Tom Cossie
A.K.A Tom Surman

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Behind the glitter of the stage lights, the music business was chaos-equal parts brilliance, madness, and cutthroat deals. Tom was there for it all. At RCA Records, he promoted Elvis Presley, David Bowie, Lou Reed, and Harry Nilsson. Later, he co-founded labels, signed hitmakers like Chic, and revived publishing catalogs still thriving today.

In Music Business Stories – Book One (1965-1985), Tom reveals the untold truth: Stories about a special Tiffany Christmas gift, a national TV broadcast on reported corruption and Payola in the music business using Led Zeppelin and David Bowie as the lead. Also, road trips stories gone off the rails, as well as some comical moments.

About Tom

Over the course of five decades, Tom developed a career encompassing a broad range of roles within the music industry. Subsequently, he dedicated fifteen years to the healthcare sector, applying the same level of discipline that he had previously brought to his work with artists and records. He frequently noted the egotistic parallels between the self-assured behaviors exhibited by physicians and those of rock stars

” With the confidence of a seasoned performer, Harry quipped, “I was on vacation in South Africa, and a friend of mine handed me a brown paper bag loaded with these industrial diamonds and told me not to tell anyone where I got them or who gave them to me.”

Harry Nilsson…
At a press interview in Boston

Tom Cossie
A.K.A Tom Surman

  • AUTHOR
  • PROMOTER
  • BIOGRAPHER
  • EDITOR

Behind the glitter of the stage lights, the music business was chaos-equal parts brilliance, madness, and cutthroat deals. Tom was there for it all. At RCA Records, he promoted Elvis Presley, David Bowie, Lou Reed, and Harry Nilsson. Later, he co-founded labels, signed hitmakers like Chic, and revived publishing catalogs still thriving today.

In Music Business Stories – Book One (1965-1985), Tom reveals the untold truth: Stories about a special Tiffany Christmas gift, a national TV broadcast on reported corruption and Payola in the music business using Led Zepplin and David Bowie as the lead. Also, road trips stories gone off the rails, as well as some comical moments.

About Tom

Over the course of five decades, Tom developed a career encompassing a broad range of roles within the music industry. Subsequently, he dedicated fifteen years to the healthcare sector, applying the same level of discipline that he had previously brought to his work with artists and records. He frequently noted the egotistic parallels between the self-assured behaviors exhibited by physicians and those of rock stars

” With the confidence of a seasoned performer, Harry quipped, “I was on vacation in South Africa, and a friend of mine handed me a brown paper bag loaded with these industrial diamonds and told me not to tell anyone where I got them or who gave them to me.”

Harry Nilsson…
At a press interview in Boston

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