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Record Industry Faces Grand Jury Scrutiny Over Payola Ties
New York AP reports a federal grand jury and district attorney offices in Manhattan and Los Angeles are examining payola and drugs in the music business. Columbia Records figures and CBS face probes. Clive Davis is fired. Wynshaw and Davis are named in connections to alleged payoffs and organized crime influence.
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New York
Manhattan
Los Angeles
Herb Helman
RCA Records
David Wynshaw
Columbia Records
Columbia
Wynshaw
Columbia Broadcasting System
CBS
Clive J. Davis
Underworld Music World Connection
Newark
Pasquale Falconio
Sylvester
Sly’’ Stone
Sly and the Family Stone
Falconio
Falcone
Justice Department
Genovese
Davis