Philip Michael Quartararo was an American music industry executive.
20 Facts About Phil Quartararo
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Phil Quartararo was the president and chairman of The Hello Group, and held positions as CEO at Virgin Records, Warner Bros.
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Phil Quartararo spoke out on the fight against music piracy and restoring the value of music.
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Philip Michael Quartararo was born in Brooklyn, New York, on January 7,1956.
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Phil Quartararo attended Chaminade High School in Mineola, New York, where he booked the sockhop bands.
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Phil Quartararo attended Syracuse University where his college roommates were John Sykes and Rob Light.
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Phil Quartararo moved on to become a regional promotion manager for RCA Records from 1981 to 1983.
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In 1986, Phil Quartararo was recruited by Richard Branson as part of the team to launch Virgin Records America, along with executives Jordan Harris and Jeff Ayeroff.
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Phil Quartararo is credited with the marketing blitz that launched the Spice Girls in the US, the success of which brought him the attention of Warner Bros.
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In 1997, Phil Quartararo was recruited as president of Warner Bros.
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In 2002, Phil Quartararo was hired to become executive vice-president of EMI Music and president of EMI marketing.
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Phil Quartararo reorganized EMI, shifting its focus from sales and distribution to marketing.
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Phil Quartararo directed the marketing and launch of recordings of Coldplay, Norah Jones, Keith Urban, Blake Shelton, Trace Adkins, RBD, and Beach Boys, as well as marketing the estate catalogs of Frank Sinatra, Beatles, Les Paul, and Dean Martin.
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In late 2007, Phil Quartararo left EMI to work with start-up companies focused on digital music distribution.
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Phil Quartararo was associated with the talent management firm The Collective, and was a principal at the consultancy QP2 Group.
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Phil Quartararo managed Yoshiki, singer-songwriter Brandon Howard, and heavy metal group XJapan.
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Phil Quartararo was executive producer of the eight-hour PBS miniseries The Soundtrack of Our Lives.
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Phil Quartararo served as executive producer of the double Grammy Award-winning album, Les Paul And Friends: A Tribute To A Legend.
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Phil Quartararo died from pancreatic cancer in Los Angeles on November 22,2023, at the age of 67.
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Phil Quartararo was named by Billboard magazine as Music Executive of the Year, and received the NARAS Governors Award.