North Florida Music Hall of Fame

Founder of Jacksonville-based Attitude Records, the launching pad for the Chill Deal Boys, who morphed into various acts, including 95 South (“Whoot, There It Is” on Atlanta’s Ichyban Records) and platinum-selling Quad City DJ’s (“Come On and Ride the Train” on Atlantic Records). Cohen also launched female rapper Mamado on WTG Records, a CBS label, in 1988. He later lifted punk mavens Stevie Stiletto from obscurity to international acclaim, licensing the band’s “American Asshole” album, recorded at Jim DeVito’s studio in St. Augustine, to S&F Records in Germany for European distribution. Cohen sold his distribution and one-stop operation, Dolphin Music, in 2007.