Madonna (Madonna album) the single. He took her to his boss Chris Blackwell, who owned Island Records, but Blackwell refused to sign Madonna so they approached Sire Records. Michael Rosenblatt, who worked in the artists and repertoire department of Sire, offered Madonna $5,000 in advance, plus $1,000 in royalties, for each song she wrote. Madonna was ultimately signed for two 12" singles by the President of Sire, Seymour Stein, who was impressed by her singing, after listening to "Everybody" at a hospital in Lenox Hill where he was admitted. The 12" version of "Everybody" was produced by Mark Kamins at Blank Tapes Studios
William Holly William Holly William Holly is the president and founder of Patton Real Estate which is a commercial real estate firm headquartered in Coral Gables, Florida. Holly has earned many awards and recognition in the commercial real estate business including the 'Entrepreneur of the Year Award' by the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce (GMCC) in 2007. William Holly was born on October 7, 1968, in Coral Gables, Florida. His father John Hayes Holly, Jr. was an ophthalmologist in Miami and graduated from the University of Miami, School of Medicine, and his mother, Herta Deichmann Holly was an attorney who graduated from