin Leach, and Bob Krasnow.

Images from the launch of Jerry Brandt's memoir, It's a Short Walk From Brooklyn, if You Run. The event took place at 320 West 37 Street in Manhattan. Among the history making musicos attending were Hayden Wayne and Marlowe B. West, who toured with the Glam Rock legend Jobriath.

Brandt has vivid and compelling stories about his journey from working class Brooklyn to William Morris where he headed the music division and represented Sam Cooke, The Beach Boys, Sonny & Cher, The Rolling Stones, Muhammad Ali, Chubby Checker, discovered Carly Simon and brought the Rolling Stones to the United States. He also managed the career of Jobriath, the world's first openly gay rock star.

Contemporaneous with his management work, Brandt also opened, owned, and managed major music venues such as The Electric Circus (1967), the The Ritz, The Palladium and Spo-Dee-O-Dee, a Blues Club. In 1970 he left the Electric Circus and moved to Los Angeles. Where Brandt opened the Paradise Ballroom with Legendary Financier Bernie Cornfeld. In 1992, Brandt opened the Italian restaurant "Italica" at 220 East 46th St. with Ron Delsener, Robin Leach, and Bob Krasnow.

Images from the launch of Jerry Brandt's memoir, It's a Short Walk From Brooklyn, if You Run. The event took place at 320 West 37 Street in Manhattan. Among the history making musicos attending were Hayden Wayne and Marlowe B. West, who toured with the Glam Rock legend Jobriath.

Brandt has vivid and compelling stories about his journey from working class Brooklyn to William Morris where he headed the music division and represented Sam Cooke, The Beach Boys, Sonny & Cher, The Rolling Stones, Muhammad Ali, Chubby Checker, discovered Carly Simon and brought the Rolling Stones to the United States. He also managed the career of Jobriath, the world's first openly gay rock star.

Contemporaneous with his management work, Brandt also opened, owned, and managed major music venues such as The Electric Circus (1967), the The Ritz, The Palladium and Spo-Dee-O-Dee, a Blues Club. In 1970 he left the Electric Circus and moved to Los Angeles. Where Brandt opened the Paradise Ballroom with Legendary Financier Bernie Cornfeld. In 1992, Brandt opened the Italian restaurant "Italica" at 220 East 46th St. with Ron Delsener, Robin Leach, and Bob Krasnow.

Images from the launch of Jerry Brandt's memoir, It's a Short Walk From Brooklyn, if You Run. The event took place at 320 West 37 Street in Manhattan. Among the history making musicos attending were Hayden Wayne and Marlowe B. West, who toured with the Glam Rock legend Jobriath.

Brandt has vivid and compelling stories about his journey from working class Brooklyn to William Morris where he headed the music division and represented Sam Cooke, The Beach Boys, Sonny & Cher, The Rolling Stones, Muhammad Ali, Chubby Checker, discovered Carly Simon and brought the Rolling Stones to the United States. He also managed the career of Jobriath, the world's first openly gay rock star.

Contemporaneous with his management work, Brandt also opened, owned, and managed major music venues such as The Electric Circus (1967), the The Ritz, The Palladium and Spo-Dee-O-Dee, a Blues Club. In 1970 he left the Electric Circus and moved to Los Angeles. Where Brandt opened the Paradise Ballroom with Legendary Financier Bernie Cornfeld. In 1992, Brandt opened the Italian restaurant "Italica" at 220 East 46th St. with Ron Delsener, Robin Leach, and Bob Krasnow.

Images from the launch of Jerry Brandt's memoir, It's a Short Walk From Brooklyn, if You Run. The event took place at 320 West 37 Street in Manhattan. Among the history making musicos attending were Hayden Wayne and Marlowe B. West, who toured with the Glam Rock legend Jobriath.

Brandt has vivid and compelling stories about his journey from working class Brooklyn to William Morris where he headed the music division and represented Sam Cooke, The Beach Boys, Sonny & Cher, The Rolling Stones, Muhammad Ali, Chubby Checker, discovered Carly Simon and brought the Rolling Stones to the United States. He also managed the career of Jobriath, the world's first openly gay rock star.

Contemporaneous with his management work, Brandt also opened, owned, and managed major music venues such as The Electric Circus (1967), the The Ritz, The Palladium and Spo-Dee-O-Dee, a Blues Club. In 1970 he left the Electric Circus and moved to Los Angeles. Where Brandt opened the Paradise Ballroom with Legendary Financier Bernie Cornfeld. In 1992, Brandt opened the Italian restaurant "Italica" at 220 East 46th St. with Ron Delsener, Robin Leach, and Bob Krasnow.

