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Richard Foos has been in the entertainment business for over thirty-five years starting with a small record store named Rhino Records, and eventually growing it into an audio label with well over one hundred million dollars in annual revenue.
Rhino started as a record shop on Westwood Boulevard, Los Angeles, in 1973, run by Richard Foos, and became a record distributor five years later [ 3] thanks to the effort of then-store manager Harold Bronson. Their early releases were mostly novelty records (such as their first single, in 1975, Wild Man Fischer 's "Go to Rhino Records").
Jan 1, 2004 · Factory cofounder Richard Foos. Staffers in Hawaiian shirts murmur into headsets, and Mimi, an elderly pit mix, wanders through the suite in search of a back scratch.
- Bobbi Murray
Feb 10, 2024 · Rhino Records was not fast enough to get him back, and he was eventually signed to another record company. Even though he works within the entertainment industry, he has some complicated...
Jul 25, 2004 · It was founded by Richard Foos, an ex-Philadelphian who moved west and reportedly started selling blues records the old-fashioned way, that is, out of the trunk of his car and later out of bins in the back of an electronics store, much like the startup entrepreneurs of the 1940s.
Retropolis Entertainment was founded in April 2002 by Bob Emmer, Garson Foos, and Richard Foos, three principals from Rhino Records, [3] as the company was negotiating with the five majors for distribution.
Foos founded a small, novelty record store called Rhino Records that eventually grew into an iconic record label, later sold to Time Warner. He is credited for helping start a reissue boom in the United States for music, television and feature films.
