A memorial service has been held at the Sunset Strip rock venue The Rainbow in honour of its former manager, the US record label veteran Jerry Mangolas, who died at his LA home last month aged 57.
Mangolas began his record label career in the Casablanca Records mail room, before working his way up the hierarchy there to become PA to label boss Neil Bogart. When Bogart later set up Boardwalk Records he appointed Mangolas as his right hand man. After Bogart's death in 1982, Mangolas took his skills to Arista, where he worked as a Director Of Operations for some 19 years. When Arista closed its West Coast office Mangolas turned his hobby - the aforementioned The Rainbow Bar - into his job becoming manager of the rock joint.
Paying tribute to Magnolas, one of his closest friends, Carlos Cavazo, guitarist with Quiet Riot, told reporters: "He will truly be missed. He was good friends with everybody in the industry. He was such a gentleman and so cordial".