Images from the launch of Jerry Brandt's memoir, It's a Short Walk From Brooklyn, if You Run. The event took place at 320 West 37 Street in Manhattan. Among the history making musicos attending were Hayden Wayne and Marlowe B. West, who toured with the Glam Rock legend Jobriath.

Brandt has vivid and compelling stories about his journey from working class Brooklyn to William Morris where he headed the music division and represented Sam Cooke, The Beach Boys, Sonny & Cher, The Rolling Stones, Muhammad Ali, Chubby Checker, discovered Carly Simon and brought the Rolling Stones to the United States. He also managed the career of Jobriath, the world's first openly gay rock star.

Contemporaneous with his management work, Brandt also opened, owned, and managed major music venues such as The Electric Circus (1967), the The Ritz, The Palladium and Spo-Dee-O-Dee, a Blues Club. In 1970 he left the Electric Circus and moved to Los Angeles. Where Brandt opened the Paradise Ballroom with Legendary Financier Bernie Cornfeld. In 1992, Brandt opened the Italian restaurant "Italica" at 220 East 46th St. with Ron Delsener, Robin Leach, and Bob Krasnow.

Images from the launch of Jerry Brandt's memoir, It's a Short Walk From Brooklyn, if You Run. The event took place at 320 West 37 Street in Manhattan. Among the history making musicos attending were Hayden Wayne and Marlowe B. West, who toured with the Glam Rock legend Jobriath.

Brandt has vivid and compelling stories about his journey from working class Brooklyn to William Morris where he headed the music division and represented Sam Cooke, The Beach Boys, Sonny & Cher, The Rolling Stones, Muhammad Ali, Chubby Checker, discovered Carly Simon and brought the Rolling Stones to the United States. He also managed the career of Jobriath, the world's first openly gay rock star.

Contemporaneous with his management work, Brandt also opened, owned, and managed major music venues such as The Electric Circus (1967), the The Ritz, The Palladium and Spo-Dee-O-Dee, a Blues Club. In 1970 he left the Electric Circus and moved to Los Angeles. Where Brandt opened the Paradise Ballroom with Legendary Financier Bernie Cornfeld. In 1992, Brandt opened the Italian restaurant "Italica" at 220 East 46th St. with Ron Delsener, Robin Leach, and Bob Krasnow.

Images from the launch of Jerry Brandt's memoir, It's a Short Walk From Brooklyn, if You Run. The event took place at 320 West 37 Street in Manhattan. Among the history making musicos attending were Hayden Wayne and Marlowe B. West, who toured with the Glam Rock legend Jobriath.

Brandt has vivid and compelling stories about his journey from working class Brooklyn to William Morris where he headed the music division and represented Sam Cooke, The Beach Boys, Sonny & Cher, The Rolling Stones, Muhammad Ali, Chubby Checker, discovered Carly Simon and brought the Rolling Stones to the United States. He also managed the career of Jobriath, the world's first openly gay rock star.

Contemporaneous with his management work, Brandt also opened, owned, and managed major music venues such as The Electric Circus (1967), the The Ritz, The Palladium and Spo-Dee-O-Dee, a Blues Club. In 1970 he left the Electric Circus and moved to Los Angeles. Where Brandt opened the Paradise Ballroom with Legendary Financier Bernie Cornfeld. In 1992, Brandt opened the Italian restaurant "Italica" at 220 East 46th St. with Ron Delsener, Robin Leach, and Bob Krasnow.

Images from the launch of Jerry Brandt's memoir, It's a Short Walk From Brooklyn, if You Run. The event took place at 320 West 37 Street in Manhattan. Among the history making musicos attending were Hayden Wayne and Marlowe B. West, who toured with the Glam Rock legend Jobriath.

Brandt has vivid and compelling stories about his journey from working class Brooklyn to William Morris where he headed the music division and represented Sam Cooke, The Beach Boys, Sonny & Cher, The Rolling Stones, Muhammad Ali, Chubby Checker, discovered Carly Simon and brought the Rolling Stones to the United States. He also managed the career of Jobriath, the world's first openly gay rock star.

Contemporaneous with his management work, Brandt also opened, owned, and managed major music venues such as The Electric Circus (1967), the The Ritz, The Palladium and Spo-Dee-O-Dee, a Blues Club. In 1970 he left the Electric Circus and moved to Los Angeles. Where Brandt opened the Paradise Ballroom with Legendary Financier Bernie Cornfeld. In 1992, Brandt opened the Italian restaurant "Italica" at 220 East 46th St. with Ron Delsener, Robin Leach, and Bob Krasnow.

