Jerry Moss Jerry Moss Jerome S. "Jerry" Moss (born May 8, 1935) is an American recording executive, best known for being the co-founder of A&M Records, along with trumpeter and bandleader Herb Alpert. After graduating with a degree in English from Brooklyn College and a stint in the Army, Moss began his music career by promoting "16 Candles", a hit for the Crests on Coed Records. In 1960 he moved to California where he teamed up with Alpert, forming Carnival Records in 1962 and running the company from an office in Alpert's garage. Discovering that the name was already taken, they dubbed
Toast Hawaii (record label) but since there has been no news about the status of this band, the label is now close to ceasing activities. Toast Hawaii (record label) Toast Hawaii is an English record label founded by Depeche Mode's Andy Fletcher and named after his reported fondness for the sandwich. The label is independent, but its North American releases are distributed by Mute Records. The first signed artist on this label was Client. Client however left the label in October 2006. Although there were many factors, the most accepted one was that Andy Fletcher was touring for the better part of 2005 and