Charlie Walk Interview - Legendary Music Exec Shares Epic Stories About The World's Biggest Artists
Former President of Republic Records and Epic Records, Charlie Walk, joins Dax Holt and Adam Glyn on the Hollywood Raw podcast pull back the curtain on the music industry and let us in on how musicians really become stars. Walk takes us down memory lane as he recounts how Shakira's song "Hips Don't Lie" became a hit and how he had to convince John Mayer to let him release "Daughters" as a single... which turned into a huge hit and earned Mayer a Grammy for 'Song of the Year'. This episode is filled with priceless stories about the world's biggest music stars and who is the one artist he still kicks himself over not signing.
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Chapters
0:00 - Charlie Walk Joins Hollywood Raw
1:00 - Who is Charlie Walk?
9:42 - Finding Sean Kingston
14:06 - Discovering Shakira
24:00 - Winning Respect from Artists
32:35 - Passing on Lady Gaga
40:30 - Music Exec on Indie Artists
54:19 - Judging Music Shows
1:00:38 - Stepping Down Amidst Allegations
1:07:08 - Breaking into Music
1:10:47 - Most Difficult Artist