Larry Uttal

Lawrence "Larry" Uttal (December 2, 1921 – November 28, 1993) was an American music business executive who led the Madison Records, Bell and record labels in the 1960s and 1970s.

He was born in New York City. He joined Bill Buchanan in publishing firm Monument Music in 1955, taking sole control the following year and launching Madison Records soon afterwards. In 1961, he closed the Madison label and took over Bell Records, which had previously largely issued children's records, together with its associated labels Mala and Amy. The labels had success in the early 1960s with records by Joey Powers, Ronny & the Daytonas, Del Shannon and Lee Dorsey, before moving into the soul and R&B market in the late 1960s with distribution deals for such leading producers as Papa Don Schroeder, Allen Toussaint, and Thom Bell. He issued records by rock and pop musicians such as The Box Tops, The 5th Dimension, David Cassidy,The Partridge Family and Tony Orlando, and set up several subsidiary labels including Philly Groove.