Jerry Greenberg Biography
Passengers 1957  Gerald Greenberg from New Haven, Connecticut formed his own band. A drummer/musician, the band recorded for Atlantic, Roulette, United Artists, and DCP Record labels under the pseudonym, "Jerry Green and The Passengers." By the age of eighteen years old, Greenberg already had his own record label, called Green-Sea Records.
1964  Greenberg joined Seaboard Distributors in Hartford, Connecticut, as a record promoter, where he promoted records to radio stations for such labels as Atlantic, Chess, Liberty, Mercury, Phillips, Roulette, and many others.
1967  Gerald Wexler asked Greenberg to become his personal assistant at Atlantic Records. At that time, Wexler was Vice President of Atlantic Records, and was the producer of Aretha Franklin, Dusty Springfield, Dr. John, and many others. Wexler taught Greenberg all about recording, producing, finding songs, and the day-to-day tasks of running a major label.
1972  Within five years, Greenberg held two titles; Vice President of Radio Promotion, and Vice President of Artists and Repertoire. Greenberg was announced General Manager of Atlantic Records. When Atlantic was sold to Warner Communications in 1969, Wexler spent a majority of his time in Florida, which left Greenberg plenty of time to spend with Ahmet Ertegun, who was President of Atlantic at that time.
1974  Ertegun, now Chairman, announced Greenberg as President of Atlantic Records, making him the youngest president of a major record company. Greenberg was then signing artists and overseeing the company on a daily basis.
1980  Greenberg becomes a consultant to Atlantic while forming his own label with his brother, Bob Greenberg, called Mirage Music; Gerald remained on the East Coast, Bob on the West Coast.
1986  President of MGM/UA Music in California. During his period at UA Music, he was executive producer for the soundtrack to the movie 'Karate Kid 2,' which went gold. With Chairman Jerry Wentraub leaving the company abruptly, the new management team didn’t want to continue having a recording company. Greenberg was asked to stay on and produce movie soundtracks, and in turn, ended up working with such greats as Mel Brooks on the soundtrack for the 1987 comedy, 'Spaceballs.'
1988  Greenberg was asked to return to Atlantic Records as president of Atco, which was Atlantic’s other label based in California. Once there, he continued to sign major artists, including Michelé and JJ Fad, produced by Dr. Dre and Eazy-E., which both went platinum and was the first rap album to go platinum for WEA Distribution. He also signed a platinum rock group from England, The Escape Club, and served as executive producer of the soundtrack to the hit 1987 motion picture , "Coming to America," starring Eddie Murphy.
1989  Tommy Mottola, who took over Sony Music, offered Greenberg a label in California. Gerald was the third person Mottola hired on his team and let him form his own label as president of WTG Records.
1993  Sony artist Michael Jackson offered Greenberg the presidential position of MJJ Music, Jackson's label distributed through Sony. Greenberg served as president and CEO of MJJ Music from 1993 to 2000.
1994  Greenberg is elected to the Board of Directors of Westwood One, the world’s #1 supplier of talk, sports, radio, news, and shows all over the world. He currently still sits on this Board as the Chairman of the Compensation Committee.

Jerry 2003-04  Greenberg has reactivated Mirage Music Entertainment with a distribution deal with Sony Music. He states, 'This is a great time for small new record companies that can find good artists and stick with them.' Greenberg points out that "Music and song is a International language." Mirage also opened a subsidiary office in Jamaica with Stacy Greenberg as general manager. This new subsidiary office of Mirage is currently in negotiations to sign new artists and producers coming from all over the globe.

Mirage's Theatrical Division will be co-producing the hit musical, "Sisterella," which broke the house record at the Pasadena Playhouse. The show also toured Europe and Australia. The show will open in Los Angeles in the fall of 2006.
2005  In addition to their current endeavors, Jerry & Bob Greenberg also formed the Rainbow Bar & Grill Expansion Group. They licensed the name from America's No. 1 Rock & Roll Restaurant on Sunset Strip in Hollywood. The first restaurant opened in June 2005 in Las Vegas, across from the Hard Rock Hotel. They plan to open future restaurants on a global level.
The Greenbergs have also opened offices for Mirage Music Entertainment in Las Vegas.
2007 Jerry Greenberg joins the board of MusiCares established in 1989 by The Recording Academy. MusiCares provides a safety net of critical assistance for music people in times of need. MusiCares services + resources cover a wide range of financial, medical and personal emergencies and each case is treated with integrity and confidentially.