A collection of albums purchased from the 2013 Vintage Vinyl sale in Champaign, Illinois. The sale is now defunct, sadly.

Images from the launch of Jerry Brandt's memoir, It's a Short Walk From Brooklyn, if You Run. The event took place at 320 West 37 Street in Manhattan. Among the history making musicos attending were Hayden Wayne and Marlowe B. West, who toured with the Glam Rock legend Jobriath.

Brandt has vivid and compelling stories about his journey from working class Brooklyn to William Morris where he headed the music division and represented Sam Cooke, The Beach Boys, Sonny & Cher, The Rolling Stones, Muhammad Ali, Chubby Checker, discovered Carly Simon and brought the Rolling Stones to the United States. He also managed the career of Jobriath, the world's first openly gay rock star.

Contemporaneous with his management work, Brandt also opened, owned, and managed major music venues such as The Electric Circus (1967), the The Ritz, The Palladium and Spo-Dee-O-Dee, a Blues Club. In 1970 he left the Electric Circus and moved to Los Angeles. Where Brandt opened the Paradise Ballroom with Legendary Financier Bernie Cornfeld. In 1992, Brandt opened the Italian restaurant "Italica" at 220 East 46th St. with Ron Delsener, Robin Leach, and Bob Krasnow.

Images from the launch of Jerry Brandt's memoir, It's a Short Walk From Brooklyn, if You Run. The event took place at 320 West 37 Street in Manhattan. Among the history making musicos attending were Hayden Wayne and Marlowe B. West, who toured with the Glam Rock legend Jobriath.

Brandt has vivid and compelling stories about his journey from working class Brooklyn to William Morris where he headed the music division and represented Sam Cooke, The Beach Boys, Sonny & Cher, The Rolling Stones, Muhammad Ali, Chubby Checker, discovered Carly Simon and brought the Rolling Stones to the United States. He also managed the career of Jobriath, the world's first openly gay rock star.

Contemporaneous with his management work, Brandt also opened, owned, and managed major music venues such as The Electric Circus (1967), the The Ritz, The Palladium and Spo-Dee-O-Dee, a Blues Club. In 1970 he left the Electric Circus and moved to Los Angeles. Where Brandt opened the Paradise Ballroom with Legendary Financier Bernie Cornfeld. In 1992, Brandt opened the Italian restaurant "Italica" at 220 East 46th St. with Ron Delsener, Robin Leach, and Bob Krasnow.

Images from the launch of Jerry Brandt's memoir, It's a Short Walk From Brooklyn, if You Run. The event took place at 320 West 37 Street in Manhattan. Among the history making musicos attending were Hayden Wayne and Marlowe B. West, who toured with the Glam Rock legend Jobriath.

Brandt has vivid and compelling stories about his journey from working class Brooklyn to William Morris where he headed the music division and represented Sam Cooke, The Beach Boys, Sonny & Cher, The Rolling Stones, Muhammad Ali, Chubby Checker, discovered Carly Simon and brought the Rolling Stones to the United States. He also managed the career of Jobriath, the world's first openly gay rock star.

Contemporaneous with his management work, Brandt also opened, owned, and managed major music venues such as The Electric Circus (1967), the The Ritz, The Palladium and Spo-Dee-O-Dee, a Blues Club. In 1970 he left the Electric Circus and moved to Los Angeles. Where Brandt opened the Paradise Ballroom with Legendary Financier Bernie Cornfeld. In 1992, Brandt opened the Italian restaurant "Italica" at 220 East 46th St. with Ron Delsener, Robin Leach, and Bob Krasnow.

Images from the launch of Jerry Brandt's memoir, It's a Short Walk From Brooklyn, if You Run. The event took place at 320 West 37 Street in Manhattan. Among the history making musicos attending were Hayden Wayne and Marlowe B. West, who toured with the Glam Rock legend Jobriath.

Brandt has vivid and compelling stories about his journey from working class Brooklyn to William Morris where he headed the music division and represented Sam Cooke, The Beach Boys, Sonny & Cher, The Rolling Stones, Muhammad Ali, Chubby Checker, discovered Carly Simon and brought the Rolling Stones to the United States. He also managed the career of Jobriath, the world's first openly gay rock star.

Contemporaneous with his management work, Brandt also opened, owned, and managed major music venues such as The Electric Circus (1967), the The Ritz, The Palladium and Spo-Dee-O-Dee, a Blues Club. In 1970 he left the Electric Circus and moved to Los Angeles. Where Brandt opened the Paradise Ballroom with Legendary Financier Bernie Cornfeld. In 1992, Brandt opened the Italian restaurant "Italica" at 220 East 46th St. with Ron Delsener, Robin Leach, and Bob Krasnow.

