Hesh Rabkin
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Contest:
2023 Fictitious Rock and Roll Contributors -- Round 1
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One of the greatest shows of all-time is The Sopranos, a look at an Italian-American mafia family. The series had a lot of well-developed minor characters, one of which was Hesh Rabkin, a Jewish loan shark who occasionally acts as an advisor to Tony Soprano. Hesh made his initial fortune by signing young black artists and installing himself as a co-writer on many of their songs. It was unscrupulous, but certainly very common in the '50s and '60s, but he does know what a hit sounds like, as we saw in the Master Genius episode.
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TV Show/Movie Appeared:
The Sopranos (1999-2007)
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Actor/Actress:
Jerry Adler
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Position Portrayed:
Former Record Label owner
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Why you should vote::
Tony Soprano looked up to him. How many people can say that?
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Why you should not vote::
He made his fortune on the backs of talented African-Americans.
