Tommy mottola lives on the road

I&#;m fairly immune to the musical charms of the many recording artists whose careers were launched into stratosphere by Tommy Mottola, &#;one of the most powerful, visionary, and successful executives in the history of the music industry.&#;  Mariah Carey, Daryl Hall & John Oates, Celine Dion, Gloria Estefan, New Kids on the Block, Shakira, Jennifer Lopez&#;  Well, let me take that back: my immunity to the hits and deep tracks of Hall & Oates grows weaker year by year.  In any case, Mottola has an autobiography out, Hitmaker: The Man and His Music.  It&#;s no one&#;s idea of a gripping read, with a lack of literary flair extending to the tired book-cover design (most famously associated with Frederic Dannen&#;s book, Hit Men), but it effectively documents his central position at the helm of Sony Music through the last heyday of the music industry, before the MP3 liquidated the industry&#;s