A retail giant in the Canadian record industry is dead. Sam Sniderman, the founder of Sam The Record Man, was 92. John Litt managed a Sam The Record Man store in Thunder Bay and says Sniderman was one of a kind, calling him warm hearted and jovial. He recalls the winter when Sniderman was going to come to Thunder Bay to perform with the symphony orchestra at Selkirk High School, but his plane was forced to turn back because of bad weather. Litt says Sniderman changed the way records were marketed in the country. 
Monday, September 24, 2012
Litt Remembers "Sam The Record Man"
A retail giant in the Canadian record industry is dead. Sam Sniderman, the founder of Sam The Record Man, was 92. John Litt managed a Sam The Record Man store in Thunder Bay and says Sniderman was one of a kind, calling him warm hearted and jovial. He recalls the winter when Sniderman was going to come to Thunder Bay to perform with the symphony orchestra at Selkirk High School, but his plane was forced to turn back because of bad weather. Litt says Sniderman changed the way records were marketed in the country. 