Mo Ostin, Music Powerhouse Who Put Artists First, Dies at 95

“To me, the artist is the person who should be in the foreground,” Mr. Ostin said in 1994.

Still, the industry recognized the significance of his work. He was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2003, and the Recording Academy honored him with a President’s Merit Award in 2014 and a Trustees Award in 2017.

He was born Morris Meyer Ostrofsky on March 27, 1927, in Brooklyn to immigrant parents who had come to the United States…