Allen Schwalb started his music career as the lead singer in a number of rock n' roll singing groups, including the the group which went on to become Jay & the Americans, and also the Tokens and the Crests. Jay & the Americans had a number of top 10 hits, such as Only in America, She Cried, This Magic Moment, Cara Mia, and Come a Little Bit Closer (Bad Man Jose). The Crests had number one hits such as Sixteen Candles and The Tokens had a number one hit song, The Lion Sleeps Tonight.
Allen was one of the many rock n' roll singers and song writers that worked in the famous Brill Building in New York City, where hundreds of rock n' roll hit songs were written and produced by such prolific songwriters as Carol King, Neil Sedaka, Barry Mann and Neil Diamond. He was also an Elvis Presley impersonator.
Mr. Schwalb, enamored with the music industry, went on to become a financier of well known record labels, singing groups and individual singer/performers. The record labels and successful recording artists and hit songs which Allen did financing for, included Arista Records headed up by the legendary Clive Davis, which recored singers such as Barry Manilow and Dionne Warwick, Buddha Records which had singers such as Melanie, and Casablanca Records. which which had singers and groups such as Kiss, Donna Summer, The Village People, Parliament Funkadelic and Jennifer Warnes (It's the Right Time of the Night).
Mr. Allen Schwalb then helped finance three (3) musical Broadway shows, including the smash hit "Annie, starring Andrea McArdle and Bernadette Peters. He also assisted in financing the musical Broadway show "The First", the life story of the great baseball player Jackie Robinson, starring, and launching the careers of David Alan Greer and Lonette McKee, and another Broadway show "A Day in Hollywood, a Night in the Ukraine, a show about the famous Marx brothers.
Mr. Schwalb went on to finance sound tracks for major motion[pictures, such as The Deep, starring Jacqueline Bisset, which introduced him to the major motion picture financing business. Over the next decade, he became one of the largest financiers of major motion pictures in the United States.
Allen financed a number of musical films, which garnered a number of Academy Award nominations. In one year, 1986, four (4) of the five (5) films nominated for Best Musical Score, were all financed by Mr. Schwalb. They included "Little Shop of Horrors" (also a Broadway show), "Under the Cherry Moon" (starring Prince and Sheila E), The Mission" (starring Robert De Niro) and "Round Midnight" (music by Quincy Jones). "Round Midnight, starring Dexter Gordon and Charlie Walker, both famous jazz musicians, won the Academy Award.
Other musical films financed by Mr. Schwalb, include ,"Krush Groove", the first ever rap-hip hop movie, which introduced the world to Run DMC, The Fat Boys, LL Cool J, Kurtis Blow and Sheila E., all of which are now big rap-hip hop stars. Allen also financed "True Stories." starring David Byrne and the Talking Heads, and through his association with the Broadway show, the movie "Annie. He also financed a number of films that had great soundtracks, such as "Roadhouse", with songs sung by Bob Dylan, Bob Seeger, Otis Redding, Patrick Swayze and music by the Jeff Healy Band. Then also there were the theme songs from the Superman, Rocky and James Bond films he financed. . Mr.. Schwalb represents artists and has over 30 years of experience in the music industry.
Allen J. Schwalb
Founder and President:
Star Partners International,
Star Sports and Entertainment,
Professional Sports Investments,
and Modern Women Inc.
Financier and Advisor:
Cheyenne Mountain Entertainment
Sports Museum of America
Arena Racing USA
United National Gridiron League
Other Schwalb Websites:
Allen J. Schwalb.
Modern Women Inc.
Professional Sports Investments Inc.
Websites:
Italy BOYS 3D Movie
Sports Museum of America
Arena Racing USA
EAWC-Lifetime Honorary President
EAWC-Executive Board of Directors
Financier for Over 60 Major
Motion Picture Studio Films:
Mr. Schwalb, with his wholly owned company Star Partners, has provided hundreds of millions of dollars for
more than 60 films, including:
Two (2) James Bond Films:
• Never Say Never Again*
• License to Kill
• Rain Man
• Moonstruck
• A Fish Called Wanda
• Thelma and Louise
• Overboard
Three (3) Clint Eastwood Films:
• Sudden Impact
• Tightrope
• Heartbreak Ridge
• The Right Stuff
• The Color Purple
• The Killing Fields
• The Mission
• The Mosquito Coas
Three (3) Superman Films:
• Superman II
• Superman III
• Superman IV
• Rocky V
• Poltergeist III
• Road House
• The Russia House
• Oh God! You Devil
• Little Shop of Horrors
• Spies Like Us
These films are only 25 of the
more
than 60 films financed
by Mr. Schwalb.
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