Squeeze

Graham Parker, and Elvis Costello; Squeeze and XTC, whose songs were sophisticated and infectious; ska revivalists such as Madness and the Specials; genre-hopping Joe Jackson; synthesizer bands such as Human League, Heaven 17, and A Flock of Seagulls; and the so-called

Squeeze, the Police, Soundgarden, and Sheryl Crow, among others. Alpert and Moss sold A&M Records to PolyGram in 1989 but retained its publishing company, Rondor Music. In 1994 Alpert and Moss founded the record label Almo Sounds and went on to sign influential artists such…