Images from the launch of Jerry Brandt's memoir, It's a Short Walk From Brooklyn, if You Run. The event took place at 320 West 37 Street in Manhattan. Among the history making musicos attending were Hayden Wayne and Marlowe B. West, who toured with the Glam Rock legend Jobriath.

Brandt has vivid and compelling stories about his journey from working class Brooklyn to William Morris where he headed the music division and represented Sam Cooke, The Beach Boys, Sonny & Cher, The Rolling Stones, Muhammad Ali, Chubby Checker, discovered Carly Simon and brought the Rolling Stones to the United States. He also managed the career of Jobriath, the world's first openly gay rock star.

Contemporaneous with his management work, Brandt also opened, owned, and managed major music venues such as The Electric Circus (1967), the The Ritz, The Palladium and Spo-Dee-O-Dee, a Blues Club. In 1970 he left the Electric Circus and moved to Los Angeles. Where Brandt opened the Paradise Ballroom with Legendary Financier Bernie Cornfeld. In 1992, Brandt opened the Italian restaurant "Italica" at 220 East 46th St. with Ron Delsener, Robin Leach, and Bob Krasnow.

Images from the launch of Jerry Brandt's memoir, It's a Short Walk From Brooklyn, if You Run. The event took place at 320 West 37 Street in Manhattan. Among the history making musicos attending were Hayden Wayne and Marlowe B. West, who toured with the Glam Rock legend Jobriath.

Brandt has vivid and compelling stories about his journey from working class Brooklyn to William Morris where he headed the music division and represented Sam Cooke, The Beach Boys, Sonny & Cher, The Rolling Stones, Muhammad Ali, Chubby Checker, discovered Carly Simon and brought the Rolling Stones to the United States. He also managed the career of Jobriath, the world's first openly gay rock star.

Contemporaneous with his management work, Brandt also opened, owned, and managed major music venues such as The Electric Circus (1967), the The Ritz, The Palladium and Spo-Dee-O-Dee, a Blues Club. In 1970 he left the Electric Circus and moved to Los Angeles. Where Brandt opened the Paradise Ballroom with Legendary Financier Bernie Cornfeld. In 1992, Brandt opened the Italian restaurant "Italica" at 220 East 46th St. with Ron Delsener, Robin Leach, and Bob Krasnow.

IImages from the launch of Jerry Brandt's memoir, It's a Short Walk From Brooklyn, if You Run. The event took place at 320 West 37 Street in Manhattan. Among the history making musicos attending were Hayden Wayne and Marlowe B. West, who toured with the Glam Rock legend Jobriath.

Brandt has vivid and compelling stories about his journey from working class Brooklyn to William Morris where he headed the music division and represented Sam Cooke, The Beach Boys, Sonny & Cher, The Rolling Stones, Muhammad Ali, Chubby Checker, discovered Carly Simon and brought the Rolling Stones to the United States. He also managed the career of Jobriath, the world's first openly gay rock star.

Contemporaneous with his management work, Brandt also opened, owned, and managed major music venues such as The Electric Circus (1967), the The Ritz, The Palladium and Spo-Dee-O-Dee, a Blues Club. In 1970 he left the Electric Circus and moved to Los Angeles. Where Brandt opened the Paradise Ballroom with Legendary Financier Bernie Cornfeld. In 1992, Brandt opened the Italian restaurant "Italica" at 220 East 46th St. with Ron Delsener, Robin Leach, and Bob Krasnow.

Images from the launch of Jerry Brandt's memoir, It's a Short Walk From Brooklyn, if You Run. The event took place at 320 West 37 Street in Manhattan. Among the history making musicos attending were Hayden Wayne and Marlowe B. West, who toured with the Glam Rock legend Jobriath.

Brandt has vivid and compelling stories about his journey from working class Brooklyn to William Morris where he headed the music division and represented Sam Cooke, The Beach Boys, Sonny & Cher, The Rolling Stones, Muhammad Ali, Chubby Checker, discovered Carly Simon and brought the Rolling Stones to the United States. He also managed the career of Jobriath, the world's first openly gay rock star.

Contemporaneous with his management work, Brandt also opened, owned, and managed major music venues such as The Electric Circus (1967), the The Ritz, The Palladium and Spo-Dee-O-Dee, a Blues Club. In 1970 he left the Electric Circus and moved to Los Angeles. Where Brandt opened the Paradise Ballroom with Legendary Financier Bernie Cornfeld. In 1992, Brandt opened the Italian restaurant "Italica" at 220 East 46th St. with Ron Delsener, Robin Leach, and Bob Krasnow.

