Bob Buziak, Former President of RCA Records and Sony’s Tristar Music Group, Dies at 83

Bob Buziak, Former President of RCA Records and Sony’s Tristar Music Group, Dies at 83 hakkında magazin dünyasında yaşanan en son ayrıntılar ve sıcak gelişmeler netleşti. Oct 19, 2026 3:06pm PT Bob Buziak, Former President of RCA Records and Sony’s Tristar Music Group, Dies at 83 By Jem Aswad Plus Icon Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music jemaswad Latest Charli xcx Brings Out Chappell Roan for ‘Boom Clap’ at Los Angeles Concert 1 day ago Music Industry Moves: My Chemical Romance Signs With Warner Chappell 3 days ago The Avalanches Create Another Sample-delic Pop Masterpiece With ‘No Bad Memories’: Album Review 3 days ago See All Add us as a Google Preferred Source Comments Bob Buziak, former president of both RCA Records and Sony’s TriStar Music Group, died on October 19, a rep confirms to Variety. No cause of death was announced; he was 83.

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Buziak was best known for reviving RCA’s fortunes in the 1980s with hit albums by Bruce Hornsby, Eurythmics and Love and Rockets, not to mention the blockbuster soundtracks to the “Dirty Dancing” films, which spawned a No. 1 single with Eric Carmen’s “Hungry Eyes” and an Oscar- and Grammy-winner with Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes’ “(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life.” Related Stories BBC Blurs Trans Rights T-Shirt on ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ but Says It’s ‘Standard Practice’ to Cut ‘Overt Branding or Slogans’ Russell T Davies Calls BBC Boss’ AI ‘Doctor Who’ Comment ‘Clumsy’ and Teases Show’s Future: ‘You’ll Start to See Production’ in ‘Summer Next Year’ He left a job at the Ford Motor Company in 1968 to work in the music business, taking on distribution and promotion roles in Detroit and San Francisco before joining Capitol/EMI Records in Los Angeles.

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He held promotion and A&R roles at that label before joining Arista Records, where he thrived as head of West Coast operations and, later, managing director in the U.K. His performance at that label led directly to his being named president of RCA in 1986.

Popular on Variety While there, Buziak’s distribution deals with indie labels like Beggars Banquet (which brought Love and Rockets and others) and Jive helped expand and modernize the label’s roster. He left the label in 1990 to serve as president of Sony’s TriStar Music Group and later founded Chameleon Entertainment as a joint venture with Time Warner.

In 1995, he launched Buziak & Company LLC, which consulted for telecom and cable companies, and played a key role in the sale of Paradigm Music Entertainment to Liberty Media. He was a board member of inVentures a U.K.

investment group and initiated a merger with Redwood Partners a U.S. corporate search firm to create a multi-platform international consulting and venture group.

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