documentary The Black Godfather, appears to portray Tarnopol as the victim of mafia strongarming.) Brunswick Records Decca's ultra conservative approach to music and promotion was a continuous hurdle that Tarnopol struggled with for years to come. In March 1959, Decca refused to manufacture sufficient numbers of the single “That's Why (I Love You So)” until Tarnopol personally guaranteed the additional costs to cover the required pressing of 250,000 records. Producer Dick Jacobs recalls that, on several occasions, Tarnopol was forced to record music which was published by and/or selected by Decca's A&R chief in order to get authorization for Wilson to gain access to the recording studio. In 1960, Tarnopol persuaded Decca to guarantee an advance of a quarter of a million dollars to Wilson to re-sign with the company. This was six times the money that Elvis and Sun Records received from RCA just four years earlier. In order to keep both Tarnopol and Wilson on board, Decca also agreed to make Brunswick an independent label shared by Decca and a production company owned by Tarnopol. In 1962 Decca Records became part of MCA Inc. In 1966, displeased with the direction Jackie Wilson's recording career had taken, Tarnopol contracted Chicago's Carl Davis to produce one album for Wilson. Positive of Davis's production ability, Tarnopol made Davis Vice President of A&R for Brunswick and built a recording studio on Chicago's Michigan Avenue. Tarnopol then expanded the label by signing mostly Chicago based artists. Over the next four years, Tarnopol had fourteen top ten Billboard hits with The Chi-Lites, Barbara Acklin, Tyrone Davis, Young-Holt Unlimited, Gene Chandler, Jackie Wilson and The Artistics. By 1970 relations between Decca's executives and Tarnopol had continued to deteriorate and Tarnopol wanted out. To resolve the problem, a deal was struck for Tarnopol to purchase the remaining 50% of Brunswick from MCA. However, MCA insisted on maintaining their rights to manufacture and distribute all of Tarnopol's recordings. After conducting an audit of MCA in 1972, which uncovered roughly a million dollars in unpaid record sales, Tarnopol was finally able to break free from all manufacturing and distribution ties to MCA. Between the years of 1970 and 1975, Tarnopol totaled nineteen Top Ten Billboard records and had rebuilt the Brunswick trademark. Brunswick's decline According to Ron Blomberg, by the mid 70's Tarnopol was more interested in purchasing the New York Yankees than anything else. Baseball had always