Irving Green

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Irving Green (1916-2006) was an American record industry executive, and co-founder and president of Mercury Records.

He was instrumental in promoting African-American artists such as Sarah Vaughan, Dinah Washington and the Platters.

In 1945, he founded Mercury along with Berle Adams and Arthur Talmadge, and helped turn the independent outfit into a major label.

In 1964, Mercury became the first major record label to have a black high-level executive, when Green hired the trumpeter Quincy Jones as vice president.

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