Phil Kahl

American record label, owner, producer, manager, and talent scout. Born 10 October 1916, Poland Died 13 March 2000, Boca Raton, Florida. He was married to singer/actress Shaye Cogan. Phil joined Santly-Joy Music in 1944, and managed Disney's east coast music publishing before forming a music publishing combine (Planetary, Kahl, and Patricia Music) in 1954 with club-owner Morris Levy. He began publishing firm Picturetone Music Publishing Corp. with Wes Farrell in 1963. In addition to publishing, it also did production and talent management. He owned and operated Diamond Records Inc with his brother, Joe Kolsky. Phil and Joe also helped co-found Roulette Records. Phil produced many of the artists on his label and also served as the A&R man. Their most successful artistic find for the label was Ronnie Dove.