Phil Kahl

American record label, owner, producer, manager, and talent scout. Born 10 October 1916, Poland Died 13 March 2000, Boca Raton, Florida. He was married to singer/actress Shaye Cogan. Phil joined Santly-Joy Music in 1944, and managed Disney's east coast music publishing before forming a music publishing combine (Planetary, Kahl, and Patricia Music) in 1954 with club-owner Morris Levy. He began publishing firm Picturetone Music Publishing Corp. with [a253385] in 1963. In addition to publishing, it also did production and talent management. He owned and operated Diamond Records Inc with his brother, Joe Kolsky. Phil and Joe also helped co-found Roulette Records. Phil produced many of the artists on his label and also served as the A&R man. Their most successful artistic find for the label was Ronnie Dove.