1959, Los Angeles, California, USA --- Sam Cooke Recording at RCA Studios --- Image by © Michael Ochs Archives/Corbis

Sissy Houston.

Images from the launch of Jerry Brandt's memoir, It's a Short Walk From Brooklyn, if You Run. The event took place at 320 West 37 Street in Manhattan. Among the history making musicos attending were Hayden Wayne and Marlowe B. West, who toured with the Glam Rock legend Jobriath.

Brandt has vivid and compelling stories about his journey from working class Brooklyn to William Morris where he headed the music division and represented Sam Cooke, The Beach Boys, Sonny & Cher, The Rolling Stones, Muhammad Ali, Chubby Checker, discovered Carly Simon and brought the Rolling Stones to the United States. He also managed the career of Jobriath, the world's first openly gay rock star.

Contemporaneous with his management work, Brandt also opened, owned, and managed major music venues such as The Electric Circus (1967), the The Ritz, The Palladium and Spo-Dee-O-Dee, a Blues Club. In 1970 he left the Electric Circus and moved to Los Angeles. Where Brandt opened the Paradise Ballroom with Legendary Financier Bernie Cornfeld. In 1992, Brandt opened the Italian restaurant "Italica" at 220 East 46th St. with Ron Delsener, Robin Leach, and Bob Krasnow.

Images from the launch of Jerry Brandt's memoir, It's a Short Walk From Brooklyn, if You Run. The event took place at 320 West 37 Street in Manhattan. Among the history making musicos attending were Hayden Wayne and Marlowe B. West, who toured with the Glam Rock legend Jobriath.

Brandt has vivid and compelling stories about his journey from working class Brooklyn to William Morris where he headed the music division and represented Sam Cooke, The Beach Boys, Sonny & Cher, The Rolling Stones, Muhammad Ali, Chubby Checker, discovered Carly Simon and brought the Rolling Stones to the United States. He also managed the career of Jobriath, the world's first openly gay rock star.

Contemporaneous with his management work, Brandt also opened, owned, and managed major music venues such as The Electric Circus (1967), the The Ritz, The Palladium and Spo-Dee-O-Dee, a Blues Club. In 1970 he left the Electric Circus and moved to Los Angeles. Where Brandt opened the Paradise Ballroom with Legendary Financier Bernie Cornfeld. In 1992, Brandt opened the Italian restaurant "Italica" at 220 East 46th St. with Ron Delsener, Robin Leach, and Bob Krasnow.

Images from the launch of Jerry Brandt's memoir, It's a Short Walk From Brooklyn, if You Run. The event took place at 320 West 37 Street in Manhattan. Among the history making musicos attending were Hayden Wayne and Marlowe B. West, who toured with the Glam Rock legend Jobriath.

Brandt has vivid and compelling stories about his journey from working class Brooklyn to William Morris where he headed the music division and represented Sam Cooke, The Beach Boys, Sonny & Cher, The Rolling Stones, Muhammad Ali, Chubby Checker, discovered Carly Simon and brought the Rolling Stones to the United States. He also managed the career of Jobriath, the world's first openly gay rock star.

Contemporaneous with his management work, Brandt also opened, owned, and managed major music venues such as The Electric Circus (1967), the The Ritz, The Palladium and Spo-Dee-O-Dee, a Blues Club. In 1970 he left the Electric Circus and moved to Los Angeles. Where Brandt opened the Paradise Ballroom with Legendary Financier Bernie Cornfeld. In 1992, Brandt opened the Italian restaurant "Italica" at 220 East 46th St. with Ron Delsener, Robin Leach, and Bob Krasnow.

Images from the launch of Jerry Brandt's memoir, It's a Short Walk From Brooklyn, if You Run. The event took place at 320 West 37 Street in Manhattan. Among the history making musicos attending were Hayden Wayne and Marlowe B. West, who toured with the Glam Rock legend Jobriath.

Brandt has vivid and compelling stories about his journey from working class Brooklyn to William Morris where he headed the music division and represented Sam Cooke, The Beach Boys, Sonny & Cher, The Rolling Stones, Muhammad Ali, Chubby Checker, discovered Carly Simon and brought the Rolling Stones to the United States. He also managed the career of Jobriath, the world's first openly gay rock star.

