Before Davido performed ‘Assurance’ in Eddie Murphy’s ‘Coming 2 America’ in 2021, 41 years earlier, KSA wrote his name in Hollywood history as the first Nigerian musician to feature in three major films.
Depending on how long you ve lived in San Francisco, and by extension, how long you ve been reading the Bay Area Reporter, the name Howie Klein may be familiar to you. Klein, who wrote about music for the BAR 40 or so years ago, was a radio DJ who co-founded the legendary 415 Records label. 415 was home to important San Francisco bands including Romeo Void, Wire Train, Translator, The Nuns, Pop-O-Pies, and Pearl Harbor and the Explosions, to name a few.
In Los Angeles, Klein went on to work for major label conglomerate Warner Brothers/Reprise/Sire where he supervised artists including Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Depeche Mode, The Pretenders, The Smiths, Talking Heads, Green Day and others.