Word: coslow
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Second-acters sometimes turn avocations into vocations. In the 1929 crash, Songwriter Sam Coslow lost almost $150,000, vowed to master the stock market and get it back. He did, while publishing more than 500 songs (Cocktails for Two, Just One More Chance). When rock 'n' roll arrived, Coslow recoiled, switched from music to the market in 1961 at the age of 55. He now runs an investment service, edits the well-known market letter Indicator Digest, grosses $3,000,000 a year-plus $80,000 in song royalties. "The important thing," he says, "is to know...