Contemporaneous with his management work, Brandt also opened, owned, and managed major music venues such as The Electric Circus (1967), the The Ritz, The Palladium and Spo-Dee-O-Dee, a Blues Club. In 1970 he left the Electric Circus and moved to Los Angeles. Where Brandt opened the Paradise Ballroom with Legendary Financier Bernie Cornfeld. In 1992, Brandt opened the Italian restaurant "Italica" at 220 East 46th St. with Ron Delsener, Robin Leach, and Bob Krasnow.

Images from the launch of Jerry Brandt's memoir, It's a Short Walk From Brooklyn, if You Run. The event took place at 320 West 37 Street in Manhattan. Among the history making musicos attending were Hayden Wayne and Marlowe B. West, who toured with the Glam Rock legend Jobriath.

Brandt has vivid and compelling stories about his journey from working class Brooklyn to William Morris where he headed the music division and represented Sam Cooke, The Beach Boys, Sonny & Cher, The Rolling Stones, Muhammad Ali, Chubby Checker, discovered Carly Simon and brought the Rolling Stones to the United States. He also managed the career of Jobriath, the world's first openly gay rock star.

Contemporaneous with his management work, Brandt also opened, owned, and managed major music venues such as The Electric Circus (1967), the The Ritz, The Palladium and Spo-Dee-O-Dee, a Blues Club. In 1970 he left the Electric Circus and moved to Los Angeles. Where Brandt opened the Paradise Ballroom with Legendary Financier Bernie Cornfeld. In 1992, Brandt opened the Italian restaurant "Italica" at 220 East 46th St. with Ron Delsener, Robin Leach, and Bob Krasnow.

Images from the launch of Jerry Brandt's memoir, It's a Short Walk From Brooklyn, if You Run. The event took place at 320 West 37 Street in Manhattan. Among the history making musicos attending were Hayden Wayne and Marlowe B. West, who toured with the Glam Rock legend Jobriath.

Brandt has vivid and compelling stories about his journey from working class Brooklyn to William Morris where he headed the music division and represented Sam Cooke, The Beach Boys, Sonny & Cher, The Rolling Stones, Muhammad Ali, Chubby Checker, discovered Carly Simon and brought the Rolling Stones to the United States. He also managed the career of Jobriath, the world's first openly gay rock star.

Contemporaneous with his management work, Brandt also opened, owned, and managed major music venues such as The Electric Circus (1967), the The Ritz, The Palladium and Spo-Dee-O-Dee, a Blues Club. In 1970 he left the Electric Circus and moved to Los Angeles. Where Brandt opened the Paradise Ballroom with Legendary Financier Bernie Cornfeld. In 1992, Brandt opened the Italian restaurant "Italica" at 220 East 46th St. with Ron Delsener, Robin Leach, and Bob Krasnow.

IImages from the launch of Jerry Brandt's memoir, It's a Short Walk From Brooklyn, if You Run. The event took place at 320 West 37 Street in Manhattan. Among the history making musicos attending were Hayden Wayne and Marlowe B. West, who toured with the Glam Rock legend Jobriath.

Brandt has vivid and compelling stories about his journey from working class Brooklyn to William Morris where he headed the music division and represented Sam Cooke, The Beach Boys, Sonny & Cher, The Rolling Stones, Muhammad Ali, Chubby Checker, discovered Carly Simon and brought the Rolling Stones to the United States. He also managed the career of Jobriath, the world's first openly gay rock star.

Contemporaneous with his management work, Brandt also opened, owned, and managed major music venues such as The Electric Circus (1967), the The Ritz, The Palladium and Spo-Dee-O-Dee, a Blues Club. In 1970 he left the Electric Circus and moved to Los Angeles. Where Brandt opened the Paradise Ballroom with Legendary Financier Bernie Cornfeld. In 1992, Brandt opened the Italian restaurant "Italica" at 220 East 46th St. with Ron Delsener, Robin Leach, and Bob Krasnow.

Images from the launch of Jerry Brandt's memoir, It's a Short Walk From Brooklyn, if You Run. The event took place at 320 West 37 Street in Manhattan. Among the history making musicos attending were Hayden Wayne and Marlowe B. West, who toured with the Glam Rock legend Jobriath.

Brandt has vivid and compelling stories about his journey from working class Brooklyn to William Morris where he headed the music division and represented Sam Cooke, The Beach Boys, Sonny & Cher, The Rolling Stones, Muhammad Ali, Chubby Checker, discovered Carly Simon and brought the Rolling Stones to the United States. He also managed the career of Jobriath, the world's first openly gay rock star.

