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Music Business Association (Music Biz) is the principal trade association representing retailers and distributors of sound recordings in the United States. Its members are engaged in the distribution and retail sale of digital music in pre-recorded format and through digital distribution.

History
The National Association of Recording Merchandisers, Inc. (NARM) (original name) was founded in 1958 — the same year as the introduction of the first stereo LP. The word "Recording" was sometimes replaced with "Record" or "Rack" by industry press.


 * Charter directors were:


 * Donald D. Belzer (born 1931), Minneapolis
 * Harold Goldman (1910–2008), Rak Sales, Inc., St. Louis
 * Edward Snider (born 1933), Edge, Ltd., Washington, D.C.
 * James J. Tiedjens (1929–2014)


 * Charter members
 * Rak Sales, Inc., St. Louis

The the membership was composed of 13 companies that were operating as phonograph record rack jobbers that sold via supermarkets and chains. The first meeting of Directors took place in September 1958 in Chicago. The organization henceforth held annual meetings, which, beginning in 1959, became conventions. Also, in 1959, NARM began the annual tradition of presenting awards for best-selling albums and singles. These award became known as the NARM Awards.

National Association Of Recording Merchandisers is an entity incorporated under the laws of the District of Columbia. It's business address is in Marlton, New Jersey. The Association was formed on September 5, 1958, as the National Association of Recording Merchandisers, filed as No. 2728248 with the District of Columbia Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs.
 * Incorporation

In 1960, the IRS recognized the Association as a non-profit organization exempt from federal income taxes under the provisions of Section 501(C)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code.
 * Non-profit status

The association's headquarters is in Marlton, New Jersey, near Philadelphia.
 * Address

Name history

 * 1961: Reference in Billboard as National Association of Rack Merchandisers (NARM)
 * 1961: Reference in Billboard as National Association of Record Merchandisers (NARM)
 * 1969: Reference in Billboard as National Association of Rack Merchandisers (NARM)

Membership eligibility
As the primary mission of NARM is to serve its retailer members, only retailers and the wholesalers who service them are eligible to be General (i.e., voting) members of NARM. Music labels, video and video game suppliers, and their respective distribution subsidiaries, are eligible to be Associate (i.e., non-voting) members of NARM.

Executives

 * Director & Executive Vice President
 * 1961: Earl Foreman, acting Executive Secretary
 * 1961–1973: Jules S. Malamud (1926–2004)
 * 1984–1989: Micky Grandberg, Association's 1st female EVP
 * 1989–2004: Pamela Jo Horovitz (born 1950)
 * 2004: Jim Donio (né James Joseph Donio; born 1956), acting EVP
 * 2004-current: Jim Donio


 * Executive Secretary
 * 1961: Earl M. Foreman, acting Executive Secretary


 * Presidents
 * 1958: James ("Jack" or "Jim") J. Tiedjens (1929–2014), inaugural president and only two-time president
 * 1960: James ("Jack" or "Jim") J. Tiedjens (1929–2014), inaugural president and only two-time president
 * 1961: Harold Goldman (1910–2008), Rak Sales, Inc., St. Louis
 * 1969: Amos Heilicher
 * 1971: Jack Grossman
 * 1986: Jack Eugster
 * 19??: George Berry


 * Board members
 * Charles Harry Schlang (1914–2000), (board member or 3 years, probably 1958 to 1962)

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