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Steve Barri spent over fifty years in the music industry, starting as a songwriter and background singer for Jan and Dean records in the early sixties. He also wrote and/or produced hit records with artists like The Four Tops, The Grass Roots, Tommy Roe, Cher, Aretha Franklin and Liza Minnelli. In this course, he talks about his early years as well as his career as an artist and repertoire executive at ABC/Dunhill, Warner Brothers and Motown Records, bringing us back to the sixties, seventies and eighties through various video clips. We hear the stories behind the signings of artists like The Mamas & the Papas, Three Dog Night, Steppenwolf, Barry McGuire, Jim Croce, Steely Dan, John Sebastian and others. Join this fundraiser for a look back at fifty years in popular music through the lens of one of the music industry’s most successful music makers. Refreshments will be served. The course fee is by donation of any amount to the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Support Fund or the Michael Williams Memorial Scholarship fund between July 28 and November 5. Please make a donation online here, or call Donor Relations at (310)794-2447. Then let us know by email, osher@uclaextension.edu, or phone, 310-206-2693, and tell us whether you will be attending in-person or remotely. If you attach your receipt, you will be enrolled quicker. This course uses the Hybrid format which allows students to participate remotely or in the classroom. This course will be recorded. Students will have access to videos for 30 days.
Open to the public. The course fee is by donation of any amount to the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Support Fund or the Michael Williams Memorial Scholarship fund during the fall 2025 enrollment period, July 28 – November 5. Please make a donation here and send your receipt to osher@uclaextension.edu to be enrolled, and indicate whether you will be attending in-person or remotely. For assistance, call the OLLI office at 310 206-2693.
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Wed Nov 5, 2025
1:00PM PT - 3:00PM PT
UCLA Extension Gayley Center in Westwood UCLA Extension Gayley Center 121
Open to the public. The course fee is by donation of any amount to the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Support Fund or the Michael Williams Memorial Scholarship fund during the fall 2025 enrollment period, July 28 – November 5. Please make a donation here and send your receipt to osher@uclaextension.edu to be enrolled, and indicate whether you will be attending in-person or remotely. For assistance, call the OLLI office at 310 206-2693. Please download a free version of zoom at https://zoom.us/ to participate in this course.
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