JERRY MOSS: The Man Who Discovered the Carpenters, the Police, and Janet Jackson Jerry Moss was a music industry pioneer who co-founded A&M Records in 1962 with Herb Alpert. Under Moss's leadership, A&M Records became one of the most successful independent record labels in the world, signing and developing some of the biggest artists of all time, including the Carpenters, the Police, and Janet Jackson. Moss was a visionary who...