Contemporaneous with his management work, Brandt also opened, owned, and managed major music venues such as The Electric Circus (1967), the The Ritz, The Palladium and Spo-Dee-O-Dee, a Blues Club. In 1970 he left the Electric Circus and moved to Los Angeles. Where Brandt opened the Paradise Ballroom with Legendary Financier Bernie Cornfeld. In 1992, Brandt opened the Italian restaurant "Italica" at 220 East 46th St. with Ron Delsener, Robin Leach, and Bob Krasnow.

Images from the launch of Jerry Brandt's memoir, It's a Short Walk From Brooklyn, if You Run. The event took place at 320 West 37 Street in Manhattan. Among the history making musicos attending were Hayden Wayne and Marlowe B. West, who toured with the Glam Rock legend Jobriath.

Brandt has vivid and compelling stories about his journey from working class Brooklyn to William Morris where he headed the music division and represented Sam Cooke, The Beach Boys, Sonny & Cher, The Rolling Stones, Muhammad Ali, Chubby Checker, discovered Carly Simon and brought the Rolling Stones to the United States. He also managed the career of Jobriath, the world's first openly gay rock star.

Contemporaneous with his management work, Brandt also opened, owned, and managed major music venues such as The Electric Circus (1967), the The Ritz, The Palladium and Spo-Dee-O-Dee, a Blues Club. In 1970 he left the Electric Circus and moved to Los Angeles. Where Brandt opened the Paradise Ballroom with Legendary Financier Bernie Cornfeld. In 1992, Brandt opened the Italian restaurant "Italica" at 220 East 46th St. with Ron Delsener, Robin Leach, and Bob Krasnow.

Images from the launch of Jerry Brandt's memoir, It's a Short Walk From Brooklyn, if You Run. The event took place at 320 West 37 Street in Manhattan. Among the history making musicos attending were Hayden Wayne and Marlowe B. West, who toured with the Glam Rock legend Jobriath.

Brandt has vivid and compelling stories about his journey from working class Brooklyn to William Morris where he headed the music division and represented Sam Cooke, The Beach Boys, Sonny & Cher, The Rolling Stones, Muhammad Ali, Chubby Checker, discovered Carly Simon and brought the Rolling Stones to the United States. He also managed the career of Jobriath, the world's first openly gay rock star.

Contemporaneous with his management work, Brandt also opened, owned, and managed major music venues such as The Electric Circus (1967), the The Ritz, The Palladium and Spo-Dee-O-Dee, a Blues Club. In 1970 he left the Electric Circus and moved to Los Angeles. Where Brandt opened the Paradise Ballroom with Legendary Financier Bernie Cornfeld. In 1992, Brandt opened the Italian restaurant "Italica" at 220 East 46th St. with Ron Delsener, Robin Leach, and Bob Krasnow.

Dr. Louis Rawls, father of singer Lou Rawls, organized the church at 4130 S. Indiana Ave. It was the site of the funeral for Sam Cooke, who had been killed in Los Angeles the week before, on Dec. 17, 1964. Some 15,000 persons tried to attend; only 5,000 were allowed in. NOTE: An August 2023 photograph by Eric Allix Rogers shows the doors of the section to the south to be boarded up.

Images from the launch of Jerry Brandt's memoir, It's a Short Walk From Brooklyn, if You Run. The event took place at 320 West 37 Street in Manhattan. Among the history making musicos attending were Hayden Wayne and Marlowe B. West, who toured with the Glam Rock legend Jobriath.

Brandt has vivid and compelling stories about his journey from working class Brooklyn to William Morris where he headed the music division and represented Sam Cooke, The Beach Boys, Sonny & Cher, The Rolling Stones, Muhammad Ali, Chubby Checker, discovered Carly Simon and brought the Rolling Stones to the United States. He also managed the career of Jobriath, the world's first openly gay rock star.

Contemporaneous with his management work, Brandt also opened, owned, and managed major music venues such as The Electric Circus (1967), the The Ritz, The Palladium and Spo-Dee-O-Dee, a Blues Club. In 1970 he left the Electric Circus and moved to Los Angeles. Where Brandt opened the Paradise Ballroom with Legendary Financier Bernie Cornfeld. In 1992, Brandt opened the Italian restaurant "Italica" at 220 East 46th St. with Ron Delsener, Robin Leach, and Bob Krasnow.

Images from the launch of Jerry Brandt's memoir, It's a Short Walk From Brooklyn, if You Run. The event took place at 320 West 37 Street in Manhattan. Among the history making musicos attending were Hayden Wayne and Marlowe B. West, who toured with the Glam Rock legend Jobriath.

Brandt has vivid and compelling stories about his journey from working class Brooklyn to William Morris where he headed the music division and represented Sam Cooke, The Beach Boys, Sonny & Cher, The Rolling Stones, Muhammad Ali, Chubby Checker, discovered Carly Simon and brought the Rolling Stones to the United States. He also managed the career of Jobriath, the world's first openly gay rock star.

