Lawrence Cohn

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His book, "Nothing But The Blues: The Music and the Musicians," received numerous awards. Amongst them, the ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award, BMI-Ralph Gleason Award and the Blues Foundations's "Hall of Fame" designation. He has received numerous awards and citations for his work, including France's "Academie Charles Gross: Grand Prix Du Disque." [1992] He is the recipient of the President's Life Achievement Award, given by his undergraduate alma mater, City College of New York [CUNY]. [2016]; "Living Blues Magazine Awards." [1] Producer of the Year [2] Best Historical Project: Pre-War. [2018].

He has eight Grammy Award nominations and won Grammy Award for Best Historical Album in 1991 for the "Robert Johnson : The Complete Recordings" project. In the same year he also received the W. C. Handy Award for his work on Robert Johnson and was honored with a Special Distinction Award by the Blues Foundation for his "Contribution to the Blues." Moreover, Sony Music provided him with their first President's Award, for his work on Robert Johnson. He was also selected as one of the "100 Most Important People In The Music Business." [BAM, 1991[

Outside his paid employment, he started writing reviews on blues, folk, country and gospel music for the Saturday Review, and wrote liner notes on record releases for a wide range of blues musicians. He also amassed one of the largest collections of blues recordings. After leaving federal employment in 1968, he joined Columbia Records, and was then appointed as Vice-President of Epic Records. One of his responsibilities at CBS was to co-supervise the Country Music Division. He later became head of Playboy Records and Music, and was also COO and minor partner in the short-lived CBS Records-Bob Dylan generated label, "Accomplice Records" (1980-82]). He has continued his career as a producer, writer and critic. He wrote Movietone Presents the Twentieth Century (New York : Saint Martin's Press, 1976) and edited Nothing But The Blues : The Music and the Musicians (New York : Abbeville Press, 1993).

Lawrence Cohn (born 1932) is an American lawyer, record company executive, and blues collector. He is best known as one of the creators of Legacy Recordings, a branch of Sony Music Entertainment and as the originator and producer of the Roots 'N' Blues series.