Arthur Mogull, 77; Record Company Exec and Music Publisher

Arthur Mogull, 77, a record company executive and music publisher who was involved in Bob Dylan’s early career and also helped other musicians, including Peter, Paul and Mary and Laura Nyro, has died.

Mogull died Thursday at his home in Beverly Hills of heart failure, said his daughter, Cathy Mogull Simons.

A World War II Navy veteran with a mathematics degree from Columbia University, Mogull began his career in 1949 as a band boy for Tommy Dorsey’s orchestra.

He later became an executive with major music labels, including Warner Bros., Capitol Records and MCA Records. In the 1970s, he was president, chairman and, for a time, co-owner of United Artists Records. He also created several companies and labels over the last two decades.