Being a whole-hawg Do Wop enthusiast from way back, my all time Sopranos episode is when an A-list rapper threatens to sue Hesh for unpaid royalties to the relative of the writer/singer of a 50's R&B hit which Hesh signed on as co-creator, which was bs, but was SOP back in the day.

That got me to wondering about the mob and music biz in the 50's. I've seen enough bio-flix to know they were there big time, but exactly how they got in and how it worked is sketchy.

(Be interesting to know which classics were in fact backed, promoted, produced or appropriated by knuckle-draggers not especially known for their delta tones and a sense of rhythm. :))