Contemporaneous with his management work, Brandt also opened, owned, and managed major music venues such as The Electric Circus (1967), the The Ritz, The Palladium and Spo-Dee-O-Dee, a Blues Club. In 1970 he left the Electric Circus and moved to Los Angeles. Where Brandt opened the Paradise Ballroom with Legendary Financier Bernie Cornfeld. In 1992, Brandt opened the Italian restaurant "Italica" at 220 East 46th St. with Ron Delsener, Robin Leach, and Bob Krasnow.

Images from the launch of Jerry Brandt's memoir, It's a Short Walk From Brooklyn, if You Run. The event took place at 320 West 37 Street in Manhattan. Among the history making musicos attending were Hayden Wayne and Marlowe B. West, who toured with the Glam Rock legend Jobriath.

Brandt has vivid and compelling stories about his journey from working class Brooklyn to William Morris where he headed the music division and represented Sam Cooke, The Beach Boys, Sonny & Cher, The Rolling Stones, Muhammad Ali, Chubby Checker, discovered Carly Simon and brought the Rolling Stones to the United States. He also managed the career of Jobriath, the world's first openly gay rock star.

Contemporaneous with his management work, Brandt also opened, owned, and managed major music venues such as The Electric Circus (1967), the The Ritz, The Palladium and Spo-Dee-O-Dee, a Blues Club. In 1970 he left the Electric Circus and moved to Los Angeles. Where Brandt opened the Paradise Ballroom with Legendary Financier Bernie Cornfeld. In 1992, Brandt opened the Italian restaurant Italica at 220 East 46th St. with Ron Delsener, Robin Leach, and Bob Krasnow.

Images from the launch of Jerry Brandt's memoir, It's a Short Walk From Brooklyn, if You Run. The event took place at 320 West 37 Street in Manhattan. Among the history making musicos attending were Hayden Wayne and Marlowe B. West, who toured with the Glam Rock legend Jobriath.

Brandt has vivid and compelling stories about his journey from working class Brooklyn to William Morris where he headed the music division and represented Sam Cooke, The Beach Boys, Sonny & Cher, The Rolling Stones, Muhammad Ali, Chubby Checker, discovered Carly Simon and brought the Rolling Stones to the United States. He also managed the career of Jobriath, the world's first openly gay rock star.

Contemporaneous with his management work, Brandt also opened, owned, and managed major music venues such as The Electric Circus (1967), the The Ritz, The Palladium and Spo-Dee-O-Dee, a Blues Club. In 1970 he left the Electric Circus and moved to Los Angeles. Where Brandt opened the Paradise Ballroom with Legendary Financier Bernie Cornfeld. In 1992, Brandt opened the Italian restaurant "Italica" at 220 East 46th St. with Ron Delsener, Robin Leach, and Bob Krasnow.

DJing at Soul Skool tonight.

Images from the launch of Jerry Brandt's memoir, It's a Short Walk From Brooklyn, if You Run. The event took place at 320 West 37 Street in Manhattan. Among the history making musicos attending were Hayden Wayne and Marlowe B. West, who toured with the Glam Rock legend Jobriath.

Brandt has vivid and compelling stories about his journey from working class Brooklyn to William Morris where he headed the music division and represented Sam Cooke, The Beach Boys, Sonny & Cher, The Rolling Stones, Muhammad Ali, Chubby Checker, discovered Carly Simon and brought the Rolling Stones to the United States. He also managed the career of Jobriath, the world's first openly gay rock star.

Contemporaneous with his management work, Brandt also opened, owned, and managed major music venues such as The Electric Circus (1967), the The Ritz, The Palladium and Spo-Dee-O-Dee, a Blues Club. In 1970 he left the Electric Circus and moved to Los Angeles. Where Brandt opened the Paradise Ballroom with Legendary Financier Bernie Cornfeld. In 1992, Brandt opened the Italian restaurant "Italica" at 220 East 46th St. with Ron Delsener, Robin Leach, and Bob Krasnow.

This new Sam Cooke marker was erected at the start of the 2009 Sunflower River Blues and Gospel Festival. Other famous entertainers from Clarksdale include Ike Turner, Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Son House, Tennessee Williams, soul music songwriter Mack Rice ("Mustang Sally," "Respect Yourself"), and Morgan Freeman. Also, the father of the blues, W. C. Handy, lived in Clarksdale when he led a local band for a few years, and "Empress of the Blues" Bessie Smith died there.